Job title : Senior Economist: Conditional Grant Monitoring Job Location : Gauteng, Pretoria Deadline : December 19, 2024 Quick Recommended Links Jobs by Location Job by industries Qualification/s Requirements A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum National Diploma (equivalent to NQF level 6) or Degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in any of the following disciplines: Public Finance or Administration or Economics or Accounting or Law; A minimum of 4 years' experience of which 2 years should be at an Assistant Director level or equivalent obtained in local government budgetary and grants allocation processing; Knowledge and experience of monitoring and evaluation in the management of the conditional grants; and Knowledge of the Public Service Policy Framework governing conditional grants.?
Key Performance Areas Legislative Framework: Understand and apply the Legal Framework in S.A, especially as it pertains to Local Government; Apply the principles and policies in the MFMA and annual DORA; Understand the linkages with the Constitution, MSA and other legislation affecting local government; Understand the intergovernmental fiscal system in S.A; and Contribute towards drafting of annual Division of Revenue Bill.
Budget Preparation and Support: Assist in the designing of the monitoring and reporting framework for local government conditional grants to all municipalities, provincial treasuries, and national departments; Assist in the Implementation of the monitoring and reporting framework for local government conditional grants to all municipalities, provincial treasuries, and national departments; Facilitate the publication of monthly / quarterly spending of local government conditional grants in consultation with the Director: Local Government Data Management; and Assist in capacity building and support to departments in line with new reforms to the conditional grant system.
Intergovernmental Co-ordination: Participate in meetings and play supporting role to the Directorate: Intergovernmental Policy and Planning in the formulation of the annual Division of Revenue Bill, including frameworks; Draft the Conditional Grant Practice notes for consideration and implementation; Assist in the publication of Local Government Gazettes, including additional allocations for local government emanating from the national Adjustments Estimates in a Government Gazettes; Provide updates on the implementation of conditional grants for purposes of SCOF hearings on conditional grant expenditure.
Analyse, Monitoring and Evaluate: Assist in the monitoring of the implementation of the intergovernmental grant system as it pertains to Local Government; Update, maintain, analyse and monitor the implementation of annual local government payment schedules in terms of the annual Division of Revenue Act; Capture and update the quarterly reconciliations of local government conditional grant spending before publication of this information in a government gazette as part of Section 71 of the MFMA; Assist the Director to produce inputs and / or draft chapter on conditional grant spending for the publication of the annual Local Government Budget and Expenditure Review.
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