Free State · Guide
Government jobs in Free State
The Free State advertises less often than the coastal provinces, and when it does the largest batches come from Community Safety, Roads and Transport — including its Fleet Management Trading Entity — and from Education's office and support posts. The provincial administration is compact and Bloemfontein-centred, so a large share of provincial posts are based there.
Which departments hire most
Open posts in Free State right now, by department, and the departments that have advertised most across every circular this site has processed:
- Free State Department of Health 23 open
- Department of Correctional Services 9 open
- Department of Employment and Labour 5 open
- Free State Department of Public Works and Infrastructure 2 open
- Office of the Chief Justice 2 open
- National Prosecuting Authority 2 open
- Free State Department of Health 45 posts in 3 issues
- Department of Correctional Services 9 posts in 1 issue
- Department of Employment and Labour 8 posts in 3 issues
- Free State Department of Public Works and Infrastructure 4 posts in 2 issues
- Office of the Chief Justice 4 posts in 2 issues
- Free State Department of Community Safety, Roads and Transport 3 posts in 2 issues
The jobs that recur here
Community Safety, Roads and Transport advertises traffic and licensing posts, fleet and workshop staff, and the administrative clerks that support them; Education's office posts include social workers at special schools and district administrators. Head-office adverts are mostly assistant and deputy director roles in corporate services, finance and supply chain. Entry-level posts are fewer here than in the health-heavy provinces, and when they appear they tend to be drivers, general assistants and registry clerks.
Open Free State posts right now, by job title:
Where the posts are based
Bloemfontein (Mangaung) holds head office, the provincial hospitals — Universitas, Pelonomi, National — and the regional offices of most national departments. Welkom and the Goldfields towns (Odendaalsrus, Virginia) form the second cluster; Kroonstad, Sasolburg and Parys the third in the north; Bethlehem, Harrismith and Phuthaditjhaba (QwaQwa) in the east; and the small Xhariep towns south to the Gariep Dam.
Each post's Centre line is shown as printed on its job page, and the search box on the Free State page matches on town names, so "Mthatha" or "Upington" narrows the list to that centre.
How closing dates fall
Free State adverts usually give a single provincial address in Bloemfontein for applications, with a closing date on the circular's main Friday. District-office posts sometimes accept hand delivery at the district.
The next closing dates for open Free State posts:
- Friday 6 November 2026 4
- Monday 9 November 2026 11
- Friday 13 November 2026 6
- Monday 16 November 2026 25
- Thursday 19 November 2026 1
53% of the open Free State posts close on Mon 16 Nov. A closing time, where the circular states one, is on the job page — a 16:00 deadline is not a midnight one.
National departments in Free State
National departments hiring in the Free State through the circular include Public Works and Infrastructure (Bloemfontein regional office), Land Reform and Rural Development, Employment and Labour, the NPA (Free State Division in Bloemfontein) and Correctional Services' regional offices.
Those posts are listed under the province they are based in, not under "National", so they appear on the Free State page alongside the provincial departments'.
Applying for a Free State post
The rules are the same everywhere: the new Z83 form, a detailed CV, the reference number quoted exactly, one application per post, and certified copies only when shortlisted. What differs by department is where the application goes and whether email or an online portal is accepted — read the APPLICATIONS and NOTE lines on the job page, which are the department's own words. The application guide covers the rest, and salary levels explains the pay line.