Deputy Director: Project Implementation 2, Ref No. POCS 11/2026 Job at Western Cape Department: Police Oversight and Community Safety

Minimum Requirements

• An appropriate 3-year National Diploma/B-Degree (equivalent or higher qualification); A minimum of 3 years middle management experience.

Key Performance Areas

• Manage and facilitate the initiation, implementation and monitoring of safety programmes, services and partnership initiatives according to the Western Cape Strategic Framework (safety plans);
• Manage stakeholder relationships for the support and effective functioning of safety partnerships; Plan and manage the work of and account for the overall performance of the Sub directorate; Records and Information Management; People Management; Financial Management. 

Competencies

• Working knowledge and understanding of the following: Legislation, regulatory frameworks, policies and best practices that have a bearing on the line functions; Information systems that aid in the management of knowledge and information pertaining to the line function; Project management; Operational management practices; Procurement and tendering processes; Policy development, and operational management, monitoring and review processes; Modern systems of governance and administration;
• Public service procedures, processes and systems; Regional and local political, economic and social affairs impacting on the provincial government of the Western Cape; Constitutional, legal and institutional arrangements governing the South African public sector; Public finance, human resources and discourse management processes;
• Public Finance Management Act, National and Provincial Treasury Regulations, other financial policies, prescripts, directives and collective agreements; Functioning of the province and the activities of sister departments/related functional areas; Policies of the government of the day; Labour Relations legislation and regulations; Performance management in general.
• Skills in the following: Numeracy; Computer Literacy; Language skills; Project Management; Accounting/ Finance/ Audit; Analytical thinking; Strategic thinking; Policy implementation (Impact on system); Conflict resolution; Monitoring, evaluation and reporting; Presentation; Problem solving; Research; Networking.