Job Opportunities at PPECB

Job Description
High level job objectives

• Lead and manage the financial, cost and management accounting team to meet the operational financial objectives of the PPECB.
• Implement the organisation’s financial planning and accounting practices, 
• Effect stakeholder engagement through building and maintain relationships with the treasury, financial institutions and the general financial community. 
• Formulate and recommend financial procedures and programs that ensure the delivery of services that are professional, impartial, supportive and of quality to internal and external clients
• Participates in the implementation and maintenance of an infrastructure, policies and procedures relating to finance, information technology and administration.
• Create opportunities for enhancing financial performance.
• Maintain an effective internal control system that ensures accurate financial reporting and compliance to laws as well as mitigates fraud and error risk in the PPECB.
• Deliver timely accurate reports and annual audited financial statements to inform board and management in supporting decision-making and meeting statutory requirements.
• Deliver sustainable financial modelling, forecasting and budgeting
• Transfer knowledge to all employees on financial and internal control subjects to improve level of financial acumen.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Degree in Financial Accounting or similar
• Qualified CA(SA), CIMA accreditation

Experience

• Experience working within a complex financial environment. 8 10 years
• Financial modelling and variance analysis 5 5 years
• People management and leadership 5 5 years
• Successfully completed SAICA articles 2

KnowledgeGRAP/IFRS

• PFMA, National Treasury Regulations, Financial Legislation, BCEA, POPIA
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Monthly management reporting
• Variance analysis
• Financial modelling
• Year-end financial reporting
• Project Management

 Technical Skills/ Functional Skills

• Financial acumen
• Integration/co-ordination of activities/functions
• Controlling and reporting of financial activities
• Strong reconciliation skills
• Proficient in advanced Microsoft Excel and MS Office
• Managing financial information and transactional systems 
• Proficient in running a large ERP system (Oracle, SAGE, D365, SAP)

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Job Description

• The Application Support Specialist role within the ICT e-Cert department offers an exciting opportunity to support the availability of application systems, ensuring seamless interactions between PPECB applications and stakeholders.

Job Requirements:

• 3-year National Diploma in Information Technology (Hardware, Software and Network Infrastructure related courses)
• ITIL foundation and SQL certification (Desirable)
• Minimum 3 years' experience in Application support
• Experience application support, troubleshooting issues and guiding users step-by-step
• Experience in SQL 
• Experience with Azure DevOps or similar ticketing tools
• Experience in basic testing 
• Experience in creating clear user guides, help documents, and screenshots (desirable)
• Vendor and Stakeholder management (Desirable)
   

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Job Description

• The successful candidate will be responsible to conduct successful testing of the organization’s applications within a DevSecOps environment within the ICT e-Cert department.

Job Requirements:

• 3-year National Diploma or Degree in Information Technology related to Software Testing/Development  
• ISTQB foundation certification
• ITIL Foundation and DevOps certification  (Desirable)
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a complex technology environment.  
• Minimum 3 – 5 years' experience in test analysis including
• Experience in manual testing (functional, regression, system testing)
• Experience in testing application security  
• Experience in testing API integrations  
• Experience in testing Mobile Applications developed in Xamarin Forms  
• Experience in introducing automation into a manual testing team
• Experience in Agile methodology 
• Experience in DevSecOps processes 
• 1 year experience in a cloud environment, preferably Azure  
• 1 year experience in ITIL  

Technical Skills:

• REST, JSON, SOAP, XML , SQL
• Application integration testing
• Automation testing with Selenium / Playwright / Cypress
• Automation Scripting  
• API testing with Postman  
• Azure DevOps Services or similar tools  
• System Design thinking  

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Job Description

• In this role, you will be at the forefront of driving digital transformation and ensuring the organization's systems and processes are aligned with its strategic goals. Your primary focus will be to understand and analyse the business requirements, propose effective solutions, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver successful outcomes.

Job Requirements

• Minimum 3-year Tertiary qualification in ICT or related discipline
• Relevant certifications in Business Analysis (FTI, IIBA)
• Training in Jira/Azure DevOps, Certification in ITIL Foundation
• Minimum 3 - 5 years' experience in:
• Complex technology environment doing business analysis and system analysis.
• Business Case development, documentation management, analysis diagram management, and design according to SDLC.
• Mobile infrastructure business analysis and documenting user stories. 
• Experience working on API integration projects, software upgrades, architecture changes, infrastructure, and implementation of new components.
• Experience of working with security design principles.
• Experience in advanced SQL 
• Experience in Azure DevOps Services 
• Experience in working with Microservices architecture and Web-based, mobile applications. 
• Experience in applying Agile methodology 

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Job Description
High level job objectives 

• To implement fit for purpose Organizational Development while building positive, value-added relationships with key stakeholders including leaders and Human Capital.
• To be the HR Business Partner in processes such as Employee Data Management; Recruitment; Onboarding and Offboarding; Compliance and Record-Keeping; Talent Management Support; Employee Relations Support; Employee Wellbeing Support and Performance Management.
• To leverage organizational diagnostic tools and develop solutions to support effective organizational development, organization design, change management and decision making.  
• To facilitate employee engagement initiatives with leadership and promote the desired culture and PPECB values.
• To facilitate talent management processes that ensure business sustainability and implement end-to-end talent attraction aligned to workforce planning.
• To drive transformation initiatives that meet legislative and ESG requirements.

