Direkteur-generaal

Oorsig

Direkteur-generaal gesoek om die Departement of Higher Education and Training te lei, met die vereiste van nagraadse kwalifikasies en tien jaar se bestuurservaring op senior vlak.

Vereistes

• 'n Seniorsertifikaat, 'n voorgraadse kwalifikasie en 'n nagraadse kwalifikasie (NQF Level 8) in Business Administration/Public Management of enige ander verwante kwalifikasie soos deur SAQA erken.
• Besit van 'n doktorsgraad sal 'n duidelike voordeel wees. 'n Relevante sertifikaat in senior uitvoerende bestuur en leierskap sal 'n bykomende voordeel wees.
• Tien (10) jaar se ervaring op senior bestuursvlak.
• Suksesvolle voltooiing van die Nyukela Public Service SMS Pre-entry Programmed soos deur NSG onderskryf.
• Kennis van die Post-Schooling Education and Training-stelsel as geheel;
• Kennis van die Constitution, Public Service Act (PSA) and Regulations, Public Management Act, 2014 (PAMA), Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) (1999 and Regulations, en enige ander relevante voorskrif binne die regeringstelsel. 'n Begrip van die ontluikende Higher Education, Science and Innovation (HESI)-landskap.
• Deeglike werkende kennis van die volgende: White Paper on PSET;
• University Education, Skill Development;
• Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Community Education and Training (CET)-wetgewing en -beleid;
• National Development Plan (NDP);
• Government Programme of Action; en die Human Resource Development Council Strategy.
• Gevorderde kennis en ervaring in Public Administration and Public Management;
• Kennis van die Auditor-General's Audit Framework;
• Uitgebreide ervaring in die leiding en bestuur van 'n grootskaalse, komplekse organisasie of program is 'n bykomende voordeel;
• Uitgebreide kennis en ervaring in beleidsnavorsing, beleidsontleding en beleidsontwikkeling; 'n Bewese rekord in die uitvoer van monitering, evaluering en impak assessments;
• Gevorderde kennis van die regering se Human Resource Management and Labour-verwante wetgewing.
• Gevorderde ervaring in die vestiging en bestuur van komplekse verhoudings en vennootskappe. Rekenvaardigheid.
• Kernbevoegdhede: Strategiese vermoë en leierskap, deeglike begrip van die politiek-administratiewe koppelvlak;
• Programme and Project management, gevorderde finansiële vaardighede, Change management, People Management and Empowerment. 'n Geldige bestuurslisensie.

Pligte

• Die suksesvolle kandidaat sal, as die Hoof van Department, die departementele visie, waardes, beleid, statutêre en strategiese raamwerke beplan, implementeer, koördineer en kommunikeer ooreenkomstig die relevante wetgewing en die Minister adviseer by die bepaling van beleid, strategie, norme en standaarde soos vereis deur die Constitution en alle relevante statute; strategiese rigting verskaf aan intergovernmental relations, belanghebbende ondersteuning en bestuur van post-school education and training-partnerinstellings en openbare entiteite in ooreenstemming met nasionale beleid, strategie, norme en standaarde; strategiese leierskap verskaf by die monitering en evaluering van beleid, bestuur, risiko en nakoming om beplande uitkomste en impak vir billike toegang tot, sukses van en instellingsgehalte van die post-school education and training-stelsel te bereik, en oor departementele prestasie rapporteer aan die Minister en ander toesigstrukture insluitend die Audit and Risk Committee, Parliament, National Treasury, Departments of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) en Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME).
• Die suksesvolle kandidaat sal deelneem aan en die Departement verteenwoordig in Governance and Administration-strukture insluitend die committee for Directors-General (FOSAD) en enige ander struktuur soos deur die Minister aangewys.
• As die Accounting Officer sal die suksesvolle kandidaat, ooreenkomstig die PFMA, verseker dat die departement effektiewe, doeltreffende en deursigtige stelsels van finansiële en risikobestuur en interne kontroles het en behou, asook die doeltreffende, ekonomiese en deursigtige gebruik van die departement se hulpbronne verseker; verantwoordelik wees vir die bestuur, insluitend die bewaking en onderhoud van die bates en laste, volledige en behoorlike rekords van die finansiële sake van die departement hou en jaarlikse finansiële state voorberei; verseker die administrasie, implementering en dokumentering van internasionale instrumente relevant tot die mandaat en werk van die Departement. N.B.
• Alle gekortelysde kandidate sal vereis word om 'n relevante bevoegdheidoefening te voltooi.

Hoe om aan te sollisiteer

DHET invites applicants to apply online on the New Z83 form by accessing the Departmental Website (click the ‘apply now’ button) or http://z83.ngnscan.co.za/apply

Navrae: Mr R Kgare Tel No: (012) 312 5442

Notas

follow the easy prompts/instructions. Upload the supporting document namely, (1) a comprehensive CV and any other document (where required). A fully completed and signed Z83 form and a detailed Curriculum Vitae will be considered. A helpful user guide and videos are available on the DHET website careers page to enable completion of the digital Z83. Only shortlisted candidates will be required to submit certified documents/copies of qualifications and other relevant documents to support the application on or before the day of the interviews. It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA). Candidates whose appointments promote representativity in terms of race, gender, and disability will receive preference. All shortlisted candidates, including the SMS, shall undertake two pre-entry assessments. One will be a practical exercise to determine a candidate’s suitability based on the post’s technical and generic requirements and the other must be an integrity (ethical conduct) assessment. Selection panels shall score both technical exercises as an additional criterion in the interview process. All shortlisted candidates for SMS posts will be subjected to a technical exercise and interview. Following the technical exercise and interview, a maximum of three (3) SMS candidates will undergo psychometric assessments to assess cognitive capabilities, behavioural preferences, emotional intelligence, and integrity. One of the minimum entry requirements for the SMS position is the Pre-entry Certificate. No appointment will occur without successfully completing the pre-entry certificate and submission thereof. For more details on the pre-entry course visit: https://www.thensg.gov.za/training-course/sms-pre-entry-programme/. The candidate(s) will be required to sign an annual performance agreement, disclose his/her financial interests, and be subjected to security clearance. If you have not been contacted within three (3) months of the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Suitable candidates will be subjected to personnel suitability checks (criminal record check, citizenship verification, qualification/study verification, and previous employment verification). Applications received after the closing date will not be considered. “DHET is committed to providing equal opportunities and practising affirmative action employment. It is our intention to promote representatives in terms of (race, gender, and disability) in the organisation”. Employment Equity principles will be applied in accordance with the Departmental Employment Equity Policy, taking into consideration the applicable equity targets, representativity, and legislative requirements