Deputy Director-General: State-Owned Companies (SOC), Governance Assurance and Performance (GAP)

About the role

The Department of Transport is recruiting a Deputy Director-General for its State-Owned Companies (SOC), Governance Assurance and Performance (GAP) unit in Pretoria. The role directs the development and implementation of the government's overarching SOC policy framework, oversees shareholder compacts, corporate plans and performance plans, and provides strategic oversight of board governance, financial performance and audit outcomes.

Key responsibilities

• Direct the development and implementation of the government's SOC policy framework and lead research into policy gaps, bridging strategies and investor briefs to the Minister and Cabinet.
• Oversee shareholder compacts, corporate plans, strategic plans and annual performance plans, ensuring targets are measurable, realistic and legally compliant, and monitor their implementation.
• Provide technical advice to the Minister and Director-General on compact negotiations and approvals, and advise on governance failures, conflicts of interest and ethical risks.
• Lead board governance, board charters, board committees and performance processes, and monitor the implementation of King IV principles.
• Manage financial and non-financial performance oversight, including financial statements, budgets, cash flow, funding requirements, audit outcomes and AGSA findings.
• Oversee business enhancement models, turnaround plans and reform proposals, and coordinate performance reviews with SOC boards and executive management.
• Manage the branch's resources, authorise expenditure, manage audit queries and monitor quality control of work.

Required profile

• NQF level 8 qualification (recognised by SAQA) in Transport Economics, Finance, Accounting, Auditing, Law, Risk Management, Economics, Business Management, Administration or Public Management.
• At least 8 years' experience at a senior management level overseeing State-owned companies or public entities.
• Certificate of successful completion of the National School of Government's Senior Management Service Pre-Entry Programme.

Required skills

• Knowledge of legislative and policy prescripts, corporate governance, Company law, King IV and ethics.
• Enterprise Risk Management concepts, frameworks and methodologies, and the National Treasury Risk Management Framework.
• Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), anti-corruption strategy, and financial and non-financial reporting.
• Shareholder compact development, monitoring and evaluation, and board governance.

Applications are submitted through the department's recruitment unit in Pretoria or via the online recruitment system.