Jobs Available at The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• NQF Level 7 qualification in Human Resources Management or equivalent
• 5 years minimum of experience in recruitment and HR Generalist. Experience in mass recruitment projects is essential
• Candidate must have worked with SAP SuccessFactors or equivalent

ADVANTAGEOUS:

• SABPP Registration

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Recruitment

• Partnering with HR Team Leader to determine staffing needs
• Manage day-to-day recruitment processes ensuring that recruitment needs meet business objectives
• Ensure standardised recruitment processes and compliance to HR policy and associated recruitment regulatory framework, codes of good practice in recruitment, talent pipelining and workforce planning, across all SANRAL offices
• Ensure that recruitment procedure and selection documentation, including online process flow, is completed from commencement of recruitment process to completion by relevant parties, leveraging the HR Professionals (HRP) where required
• Serve as primary liaison with recruitment providers
• Manage entire recruitment process for respective area
• Provide input for offer and agreement of employment in consultation with HRP and/or HR Team Leader
• Submit role specifications on SANRAL’s applicable external and internal job advertising platforms
• Draft regret letters and send them to unsuccessful candidates
• Ensure all HR records in relation to recruitment processes are maintained
• Network and understand industry relevant talent forums and communities and actively engage these communities to ensure active pipelining
• Hoist and support proactive Talent engagement sessions and forums

Recruitment Reporting

• Provide staff analytics and forecasts in terms of recruitment needs for respective area versus appointments made and report on findings
• Present key HR metrics and initiatives to the HR Team at staff meetings
• Strive for continuous improvement of HR processes
• Provide input into workforce plan quarterly to support the business objectives
• Provide input for the quarterly reporting and update of the workforce plan including budget information (actuals vs forecast), track progress in attaining employment equity plan through recruitment exercise
• Provide analysis on third party spend versus success of placements
• Tactical project management of talent management service providers

Recruitment Administration

• Upload/advertise vacancies on relevant portals
• Screen CVs according to job requirements
• Arranging interviews with panel members and candidates
• Send out interview confirmation correspondence
• Booking boardrooms for interviews
• Preparation and printing of interview packs
• Liaison with candidates
• Email correspondence
• Booking appointments for candidate fingerprint verification
• Oversee all necessary employment screening within respective area in line with SANRAL’s recruitment policy
• Carefully scrutinise feedback received from external screening company to ensure that employment reference outcome and other background screening feedback is satisfactory prior to extending interview invitations to shortlisted candidates
• Notify HR Team Leader of any issues of concern arising from background screening outcome
• Manage job seekers response handling for respective area

Closing date for applications: 26 June 2026 

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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS/ REQUIREMENTS:

• B. Degree in Human Resource Management, Business management, Communications, Marketing, or equivalent NQF 7 qualifications
• Change Management Certification or Accreditation
• 5 years min relevant experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools in medium to large-scale organisational change.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

Facilitate the implementation of Change Management and Communication Strategies

• Apply a structured change management approach and methodology for the people impacts of change due to process development, transformation and/or technology implementation.
• Work with respective Project Managers to ensure that project teams are onboarded and trained, and business resources are upskilled appropriately.
• Conduct readiness assessments, evaluate results, and present findings to relevant stakeholders
• Identify potential people side risks and anticipated points of resistance and develop plans to mitigate or address concerns.
• Coach managers and supervisors through change and act as a liaison in connecting relevant parties and stakeholders.
• Administer measurement systems to track adoption, utilization, and proficiency of individual changes.
• Act as primary contact to address any issues and queries on change management and communication activities.

Develop Change Management and Communication Plan

• Develop Change Management and Communication plans and interventions to ensure successful change adoption.
• Create engagement plans and material across the various projects, specific focus on creation and execution of communication plans
• Ensure that Change Management plans and approach/methodology align with project plan and approach/methodology.

Ensure effective communication for change initiatives

• Develop and deliver high-quality written content for internal channels, in support of agreed change initiatives.
• Create and facilitate change awareness interventions.
• Partner with the Internal Communications to ensure effective communication and consultation processes and to build employee engagement.
• Communicate constructively with Departments and relevant stakeholders.
• Track and report on change management adoption and successes.

Closing date for applications: 23 June 2026

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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

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree / BTech / Advanced Diploma (NQF  Level 7) in one of the following fields: Telecommunications Engineering or Electrical Engineering or Electronic Engineering or Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
• Project Management Professional/ Prince 2/ Agile  
• 10 years’ relevant in telecommunications, network infrastructure or ICT Operations.  
• 3 years’ management experience in telecommunications leadership.

ADVANTAGEOUS:

• Cisco Certified Network Professional  
• ITIL Foundation  
• Fibre Optic Network Design / Telecommunications Engineering certifications

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Operational Maintenance Execution (24/7 Environment)

• Define, implement, and enforce network architecture standards for WAN, fibre optic infrastructure, IP/MPLS networks, and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) connectivity.
• Oversee real-time monitoring of telecommunications infrastructure through Network Operations Centre (NOC) tools to ensure proactive detection of faults, performance degradation, and service interruptions.
• Establish and maintain network redundancy, resilience, and failover mechanisms to minimise downtime and ensure continuous service availability.
• Lead the management of major incidents, including Priority 1 and Priority 2 outages, by coordinating cross-functional technical teams to restore services within agreed service levels.
• Provide executive-level operational updates, incident reporting, and risk communication during critical service disruptions.
• Approve and oversee network configuration changes, infrastructure upgrades, patch management, and technology refresh activities.
• Ensure seamless integration and interoperability between core telecommunications infrastructure, tolling systems, and ITS platforms, including traffic monitoring systems, roadside sensors, and Variable Message Signs (VMS).
• Drive network performance optimisation initiatives, including bandwidth management, latency reduction, throughput improvement, and service quality enhancement.
• Oversee capacity planning and infrastructure expansion models to support increasing traffic volumes, toll transaction growth, and smart mobility initiatives.
• Ensure telecommunications infrastructure design aligns with cybersecurity standards, including network segmentation, secure access controls, threat monitoring, and resilience against cyber threats.