Requirements

Qualifications

(Essential)

• Behavioural Science Degree or equivalent qualification.  

(Desirable)

• Honours in related field  
• Change management certification (Prosci, Lean Change Management) 
• Professional membership in a Human Capital association

Experience

(Essential) (Timespan: 8-10 Years)

• Progressive experience in a position responsible for developing and implementing change management and organisation development programmes

(Essential) (Timespan: 5 -8 Years)

• Experience in designing and implementing organisational development and organisational culture transformation initiatives 
• Experience in implementing organisational design, change management and employee engagement frameworks and tools
• Experience in implementing talent and performance management 
• Experience in end-to-end HR operations delivery

(Desirable) (TimeSpan: 1-2 Years)

• Exposure to large scale workplace digitalisation projects (e.g., ERP, Modern Workplace, In - house systems

(Desirable) (TimeSpan: 1-2 Years)

• Experience in agile methodology environment

Knowledge 
(Essential)

• An understanding of change management, organisational design and development principles and concepts 
• An understanding of employee engagement that is practical
• Knowledge of end-to-end HR functions
• Knowledge of end-to-end talent management 
• Knowledge of labour legislation

(Desirable)

• Knowledge of new world of work and AI
• An understanding of project management principles and concepts 

Technical Skills/ Functional Skills
(Essential)

• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite applications 
• Proficient with HRMIS applications (eg Oracle)
• Digital literacy 
• End to end HR operations functions
• Talent management including attraction and branding
• Report writing skills inclusive of data reporting 
• Facilitation and presenting skills 
• Organisational development and design   
• Coaching skills
• Change management 
• Stakeholder management skills
• People Analytics

(Desirable)

• Storytelling and drafting of key messages 

Competency Profile: Behavioural To be validated 
(Essential)

• Working with People 
• Relating and Networking 
• Creating and Innovating 
• Persuading and Influencing 
• Presenting and Communicating Information 
• Analysing 
• Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations 
• Adapting and Responding to Change 
• Coping with Pressures and Setbacks

(Desirable)

• Planning and Organising 
• Entrepreneurial and Commercial Thinking 
• Formulating Strategies and Concepts 
• Writing and Reporting 
• Deciding and Initiating Action

Physical and other

(Essential)

• Good health 
• Business travel: National 

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Job Description

• The successful candidate will play a vital role in designing and developing software applications for the Perishable Products Export Control Board, ensuring efficient and secure operations within the ICT e-Cert department.

Job Requirements

• 3-year National Diploma related to Software Development 
• Relevant certifications in Software Development 
• DevOps Certification (Desirable)
• ITIL Foundation Certification (Desirable)
• Azure Fundamentals Certification (Desirable)
• 4 years’ Experience in C# and .Net
• 4 years’ Software development experience
• 2 years’ Experience in DevSecOps processes
• 3 years’ Experience in complex technology environment with architectural implementation. 
• 2 years’ Experience in Agile methodology
• 2 years’ Experience in Application security
• 2 years’ Experience in a cloud environment, preferably Azure
• 3 years’ Experience in API integrations
• 2 years’ Experience in Mobile Development (Xamarin Forms or latest)
   

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Job Description
Main purpose of the job 

• To, independently, conduct inspection and certification of products according to standard protocols and procedures as prescribed through PPECB's legislative mandate.

High level job objectives 

• To ensure service delivery to internal and external clients in line with PPECB's legislative  mandate, SLA's, MOU's and MOA's. 
• To ensure PPECB's values are portrayed to enhance a culture of accountability. 
• To ensure compliance to internal and external business management processes. 
• To ensure compliance to Human Resources policies and procedures. 
• To ensure compliance to financial policies and procedures.

Requirements

Qualifications

(Essential)
A Minimum Tertiary Qualification or a National Diploma/Degree  in the following Sciences: 

• Agricultural management/Crop production 
• Horticulture 
• Environmental Health or 
• Food Technology 

(Desirable)

• Agricultural Export Technologist Programme (AETP)

Experience

(Desirable)

• Practical and Theoretical experience of perishable products 
• Completed (AETP) Agricultural Export Technologist Programme

Knowledge

(Desirable)

• Practical and theoretical knowledge of  Perishable Products 
• Completion of Portfolio of Evidence of at least one product 
• Knowledge of the PPECB and the Perishable Export Industry 
• Knowledge of export legislation

Technical Skills/ Functional Skills  

(Essential)

• Computer Literacy

(Desirable)

• Tablet literacy  
• Product inspection skills (incl. use of technical equipment handling) 
• Competency in one product

Competency Profile: Behavioural

(Essential)

• Working with People 
• Adhering to Principles and Values
• Writing and Reporting 
• Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations 
• Following Instructions and Procedures 
• Adapting and Responding to Change 
• Achieving Personal Work Goals and Objectives

(Desirable)

• Persuading and Influencing 
• Relating and Networking 
• Presenting and Communicating Information 
• Learning and Researching 
• Coping with Pressures and Setbacks

Physical and other 
(Essential)

• Business travel – Local  
• Good health (ability to distinguishing colour and working at hights, move around hazardous area i.e. packhouses etc) 
• Ability to distinguish between basic colours