Head: Project Development

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (NQF level 7) in the built environment, Project Management, Business Administration, Public Administration and Finance.
• NQF level 8 Postgraduate in the built environment will be added advantage.
• At least 5 years’ experience at a senior management level in the public/private sector with a proven track record in infrastructure Project Management.
• Additional Requirements:
• Registration with a relevant professional body;
• Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP), Valid driver’s license, Pre-entry Certificate (Nyukela).

Duties

• Provide strategic direction for Project Development Programme through effective operating models on the development, compliance and evaluation of strategically viable infrastructure projects.
• Oversee the project initiation, business case development, feasibility assessment, sustainability for project funding, monitoring and evaluation and contract management, to the point of bankability.
• Oversee the project initiation, business case development, feasibility assessment, sustainability for project funding, monitoring and evaluation and contract management, to the point of bankability.
• Oversee projects that are identified for alternative funding are sourced from a coordinated process of planning and budgeting for infrastructure projects in the province.
• Provide good governance and sound ethical compliance for the business unit.
• Management of resources.

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Notes from the department

• Requirement of applications:
• No late applications will be considered.
• No faxed or emailed applications will be accepted.
• The Gauteng Department of Human Settlements promotes equal opportunity and aims to implement affirmative action measures to address the disadvantages in employment.
• Preference may be given to appointable applicants from the underrepresented designated groups in terms of the department’s equity plan.
• Candidates whose appointment will promote representativity in terms of race, disability, youth & gender will receive preference.
• Whites, Indians, Coloureds and Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
• 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.
• It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).
• Applications should be submitted strictly online at https://jobs.gauteng.gov.za and it should be accompanied by a new Z83 and a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV) only.
• Certified copies of qualifications, Identity and valid driver’s license (where driving/travelling is an inherent requirement of the job) will be limited to shortlisted candidates only.
• Correspondence will only be limited to shortlisted candidates.
• If you have not been contacted within 3 months of the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
• For all SMS positions, the successful completion of the Public Service Senior Management Leadership Programme as endorsed by the National School of Government and possession of the SMS Pre-Entry Certificate is required prior to appointment.
• For more details on the pre-entry course visit: https://www.thensg.gov. za/training course/sms pre-entry-programme/.
• Following the interview and exercise, the selection panel will recommend candidates to attend a generic management competency assessment (in compliance with the DPSA Directive on the implementation of competency- based assessments).
• 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.
• The competency assessment will be testing generic management and development for SMS posts.
• The Department reserves the right not to make appointment(s) to the advertised post(s).