Deputy Director: Strategic Skills Development Coordination needed at Eastern Cape Office of the Premier

Requirements

• National Senior Certificate with NQF Level 6/7 (Diploma/bachelor’s degree) as recognised by SAQA in Human Resource Development/ Public Administration/Management, Developmental Studies, Training and Development, Education or equivalent qualification.
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience at Assistant Director level within the skills development environment. A valid driver’s license.

Duties

• Facilitate and coordinate special skills development projects and programmes: Contribute the development of the Provincial Skills Development Strategy and Plan, monitor implementation and ensure alignment with National Strategies. Liaise and coordinate stakeholder engagements e.g. Provincial Skills Development Forum (PSDF). Source, manage and report on funding from skills development funding agencies, including SETAS.
• Liaison with public and private sector employers for placement. Coordinate, monitor and report on learnerships, internships, apprenticeships and other skills programme relating to youth public service employees: Develop and facilitate provincial reporting tools and standards to ensure compliance to stakeholder requirements.
• Coordinate the development of required skills in identified priority areas such as ocean economy , infrastructure in spatial planning. Facilitate the implementation of the provincial bursary interventions including Premiers scholarships, academic institutions and departmental based bursaries and overseas studies. Coordinate funding priorities supporting learnerships, internships and apprenticeships.
• Provide learner support to the youth programmes to stakeholders and learners. Implement awareness and advocacy interventions that support the implementation of learnerships , internships and apprenticeships. Monitor and report on the implementation of learnerships, internships and apprenticeships. Coordinate and monitor the placement of youth in workplaces, including provincial departments to enable them to gain experiential learning, report on the effectiveness thereof: Facilitate placements, workplace and learner agreements in line with the contractual arrangements and the management of associated risks.
• Facilitate identification of workplaces to support learner placements. Report on the completion rate of projects and submitting report to funding agencies. develop and manage a credible database of bursary beneficiaries, internships, learnerships and apprenticeships in the province. Track and monitor progress of bursary beneficiaries, internships, learnerships and apprenticeships. 
• Manage the allocated resources of the sub- directorate in line with legislative and departmental policy directives and comply with corporate governance and planning imperatives.