Organisational Development Practitioner: Organisational Design, Ref No. DOTP 13/2025 R1 at Western Cape Government

Job Purpose

• The Department of the Premier, Western Cape Government has exciting opportunities for competent and qualified individuals to render internal organization development consultancy services to Provincial Departments in order to improve their service delivery.

Minimum Requirements

• An appropriate 3-year tertiary qualification (National Diploma/B-Degree or higher) in Social Sciences/ Humanities/ Industrial Psychology/ Public Management and Business Management
• A minimum of 1 year relevant experience.

Recommendation

• None.

Key Performance Areas

• Provide a Organisation Development service by executing and implementing Org Design and OD interventions by means of facilitation, group problem solving, capacity building and other appropriate OD techniques including areas Job evaluation, business process redesign and change management interventions
• Contribute to the rendering of macro and transversal organisation design services
• Document and report on OD interventions; Contribute to the facilitation of mandatory transversal service delivery and Batho Pele initiatives
• Contribute to the optimisation, enablement and maintain organisation development methodologies, tools and techniques and provide input into the Directorate’s information management system and database with specific reference to OD interventions.

Competencies

Knowledge of the following:

• Latest advances in public management and industrial psychology theory and practice
• Statutory framework governing the broad management of the Public Service
• Policies of the government of the day (national and provincial)
• Provincial government functions and services; Intergovernmental relations
• Organisation development theory, practice and techniques
• Systems theory
• Key elements/determinants of organisational performance as they relate to the field of organisation development including diagnostic and intervention processes and techniques;
• Key elements of organisational behaviour (such as leadership styles, interpersonal relations, power and politics, decision making, conflict, problem solving and ethics)
• The Equate/Evaluate Job Evaluation System; Group dynamics (roles and stages of group development)
• Project management
• Benchmarking
• Appreciative inquiry 
• Research methods / statistics (action research, quantitative and qualitative).  
• Skills needed: Communication (written and verbal); Research; Analytical; Diagnostic; Conceptual, interpretive and formulation; Networking; Planning and organising; Project management; Intervention design; Innovative problem-solving; Benchmarking and Facilitation.

Abilities:

• Function as a self-managing employee
• Team player (including the ability to function in multi-functional teams)
• Interpretive and conceptualisation/formulation
• Render advice and guidance in an objective yet dedicated manner
• Multi-task, including simultaneous execution of two or more projects
• Function under rapidly changing and pressurised circumstances
• It will be advantageous to have a  valid (Code B or higher) driving licence.
• NB: People with disabilities that restrict driving abilities, but who have reasonable access to transport, may also apply.

Remuneration

• R 397 116 - R 467 790 per annum (Salary level 8)