Main duties
⦁ Service delivery: Ensuring adequate and quality service delivery, Co-coordinating the Local Authority’s programme implementation whilst ensuring integration and synergy with otherarms of government.
⦁ Strategic Planning and alignment to National Strategy: Guiding Council in determining the Local Authority’s vision, mission and values and ensuring that they are aligned to national aspirations. Leading management in setting the Local Authority’s short, medium and long term goals so as to guide all Council activities. Providing leadership and counsel in the formulation of broad corporate strategies, policies and standard operating procedures, strategies, policies and standard operating procedures relating to service delivery, corporate governance, stakeholder engagement investment and economic development in line with government priorities, programs and the Local Authority’s vision and performance standards. Ensuring implementation of Council resolutions
⦁ Performance Management and Administration: Setting Performance benchmarks for the Heads of Departments in line with IRBM (whole of Government Performance Management System) and spearheading quarterly performance reviews to enable monitoring of strategy execution. Ensuring the implementation of all resolutions of Council by respective Heads of Departments and officials.
⦁ Cooperate Governance: Ensuring organizational stability through design and implementation of viable systems and procedures. Providing cooperate governance advice to Councillors and Management Ensuring that all committees of Council are adequately constituted and functional. Providing Administrative interface between the local authority and relevant government ministries, departments, agencies and other stakeholders. Reviewing policies for alignment and initiating changes as and when necessary. Ensuring adherence to internally established systems and procedures
QUALIFICATIONS
⦁ Adegreefrom a recognized University in the Administration, Local Governance and Management Development studies, Engineering, Politics, Business Studies. Law. Afull CIS is also acceptable
⦁ Masters’Degree is an added advantage
⦁ Should have a minimum of four (4) years post qualification experience in middle or senior management in an administrative position. Local Government experience is an added advantage.
⦁ High computer literacy
⦁ Full knowledge of Local Governance Accounting systems
⦁ A clean class 4 drivers licence
⦁ At least 35 years old and mature
⦁ A citizen of Zimbabwe
⦁ A clean criminal record of service within the local government fraternity.
APPLICATION DETAILS
Interested candidates should hand deliver or send their application letters with copies of detailed CVs with three contactable references and certified copies of proof of qualifications including I.D and birth certificate on or before 30~ September 2024 at 1600hours to: The Council Chairperson Bikita Rural Districtcouncil Stand number668 Bag 594 NYIKA
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