Planning Officer

Person Specifications (Education, Experience & Competencies) 

Bachelor's degree in any of the following disciplines: Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Strategic Management, Project Management, Monitoring & Evaluation, or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;

Proficiency in computer applications.

Key Responsibilities:

Collecting and collating data for the development of policies, strategies, frameworks, guidelines, procedures, regulations and standards for the Agency;

Implementing the Agency's performance contract, strategic plan and master plan;

Preparing the Agency's Public Expenditure Review (PER) and Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) budget;

Developing departmental workplans and aligning them to the budget;

Providing support in the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for monitoring and evaluation;

Compiling data on the projects and programmes and performance contracting;

Implementing monitoring and evaluation systems for the Agency;

Compiling reports on the Agency's key performance indicators and reporting periodically for decision making;

Undertaking feasibility studies on all service delivery projects and programmes;

Documenting project priorities and status of their implementation;

Identifying areas of risk in the department;

Implementing the department's charter;

Promoting Business Process Re-engineering (BPR); and

Implementing the business continuity plans.