Departments
Corporate Services Department provides support, advise
and assistance to internal departments.
Corporate Services
The Corporate Services Department has a responsibility to provide support, advice and assistance to internal stakeholders so they can manage their resources for the achievement of departmental objectives and strategies; ensuring compliance with statutory obligations and organisational policies and procedures. The department plays a coordinating role in standardising governance across the organisation. In executing its duties, the department is guided by legislations that are applicable and relevant to each functional area.
Human Resources Management
This section’s primary function is to ensure workforce planning in the organisation and managing the welfare of employees. Functions of the department include recruitment of new employees for open positions, administration of talent management, management and implementation of organisational policies and procedures, administration of employee benefits and wellness programs, facilitation of the annual performance management and development system, provision of professional development opportunities for employees, management of the self-insured workers’ compensation program, maintenance of employee personnel files, management of employee risk and safety initiatives, management and monitoring of the industrial climate within the organisation, and the provision of many other vital services for the municipal employees; from their first day of work up to retirement.
Social Services
This section’s primary function is to provide programmes and services for protecting and improving the social well-being and health of the people of Nhlangano in the six wards and surrounding communities. The mandate is to strengthen families to foster health and independence through offering vital health and social services that are preventative, promotive, curative, rehabilitative and affordable.
Services include creating awareness on HIV/AIDS, facilitating health dialogues, promoting health campaigns, condom distribution, referrals and offering basic counselling. Moreover, the office offers HIV impact mitigation programmes such as home-based care services and coordinates social centres that support orphaned and vulnerable children.
Information Technology
This section is responsible for managing and maintaining technological infrastructure and systems of the organisation. The primary role is to ensure that the organization’s technology resources are utilized efficiently, securely, and in line with the organisation’s goals and objectives.
Core Functions:
- IT Infrastructure management
- Technical Support & Help desk
- Cybersecurity & Data protection
- Software management
- Network administration