Assistant Director: Departmental Work Organisation Capacity Development (Various Post Available), Ref No. DOTP 13/2026 R1 at Western Cape Department of the Premier

Minimum Requirements

• An appropriate 3-year National Diploma/B-Degree (equivalent to an NQF 6 or higher qualification) in Social Sciences / Humanities / Industrial Engineering / Industrial Psychology / Public and Business Management Science or related; A minimum of 3 years relevant experience. 

Recommendation

• None.

Key Performance Areas

• Deliver departmental work organisation capacity services; Deliver transversal job design services; Deliver on transversal organisation design and alignment;
• Deliver on transversal service delivery initiatives; Deliver a practice enablement and development service; Managerial Functions.

Competencies

• Knowledge of the following: Organisational performance as they relate to the field of organisation development; Appropriate job evaluation system; Organisation development theory, practice, and techniques regarding organisation design, process development and improvement and behaviour; Appreciative inquiry; Research methods / statistics (action research, quantitative and qualitative);
• Project management; Mentoring and coaching practices; National and provincial instruments and legislation pertaining to human resources management, financial management and supply chain management; Policies of the government of the day (national and provincial); Provincial government functions and services; Statutory framework governing the broad management of the public service;
• Staff performance management system (SPMS); Disciplinary and grievance procedure; Legislation, regulatory frameworks, policies and best practices that have a bearing on the line functions; Information systems that aid in the management of knowledge and information pertaining to the line function; Project management;
• Operational management practices; Functioning of the Province and the activities of sister departments/related functional areas. Skills needed: Numeracy; Literacy; Computer Literacy; Written and verbal communication;
• Project Management; Accounting finance and audit; Research; Benchmarking; Conceptual, interpretive and formulation; Diagnostic and intervention design; Facilitation and process consultation; Innovative problem-solving; Interviewing and listening; Motivation and negotiation; Mentoring and coaching; Team building and strong inter-personal; Data analysis and interpretation; ICT systems awareness.