This is a senior management opportunity for a Director of Transversal Work Organisation Capacity Enablement within the Western Cape Government’s Department of the Premier. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading macro-level strategic interventions in organisational structure and process design, job design, and transversal service delivery initiatives. The role demands a leader with an advanced knowledge of Organisation Development strategy, public sector legislation (including the PFMA), and strong financial and people management skills. Applicants must possess an appropriate NQF 7 degree in Social Sciences or a related field and a minimum of five years of relevant middle management experience. The position offers a salary of R1,216,824 per annum and requires completion of the Senior Management Pre-Entry Programme. Applications are submitted online and close on 03 March 2025.
POST: DIRECTOR: TRANSVERSAL WORK ORGANISATION CAPACITY ENABLEMENT
REFNO: DOTP 01/2025
SALARY: R1 216 824 per annum (Level 13)
CENTRE: Department of the Premier, Western Cape Government
CLOSING DATE: 03 March 2025
REQUIREMENTS:
- An appropriate Degree at NQF 7 level in Social Sciences/ Industrial Psychology/ Public and Business Management Science or related.
- A minimum of five (5) years’ experience in an OD or related environment on middle management level.
- Recommendation: Extensive experience in process modelling and re-engineering would be preferred.
- Competencies: Advanced knowledge of organisation Development discipline, with emphasis on OD strategy and organisational behaviour.
- Proven knowledge and understanding of other relevant national and provincial legislation, policy, prescripts, regulations, codes, directives, standards, collective agreements, best practices, procedures, etc.
- Proven knowledge and understanding of global, regional and local political, economic and social affairs impacting on the Western Cape Government.
- Proven knowledge and understanding of constitutional, legal and institutional arrangements governing the South African public sector.
- Proven knowledge and understanding of public finance, people management and discourse management processes.
- Proven knowledge and understanding of the Public Finance Management Act, National and Provincial Treasury Regulations, other financial policies, prescripts, directives and collective agreements.
- Proven knowledge and understanding of the functioning of the Province and activities of sister departments.
- Proven knowledge and understanding of the policies of the government of the day Basic knowledge and understanding of labour relations legislation and regulations.
- Proven knowledge and understanding of the staff performance management system..
DUTIES:
- Line Management: Ensuring the provision of macro transversal and strategic work organisation (structure and process design) capacity enablement interventions.
- Ensuring the provision of job design services.
- Ensure legally sound contracts.
- Ensuring the facilitation of prescribed transversal service delivery initiatives.
- Strategic Management: Defining and reviewing on a continual basis the purpose, objectives, priorities and activities of the Directorate.
- Driving the Directorate’s strategic planning process.
- Driving the development and management of the strategic and business plans for the Directorate.
- Evaluating the performance of the Directorate on a continuing basis against pre-determined key measurable objectives and standards.
- Reporting to the Chief Director on a regular basis on the activities of the Directorate and on matters of substantial importance relating to Digital 177 government and ICT.
- Monitoring and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and prescripts in respect of adequate and appropriate record keeping of the activities of the Directorate, and of the resources (people, finances and assets) employed by it.
- Fostering and promoting a culture of innovation within the Directorate, Chief Directorate and the Branch.
- Diligently perform all duties assigned to the post of Director.
- Ensuring new, innovative and adaptive design approaches are embedded to improve service delivery; Financial Management: Manage participation in the budgeting process at Directorate level.
- Ensure the preparation of the annual and adjustment budgets for the Directorate.
- Assume direct accountability for the efficient, economic and effective control and management of the Directorate’s budget and expenditure.
- Ensure that all spending is aligned with the strategic objectives of the Directorate, Directorate, Branch and Department.
- People Management Participate in the recruitment of employees in the numbers and grades appropriate to ensure the achievement of the Directorate’s strategic and business plans.
- Motivate, train and guide employees within the Directorate, to achieve and maintain excellence in service delivery.
- Actively manage the performance, evaluation and rewarding of employees within the Directorate..
ENQUIRIES: Mr JP Nel Tel No: (021) 466 9702
APPLICATIONS:
To apply submit your application online only: via http://www.westerncape.gov.za/jobs or https://westerncapegov.erecruit.co.
NOTE:
All shortlisted candidates must make themselves available to be interviewed at a date, time and place as decided by the selection panel.
Please ensure that you submit your application on or before the closing date as no late applications will be considered.
The selection process will be guided by the EE targets of the employing department.
Kindly note that technical support is only available from Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 16.00.
Should you experience any difficulties with your online application you may contact the helpline at 0861 370 214.
All shortlisted candidates will be subjected to a technical exercise that intends to test relevant technical elements of the job, the logistics of which will be communicated by the Department.
Following the interview and technical exercise, the selection panel will recommend candidates to attend a generic managerial competency assessment (in compliance with the DPSA directive on the implementation of competency-based assessments).
The competency assessment will be testing generic managerial competencies using the mandated DPSA SMS Competency Assessment tools.
The nominated 175 candidate will be required to complete the Senior Management Pre-Entry Programme before they may be appointed into this post.
The purpose of the Senior Management Pre-Entry Programme, which is a public service specific training programme applicable to all applicants who aspire to join the SMS, is to ensure that potential SMS members have a background on processes and procedures linked to the SMS.
The duration of the online Pre-Entry Programme is 120 notional hours (15 days).
Full details may be sourced by the following link: https://www.thensg.gov.za/training-course/sms-preentryprogramme/ Furthermore, thanks to the huge public interest we receive many applications for our positions, and as such will not be able to respond personally to all applications.
Therefore, should you not hear from us within 10 weeks from close of advert please consider your application unsuccessful..
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