Various at Department of Public Works and Infrastructure

REQUIREMENTS :

• A minimum NQF 07 qualification as recognised by SAQA directly relevant to Human Resource Management, Public Management, Public Administration or related field of study plus 5 years of experience at a middle/senior managerial level directly in the HR Planning and Recruitment or related HR functional areas. Proven experience in managing complex directorates, diverse teams, and large-scale departmental projects within a public service context. Ability and willingness to adjust work hours to meet professional and organisational imperatives. 

DUTIES :

• Strategic Policy Leadership & Innovation: Outcome: A future-ready HR regulatory framework that ensures legal compliance and supports the Department’s long-term talent objectives.
• Strategic Governance: Direct the design and evolution of HR planning, recruitment, and retention frameworks to ensure 100% alignment with the Public Service Act and DPSA Directives.
• Thought Leadership: Translate global HR trends and legislative research into actionable internal strategies that modernise the Department’s talent acquisition approach.
• Policy Stewardship: Oversee the lifecycle of all HR policies, ensuring they are not just "compliant" but are active drivers of organisational efficiency and equity.
• Talent Acquisition & Selection Excellence: Outcome: A high-calibre, diverse workforce recruited through transparent, efficient, and legally defensible processes.
• Operational Oversight: Lead the end-to-end recruitment value chain, ensuring that the "Time-to-Fill" and "Quality-of-Hire" metrics meet departmental service level agreements (SLAs).
• Stakeholder Partnership: Act as a strategic advisor to Senior Management, ensuring that recruitment efforts prioritise Employment Equity (EE) targets and organisational representativity.
• Vendor & Agency Management: Accountable for the performance and ROI of external advertising and recruitment agencies, ensuring they deliver high-value talent pools.
• Integrated HR Planning & Employment Equity: Outcome: A balanced, data-driven workforce structure that meets current and future service delivery demands.
• Workforce Forecasting: Lead the identification of critical skills gaps and the forecasting of human resource needs to prevent labour shortages or redundancies.
• Compliance Reporting: Ensure the flawless execution and submission of HR and EE Plans to the DPSA and Department of Labour, maintaining the Department’s standing as a compliant employer.
• Retention Oversight: Evaluate the effectiveness of retention strategies, directing interventions where turnover trends threaten organisational stability.
• Movement & Contract Management: Outcome: Seamless management of staff mobility and temporary capacity that minimises legal risk and maximises fiscal responsibility.
• Mobility Management: Oversee the horizontal transfer and reallocation framework to ensure staff are deployed where they add the most value, in line with Treasury and Departmental guidelines.
• Contractual Integrity: Direct the management of temporary and contract employment to ensure strict adherence to duration limits, renewals, and budgetary constraints.
• Directorate Leadership & Financial Stewardship: Outcome: A high performing, disciplined, and fiscally responsible Directorate that delivers on its Operational Plan.
• Performance & People Development: Lead and mentor the HR team, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous professional development, and high-quality output.
• Financial Accountability: Exercise oversight of the Directorate’s budget, ensuring zero unauthorised or wasteful expenditure while optimising resource allocation.
• Operational Excellence: Implement robust internal controls and reporting systems to provide "real-time" insights into HR performance for the Executive. 

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REQUIREMENTS :

• A minimum B Degree (NQF level 7) in Economics or Public Management or Business Management or Business Administration as recognised by SAQA. 5 years of experience at a middle/senior managerial level in strategic planning/ strategic management and with monitoring and evaluation component.

DUTIES :

• Development and facilitation of the departmental strategic and annual performance and work planning policies and strategies: Drive the implementation of the strategy, guide on the business planning processes for the Department. Undertake research on market trends related to information relevant for strategy, develop strategy policies and standards and procedures for strategic and operational planning; Develop strategies to effectively communicate planning objectives, developmental performance indicators and performance outcomes to internal and external stakeholders; Monitor and ensure the implementation and continuous adherence to professional guideline and standards. Manage the development, adoption and publishing of the departmental Strategic Plan, APP and Operational/Business Plans for the department: Lead the annual planning process for DPW/PMTE.
• Support top management in strategy formulation, strategic process improvement and communication of strategies to all stakeholders. Coordinate research and data collection initiatives in support of departmental strategic/other planning processes. Undertake scenario planning and develop forecast projections; Develop, maintain and update the strategic information portal for planning purposes. Oversee integration of the strategic planning processes with other processes such as risk management, budget plans, service delivery improvement and audit action plans. Prepare and submit executive reports. Advise DG, DDG and top management on strategic matters relating to internal operations and policy. Ensure the organisational alignment of strategic goals and objectives into operational plans and performance agreements. Manage and coordinate stakeholder input processes.
• Facilitate the development and maintenance of measurable performance indicators for all departmental planning instruments. Oversee the strategic planning process and planning process and plans of the public entities and BECPs-: Set out the annual strategic planning process for Public Entities and BECPs. Ensure arrangement of workshops to brief public entities and BECPs on the planning requirements. Attend the strategic planning session of the public entities and BECPs and provide strategic guidance on the sector priorities. Manage a review of the SPs and APPs of the public entities and BECPs in accordance with the Framework for Strategic Plans and Annual Performance Plans. Ensure provision of written feedback and workshop public entities and BECPs on the SPs and APPs submitted to the Department, Participate in the development of core performance indicators for the Public Works Sector:
• Engage Provinces to commence the process of setting core performance indicators, Coordinate workshop with Provinces (logistics and content), Facilitate the workshop and set core performance indicators and technical indicator descriptions for each Programme, Draft the final set of core performance indicators for approval of the DG and Provincial HOD’s, Engage Provinces and resolve any queries. Manage the assessment and review of the implementation and impact of the SP and APP: Oversee corporate performance reviews of organisational performance. Manage the monitoring and evaluation of strategic interventions impact. Ensure provision ongoing support to the Business units. Prepare and submit executive reports. Prepare and submit environmental scanning reports which include policy analysis and interpretation of relevant government policy interpretation. Develop trend analysis of organisational past performance, conduct benchmark of measures, targets and formulate baselines of performance targets per year. Identify performance barriers and conduct root cause analysis.
• Make recommendations on alternative courses of action incorporating risk management. Manage the Directorate: Establish and maintain appropriate internal controls and reporting systems to meet performance expectations. Develop and manage the operational plan of the Directorate and report on progress as required. Manage performance and development of employees. Establish, implement and maintain efficient and effective communication arrangements. Compile and submit all required administrative reports. Quality control of work delivered by employees. Monitor the budget and expenditures for the Directorate.