Assessment of Needs and Capacity of District Office Professional Staff

Table 54: Job Requirements: Programme & Project Management
JOB REQUIREMENTS
• Clarify and align programme and project goals to
overall vision and plans
• Break down objectives into tasks and sub-tasks for
implementation
• Develop timelines and milestones
• Plan and allocate resources for effective
implementation
IMPORTANCE
LOW HIGH
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FREQUENCY OF
APPLICATION
LOW HIGH
NR 1&2 3 4 &5 % NR 1&2 3 4 &5 %
130 46 127 379 69% 160 117 211 194 37%
126 52 114 388 70% 158 127 173 222 43%
128 49 118 387 70% 158 117 190 217 41%
130 44 122 386 70% 148 109 201 224 42%
• Monitor and evaluate the implementation of
projects and programmes 114 47 94 427 75% 140 105 189 248 46%
• Defines roles and responsibilities of project staff 149 68 123 342 64% 181 141 173 187 37%
• Defines performance measures to evaluate
success of programmes
• Set up service level agreements for critical project
outcomes
• Other job requirements in the performance area
152 69 117 342 65% 174 140 189 177 35%
170 105 106 301 59% 197 203 150 132 27%
235 86 132 227 51% 252 144 155 129 30%
Emerging as least important was “setting up service level agreements for
critical project outcomes”.
When we examine the pattern of responses by job classes (Table 56) it is
evident that all job classes place high priority on the job requirements
associated with programme and project management. Although CESs and
EDOs have placed most significance to these job requirements, a lower
percentage of Subject Advisors have noted these to be essential. The one job
requirement that seems to be consistently important among all job classes is:
� Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of projects or
programmes