Assistant Director - Performance Consulting Unit, Ref no. DOTP 42/2026 at Western Cape Department of the Premier

Minimum Requirements

• A qualification at NQF level 6 as recognised by SAQA - A 3 year National Diploma (NQF 6)/Degree in Human Resource Management and/or Industrial Psychology and 5 years or more experience in a Human Resource Management environment

Key Performance Areas

• Facilitates and administers probation and performance management,  communication thereof, training and information dissemination within departments and track performance management events and activities against the performance management timetable of the department and compile regular progress reports; Facilitate, guide and administer the performance agreements, quality assurance, assessments and moderation of Head of Departments and senior managers as well as within; Provide training and assist SMS members and other employees with PERMIS enquires;
• Provide a performance advisory service, administrative and operational support to people managers and employees for alignment of individual and departmental performance results and liaise with other Departments (provincial and national) on performance management and probation related matters; Provide a performance advisory service and support people managers with performance related consequence management, the management of poor performance, incapacity, incapacity due to ill health, operational incapacity; Regularly provide input, review and update policies, SOPs, methodologies for the Performance Administration and Performance Consulting Unit; Manage and supervise staff.
• Oversee and quality assure incapacity processes related to poor performance across all employee categories ensuring compliance with policy and best practice; Prepare and manage documentation for review and decisionmaking structures; Compile, verify and submit cases and reports for consideration by relevant authorities; Provide administrative and technical support during review panels, incapacity hearings, and related governance meetings.