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Deputy Director
Branch: Social Mobilisation and Support Service Chief Directorate: Care and Support Service Directorate: Health Promotion
Closes Friday 6 November 2026
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Deputy Director post in the Department of Basic Education, managing the national HIV and AIDS conditional grant and Life Skills programme. Suits people with health promotion or education experience an
- Manage and coordinate the national HIV and AIDS conditional grant and the HIV and AIDS Life Skills programme.
- Consolidate monthly, quarterly and annual financial and programme reports, and monitor provincial HIV and AIDS programmes.
- Help develop the HIV and AIDS Life Skills Conditional Grant Framework and provincial business plans, and make sure budgets are followed.
- Required: NQF level 6 post-matric qualification in Health Promotion, Health Science or Education, and four years' experience as an Assistant Director or equivalent.
- Also required: experience with school health programmes, strong financial management, good written and verbal communication, and monitoring and evaluation skills.
- The job is based in Pretoria, with oversight visits to the nine provinces. The text does not state how to apply or what to submit. The closing date is not given in the text. Reference number: DBE/76/2026.
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Requirements
- Applicants must be in possession of NQF level 6 post matric qualification in or an equivalent qualification in Health Promotion, Health Science or Education as recognised by SAQA;
- Four (4) years relevant experience as an Assistant Director or equivalent;
- Understanding of the policy mandate, biomedical evidence and the social determinates relevant to provision of sexuality education and health education/promotion coupled with extensive experience in the development, implementation and management of programmes for children and/or adolescence;
- Knowledge of the education sector policies and strategies guiding the development;
- Implementation and management of HIV, STIs, and Teenage pregnancy prevention programmes in schools;
- An understanding of current school health policies and trends as well as the evidence and interventions aimed at vulnerable girl and boy is required;
- Stakeholder and partnership management is crucial in this position;
- Strong financial management skills are prerequisite for the position;
- Strong communication skills(both verbal and written) are essential, as are conceptual, organisational and administrative skills and networking skills, the ability to liaise with officials at all levels of government as well as with key stakeholders in the field;
- A self-starter who works well independently as well as in a team with demonstrated ability to apply monitoring and evaluation and project management principles to their work.
Duties
- The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and coordinating the HIV and AIDS conditional grant at National Level;
- Consolidating the monthly, quartley, annual financial and programme reports;
- Monitoring the performance of Provincial HIV and AIDS programme;
- Facilitating the development of the HIV and AIDS Life Skills Conditional Grant Framework and provincial business plans;
- Ensuring adherence to allocated budgets as per the approved business plans;
- Consolidating financial performance reports for the grant, management of the HIV & AIDS Life Skills programme incompliance to the grant framework in provinces, ensuring effective planning implementation, monitoring and evaluation of HIV and AIDS, STIs and TB programme activities and policies;
- Conducting oversight visit in the 9 provinces and hold interprovincial meetings;
- Facilitating and maintaining strategic partnerships with sister departments and stakeholders.
How to apply
Submitted via post to: Private Bag X895, Pretoria, 0001 or hand-deliver to: The Department of Basic Education, 222 Struben Street, Pretoria or you can email your application HR@dbe.gov.za in PDF format. Please visit the Department of Education’s website at www.education.gov.za
For attention:Ms N Monyela/ Mr M Segowa
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Enquiries
Ms N Monyela Tel No: (012) 357 3294/ Mr M Segowa Tel No: (012) 357 4291
Notes from the department
The successful candidate must sign an annual performance agreement, annually disclose their financial interests and be subjected to a security clearance.
As printed in Circular 38 of 2026 · page 7 · open the PDF (opens in new tab)
POST 38/04: DEPUTY DIRECTOR REF NO: DBE/76/2026 Branch: Social Mobilisation and Support Service Chief Directorate: Care and Support Service Directorate: Health Promotion SALARY: R1 101 468 per annum (Level 12) CENTRE: Department of Basic Education (Pretoria) REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must be in possession of NQF level 6 post matric qualification in or an equivalent qualification in Health Promotion, Health Science or Education as recognised by SAQA; Four (4) years relevant experience as an Assistant Director or equivalent; Understanding of the policy mandate, biomedical evidence and the social determinates relevant to provision of sexuality education and health education/promotion coupled with extensive experience in the development, implementation and management of programmes for children and/or adolescence; Knowledge of the education sector policies and strategies guiding the development; Implementation and management of HIV, STIs, and Teenage pregnancy prevention programmes in schools; An understanding of current school health policies and trends as well as the evidence and interventions aimed at vulnerable girl and boy is required; Stakeholder and partnership management is crucial in this position; Strong financial management skills are prerequisite for the position; Strong communication skills(both verbal and written) are essential, as are conceptual, organisational and administrative skills and networking skills, the ability to liaise with officials at all levels of government as well as with key stakeholders in the field; A self-starter who works well independently as well as in a team with demonstrated ability to apply monitoring and evaluation and project management principles to their work. DUTIES: The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and coordinating the HIV and AIDS conditional grant at National Level; Consolidating the monthly, quartley, annual financial and programme reports; Monitoring the performance of Provincial HIV and AIDS programme; Facilitating the development of the HIV and AIDS Life Skills Conditional Grant Framework and provincial business plans; Ensuring adherence to allocated budgets as per the approved business plans; Consolidating financial performance reports for the grant, management of the HIV & AIDS Life Skills programme incompliance to the grant framework in provinces, ensuring effective planning implementation, monitoring and evaluation of HIV and AIDS, STIs and TB programme activities and policies; Conducting oversight visit in the 9 provinces and hold interprovincial meetings; Facilitating and maintaining strategic partnerships with sister departments and stakeholders. ENQUIRIES: Ms N Monyela Tel No: (012) 357 3294/ Mr M Segowa Tel No: (012) 357 4291 NOTE: The successful candidate must sign an annual performance agreement, annually disclose their financial interests and be subjected to a security clearance.