Project Desk

Chief Director: Zukiswa Agnes Potye
Tel: 012 314 2293
Fax: 012 323 5196
E-mail: zukiswap@gcis.gov.za

Project Desk is responsible for the disciplined implementation of project management, and the coordination of services to cross-cutting projects driven by GCIS, and on behalf of other departments. It serves as a professional delivery mechanism for meeting government communication needs, through mobilising GCIS expertise and setting up project teams.

The Chief Directorate’s responsibilities and functions include:

• Serving as member of the Exco, chaired by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
• Providing strategic leadership to the Chief Directorate
• Coordinating project management consultancy within the organisation
• Strengthening project management culture in GCIS as an organisational performance enhancer
• Providing leadership and guidance to the development, implementation and monitoring of the Government Communication Programme (GCP) portfolio of projects.

Directorate: Project Desk

Director: David Jacobs
Tel: 012 314 2496
Fax: 012 323 5196
E-mail: davidj@gcis.gov.za

The functions of Project Desk includes:

• Overseeing the implementation of project management office functions in GCIS, as developer and repository of the standards, processes, and methodologies that improve individual project performance
• Facilitating the GCIS’s ability to manage its entire collection of projects as one or more inter-related portfolios, and serving as a single source of information on project activity across the enterprise
• Developing and managing systems and processes to link executive visions and the work of the enterprise
• Managing the GCIS’s collection of cross-cutting projects as one or more inter-related portfolios, and serving as the source of all project activity and data
• Facilitating governance of, best practices for and adherence to, project control and quality standards
• Tracking project execution, issues and risks to ensure on-time and on-budget project delivery.

Enquiries regarding the areas in which GCIS can give support to communication-related projects, as well as requests for assistance should be channelled through the Project Desk.

Tel: 012 314 2184/2294
Fax: 012 323 5196
E-mail: pmo@gcis.gov.za

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