Organisation Design Specialist (2966 at The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS/ REQUIREMENTS:

• NQF level 7, Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Social Sciences, Business Administration or equivalent.
• 10 years min relevant experience in Organisation Design assessing, designing and implementing organisational structures and job architectures in medium to large organisations.
• 5 years’ experience in managing and/or leading organisational design projects in the public sector and/or state-owned entities, and understanding their regulatory environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

Organisational Structure

• Conduct organisational analysis and assessments to identify current organisational structure issues and concerns, including overlap in functions, duplication of works and organisational ineffectiveness.
• Assess the impact of the organisational structure changes on the current levels of organisational efficiency and individual positions.
• Provide expert recommendations on matters relating to the new and revised organisational structures, including organisational hierarchies, job titles, reporting relationships and the number of incumbents on each job.
• Provide guidance regarding the implementing of new and revised organisational structures.
• Drive standardisation and consistency of structures and jobs across the organisation
• Manage the Organogram of the business, including development, and processes of change around it

Organisational Design

• Design and manage strategies and processes to assess organisational optimisation and organisational design needs across SANRAL
• Define guidelines for consistent organisational design governance
• Analyse structures, spans of control, layers, and role interfaces
• Job Architecture & Job Design
• Provide advice on the job architecture consistent with SANRAL’s strategic objectives and organisational culture while ensuring that the job architecture is flexible, scalable and primed to adapt to future organisational changes.
• Ensure that all roles (jobs) in the new and revised organisational structures are necessary and contribute towards the wider goals of the organization.
• Advise on any additional roles (jobs) which may help support the business practices, to make them more efficient.
• Conduct job analysis and job design exercises
• Facilitate the development of job families’ framework and content

Job Profiling

• Develop and refine job profiles aligned to SANRAL's Organisational strategy
• Assume overall responsibility for job profile inventory and support and validation for the creation of all new positions across the organisation
• Facilitate and coordinate the grading of roles leveraging third party support using the Paterson Job Grading System
• Ensure internal equity and role clarity across structures

HR Analytics & Reporting

• Analyse HR and organisational data to support decision-making
• Develop clear, defensible reports and presentations

Closing date for applications: 23 June 2026