MUNICIPAL FINANCE MANAGEMENT
Our Municipal Finance Management Certificate is accredited by the Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority (LGSETA) and covers SAQA ID: 48965 at NQF Level 5 and 6 with 166 credits.
OVERVIEW
The Municipal Finance Management Programme is presented in support of all requirements of the National Treasury regulations (as stipulated in the Government Gazette) on the minimum competency levels for municipal officials, specifically targeting interns in the Local Government sector. A learning-programme approach has been adopted in the programme’s development and design in order to ensure that delegates are able to learn and apply acquired skills in relation to earning credit towards the full certification qualification.
The learner can fulfill Learning Programmes in part or in whole. This allows a learner to either register for the whole learning programme at once or a set of modules within a learning programme progressively until all requirements have been met. In such a case, a learner will effectively exit with a certificate endorsed by the LGSETA after completing each individual learning programme.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The full programme comprises six learning programmes, each with the prescribed Unit Standards for NQF Levels 5 and 6.
Learning Programme 1
Strategic Management, Budgeting Implementation, and Performance Management
Learning Programme 2
Municipal Accounting and Risk Management
Learning Programme 2
Governance and Legislation
Learning Programme 4
Costing and Capital Planning
Learning Programme 5
Supply Chain Management and Public-Private Partnerships
Learning Programme 6
Municipal IT Support and Project Management
Session 1: Strategic Management, Budgeting Implementation, and Performance Management.
Module 1 116358
Contribute to the strategic planning process in a South African municipality, NQF Level 6, 15 Credits
Module 2 116341
Conduct performance management to a South African municipal environment, NQF Level 6, 12 Credits
Module 3 116342
Apply approaches to managing municipal income and expenditure within a multi-year framework, NQF Level 6, 15 Credits
Module 4 116345
Apply the principles of budgeting within a municipality, NQF Level 5, 15 Credits
Session 2: Municipal Accounting and Risk Management
Module 5 1116364
Plan a municipal budgeting and reporting cycle, NQF Level 6, 8 Credits
Module 6 1116363
Prepare and analyze municipal financial reports, NQF Level 6, 12 Credits
Module 7 1116346
Apply techniques and South African statutes to cash and investment management in municipal environment, NQF Level 6, 10 Credits
Module 8 1119350
Apply accounting principles and procedures in the preparation of reports and decision making, NQF Level 5, 15 Credits
Module 9 1119348
Apply selected GRAP (Generally Recognised Accounting Practices) to periodical accounting reporting process, NQF Level 5, 12 Credits
Module 10 1116362
Manage a municipality’s assets and liabilities, NQF Level 6, 11 Credits
Module 11 1116339
Apply risk management in South African municipalities, NQF Level 6, 10 Credits
Module 12 1116357
Design internal control and internal control evaluation framework, NQF Level 6, 8 Credits
Session 3: Governance and Legislation
Module 13 116351
Conduct auditing planning and implementation in a South African municipality, NQF Level 5, 12 Credits
Module 14 116344
Apply the principles of intergovernmental fiscal relations act to municipal financial management, NQF Level 6, 10 Credits
Module 15 116348
Conduct stakeholder consultation around municipal finance programs, NQF Level 6, 8 Credits
Module 16 116343
Apply the principles of ethics in a municipal environment, NQF Level 6, 10 Credits
SESSION 4: COST AND CAPITAL PLANNING/h4>
Module 17 11 6361
Interpret South African legislation and policy affecting municipal financial management, NQF Level 6, 8 Credits
Module 18 119334
Discuss the selected legislative regulatory framework governing the public sector management and administration environment, NQF Level 5, 12 Credits
Module 19 116347
Contribute to capital planning and financing, NQF Level 6, 15 Credits
Module 20 116340
Apply costing principles to municipal operations and service-based costing, NQF Level 6, 11 Credits
Session 5: Municipal IT Support and Project Management.
Module 21 119331
Conduct working capital management activities in accordance with sound financial management policy, NQF Level 5, 12 Credits
Module 22 119341
Apply cost management information systems in the preparation of management reports, NQF Level 5, 15 Credits
Module 23 119351
Apply principles of computerized systems to manage data and reports relevant to the public sector administration, NQF Level 5, 10 Credits
Module 24 119352
Apply principles of information systems to public finance and administration, NQF Level 5, 12 Credits
SESSION 6: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
Module 25 119343
Apply operations research principles and tools in the management of project activities and resources, NQF Level 5, 15 Credits
Module 26 116360
Manage information technology resources in a municipal finance environment, NQF Level 6, 8 Credits
Module 27 119353
Plan and implement public-private partnerships for municipal service delivery, NQF Level 6, 12 Credits
Module 28 116353
Participate in the design and implementation of municipal supply chain management, NQF Level 6, 12 Credits
Module 29 337063
Demonstrate knowledge and insight into the principles of monitoring and evaluation in assessing organizational and/or programme performance in a specific context, NQF Level 5, 5 Credits