Strategic Direction & Commercialization

• Serve as the primary liaison with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa on all telecommunications regulatory matters affecting SANRAL.
• Ensure compliance with the Electronic Communications Act and all applicable telecommunications regulations, standards, and industry frameworks.
• Oversee ECNS and ECS licence applications, renewals, amendments, and spectrum usage compliance where applicable.
• Monitor regulatory developments and policy changes within the telecommunications sector, and advise SANRAL on business impact, compliance obligations, and required strategic adjustments.
• Ensure the timely submission of regulatory reports, statutory returns, compliance declarations, and audit responses to relevant authorities.
• Develop, review, and maintain internal telecommunications policies, standards, and procedures aligned with legislative and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure telecommunications operations comply with Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), cybersecurity frameworks, and SANRAL’s ICT governance standards.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES CONTINUED:

Regulatory & Compliance Management

• Lead SANRAL’s engagement with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa and other relevant regulatory bodies on telecommunications matters.
• Ensure compliance with the Electronic Communications Act, spectrum regulations, and all applicable telecommunications licensing frameworks, including ECNS and ECS. Oversee the application, renewal, amendment, and management of telecommunications licenses required for SANRAL operations.
• Manage regulatory reporting obligations, compliance submissions, and audit processes to ensure adherence to statutory requirements.
• Monitor changes in telecommunications legislation, regulatory directives, and policy developments, and assess their impact on SANRAL operations.
• Align SANRAL’s telecommunications strategy, operations, and commercialisation initiatives with national ICT policies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.

Telecommunications Asset Management 

• Establish, maintain, and continuously update a centralised telecommunications asset register for all network infrastructure and related equipment. Oversee the full lifecycle management of telecommunications assets, including fibre optic networks, DWDM transmission equipment, IP network devices, towers, ducts, and associated infrastructure. Implement predictive maintenance, preventative maintenance, and reliability engineering practices to improve asset availability and reduce service disruptions. Ensure continuous uptime, connectivity, and operational readiness of telecommunications infrastructure supporting ITS outstations and field devices. Monitor and support connectivity for critical ITS systems, including traffic cameras, sensors, roadside communication devices, and Variable Message Signs (VMS). Drive integration of telecommunications assets with central traffic management and operational monitoring platforms to support smart mobility and intelligent transport initiatives.
• Monitor asset performance trends, identify infrastructure risks, and implement corrective actions to enhance service reliability and operational efficiency.

Telecommunications Portfolio, Vendor and Operational Governance Management 

• Manage relationships with telecommunications vendors, OEMs, contractors, and service providers to ensure effective service delivery and contractual compliance.
• Oversee vendor performance against agreed service levels, key performance indicators, cost efficiency targets, and project delivery timelines.
• Lead contract management processes, including supplier negotiations, contract renewals, performance reviews, and value realisation from outsourced services.
• Manage the telecommunications portfolio, ensuring alignment with SANRAL’s strategic goals, prioritisation of initiatives, and effective programme governance.
• Oversee portfolio financial management, including CAPEX and OPEX budgets, resource allocation, and management of programme interdependencies.
• Implement governance structures and reporting mechanisms, including Stage Gate reviews, Steering Committee (SteerCo) processes, RAID management, and executive reporting dashboards.
• Lead and develop a high-performing telecommunications team, including network engineers, telecom specialists, and programme managers.
• Drive staff performance, skills development, succession planning, and a culture of accountability, innovation, compliance, and operational excellence.

Closing date for applications: 19 June 2026 

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• NQF Level 7 degree in Computer Science, Informatics, Information Systems, or related field.
• A minimum of 10 years’ relevant experience in Applications Development Lifecycle.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in management/leadership level/role in IT Software Development.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic Leadership & Planning

• Provide strategic direction for application development and modernisation across SANRAL.
• Align application services with SANRAL’s ICT strategy and organizational objectives.
• Lead enterprise-wide adoption of modern development practices and digital innovation.
• Ensure budgeting, planning, forecasting, and business case development for application programmes.
• Drive stakeholder engagement and ensure business value delivery through technology.

Application Development & Modernisation Delivery

• Develop and implement application development, maintenance, and modernisation strategies, policies, and procedures.
• Lead transformation programmes include rearchitecting, refactoring, and migration of legacy systems.
• Promote cloud-native development, containerization, and microservices architecture.
• Oversee planning, execution, and delivery of application projects ensuring timelines, cost control, and quality.
• Guide the integration of AI and automation capabilities where beneficial.

Technical Governance & DevOps Enablement

• Ensure adherence to SDLC, Agile, Scrum, and DevOps methodologies.
• Oversee sprint planning and agile delivery in partnership with Project Managers and Scrum Master.
• Establish governance frameworks for application architecture, security, and compliance.
• Identify and mitigate risks associated with application modernisation initiatives.
• Ensure applications comply with SANRAL regulations and industry’s best practices.

People Management & Capability Development

• Manage and mentor teams of developers, architects, analysts, and technical specialists.
• Build a high-performance culture focused on innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure skills development and capacity building aligned to modern technology requirements.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration between ICT teams, business units, and external service provider.

Closing date for applications: 19 June 2026