Description:
Cluster Solution Portfolio
As the Head of the Municipal Finance, Fiscal Policy & Economic Growth Cluster, the Chief Officer will provide strategic leadership and ensure integration of the following cluster solution portfolio to ongoing and critical challenges in the Local Government Sector:
Positively influence fiscal policy to ensure financial resilience and sustainability of municipal institutions Provide a range of services to support audit performance in municipalities Offer technical services to support cash flow management, expenditure forecasting and developing forecasting plans Revenue management solutions focused on strengthening billing and revenue collection, municipal borrowing, levy’s and taxes, debt management and restructuring, and transaction advisory services A range of advisory and support solutions to strengthen regional and local economic development, economic growth and trade & investment promotion Offer strategic and technical leadership in the development of solutions aimed at enhancing the creation and delivery of services within the sectors of energy, electricity, water, sanitation, and waste management. Lead in advocacy and lobbying national and provisional government to provide meaningful technical and financial support to local governmentPosition Context
Internal Operating Environment
The Chief Officer: Municipal Finance, Fiscal Policy & Economic Growth is part of the Executive Team of the organisation.
The structure provides for a smaller executive team with the specific focus on longer term strategy and visionary leadership in anticipating the needs of the local government.
The current strategy requires a step-up change process to become more relevant and effective at representing and supporting municipalities and the executive team is required to support the CEO in championing and driving the change required. Focus is required on the value propositions of “the voice of Local Government” and “the support and capacity building of municipalities” in the delivery of their developmental mandate.
There are implicit strategic shifts underpinning the adoption of the strategy in creating a balanced environment to optimise Local Government’s ability to function optimally.
The Strategic Plan not only strengthens the “Protector” role to defend local democracy and to enforce the rights of the LG Sector; it also introduces the “Disruptor” role where the organisation seeks to inspire positive change where the current system compromises the ability of LG to deliver on its mandate: The internal and external operational governance machinery need to become far more inclusive and collaborative; The agenda requires increased integration and consolidation across silos and sectors; The service delivery approach requires greater