Manager - Committee Support

Role Overview

Provide overall management and professional leadership for Committee Support Services in Cape Town, ensuring Standing Committees, Chairpersons, and Members receive effective and procedurally sound support.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to the Committee Support Section.
• Manage and oversee committee-support functions, including coordination of law-making processes, procedural compliance, and timely delivery of legislative outputs.
• Manage and support implementation of oversight and accountability initiatives.
• Ensure effective support to Standing Committees in fulfilling public-participation responsibilities.
• Develop and implement operational plans aligned to strategic and annual performance plans.
• Provide strategic leadership in people, governance, and risk management.
• Manage the Committee Support budget and assets in line with financial and procurement requirements.

Requirements

• Appropriate Honours Degree in Law, Public Administration, Political Science, Public Management, Governance, or a relevant field.
• Five years of management experience, preferably in parliamentary, legislative, public-sector, or related governance environments.
• Experience in committee support, legislative processes, oversight, accountability, public participation, or related parliamentary business.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams, operational plans, performance targets, budgets, operational risk, and stakeholder engagement.
• Valid Code B driver’s licence.