Organisational Development Practitioner: Departmental Work Organisation Capacity Development at Western Cape Department of the Premier

Minimum Requirements

• An appropriate qualification at NQF Level 6 or equivalent; A minimum of 1 year relevant experience.

Key Performance Areas

• Provide and support departmental work organisation capacity improvements; Provide a job design service; Provide transversal organisation design and alignment services;
• Provide and facilitate transversal service delivery and Batho Pele initiatives; Provide input and support with practice enablement and development.

Competencies

• Knowledge of the following: Organisational performance as they relate to the field of organisation development; Organisation development theory, practice, and techniques regarding organisation design, process development and improvement and behaviour; 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; Procurement and tendering processes; Policy development, and operational management, monitoring and review processes; Modern systems of governance and administration; Public service procedures, processes and systems;
• Regional and local political, economic and social affairs impacting on the provincial government of the Western Cape; Constitutional, legal and institutional arrangements governing the South African public sector; Public finance, human resources and discourse management processes; Public Finance Management Act, National and Provincial Treasury Regulations, other financial policies, prescripts, directives and collective agreements; Functioning of the Province and the activities of sister departments/related functional areas; Policies of the government of the day; Labour Relations legislation and regulations; Performance management in general.
• Skills needed: Numeracy; Literacy; Computer Literacy; Written and verbal communication; Project Management; Analytical skills; Benchmarking skills; Conceptual, interpretive and formulation skills; Diagnostic and intervention design skills; Facilitation and presentation skills; Influencing, negotiation and motivation skills; Innovative problem-solving skills; Interviewing and listening skills; Mentoring and coaching skills.