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Personnel Officer: Conditions of Service
Chief Directorate: Human Resource Management and Development Directorate: Human Resource Administration
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Personnel Officer to manage employee conditions of service including appointments, transfers, leave, and awards. Requires Grade 12 and valid driver's licence.
- Process employee appointments, transfers, and exits
- Manage leave matters and long service awards
- Process injury on duty (IOD) claims
- Must have Grade 12 and valid driver's licence; no experience required
- Must know Public Service rules, HR legislation, policies, PERSAL system, and have good communication and computer skills
- Based in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
- Contact Ms R Norris on (033) 260 8105 for enquiries; closing date not specified in advert
Generated by claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 from the text below; it may be wrong or incomplete. Original wording, page 125
Requirements
- The ideal candidate must be in possession of a Senior Certificate/ Grade 12 with no experience required and a valid Driver’s licence.
- Essential Knowledge, Skills And Competencies Required:
- The successful candidate must have knowledge of:
- Knowledge of the Public Service prescripts;
- Legislation;
- Policies and collective agreements relating to HRM;
- Practical demonstration of knowledge in key responsibility area;
- HR systems and their relation to other systems within the Department;
- PERSAL;
- Interpersonal relations;
- Policy interpretation;
- Presentation skills;
- Problem solving;
- Decision making;
- Good communication skills (verbal and written) with other departments, private sector, public and officials from the department and Computer literacy.
Duties
- The successful candidate will be required to render conditions of service for employees of the department with the following key responsibilities: - Process appointments and transfers;
- Process exits;
- Attend to leave matters;
- Process long service awards and IOD’s.
How to apply
To be posted to: The Chief Director, Human Resource Management & Development, Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Private Bag X9078, Pietermaritzburg, 3200 or Hand Delivered To: The Chief Registry Clerk, 2nd Floor, South Tower, Natalia, 330 Langalibalele Street, Pietermaritzburg. Applications received after this date will not be accepted. Applicants can also submit their Z83 and CV via e-Recruitment System on www.eservices.gov.za
For attention:Ms E Perumal
New to the Z83 form? Read the application guide.
Enquiries
Ms R Norris Tel No: (033) 260 8105
Notes from the department
- To applicants:
- Applications must be submitted on the new Application for Employment Form (Z83) available from any Public Service Department and should be accompanied by a comprehensive CV.
- The Department discourages applications sent by registered mail and will not be held responsible for applications sent via registered mail which are not collected from the post office.
- It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the application reaches the Department timeously.
- Failure to comply with any instruction will disqualify applicants.
- Appointment is subject to a positive outcome on the following checks (Security Clearance, Citizenship, qualification verification, criminal records, credit records and previous employment).
- Faxed or late applications will not be accepted.
- Should applicants not receive any response from the Department within three months of the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
- All shortlisted candidates, including SMS, shall undertake two pre-entry assessments.
- One will be a practical exercise, 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.
- The Department is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and is committed to empowering people with a disability.
As printed in Circular 35 of 2026 · page 125 · open the PDF
POST 35/187: PERSONNEL OFFICER: CONDITIONS OF SERVICE REF NO: 22/1/3/6/3/57/2026 (HRA) Chief Directorate: Human Resource Management and Development Directorate: Human Resource Administration SALARY: R237 453 per annum (Level 05) CENTRE: Pietermaritzburg REQUIREMENTS: The ideal candidate must be in possession of a Senior Certificate/ Grade 12 with no experience required and a valid Driver’s licence. Essential Knowledge, Skills And Competencies Required: The successful candidate must have knowledge of: Knowledge of the Public Service prescripts; Legislation; Policies and collective agreements relating to HRM; Practical demonstration of knowledge in key responsibility area; HR systems and their relation to other systems within the Department; PERSAL; Interpersonal relations; Policy interpretation; Presentation skills; Problem solving; Decision making; Good communication skills (verbal and written) with other departments, private sector, public and officials from the department and Computer literacy. DUTIES: The successful candidate will be required to render conditions of service for employees of the department with the following key responsibilities: - Process appointments and transfers; Process exits; Attend to leave matters; Process long service awards and IOD’s. ENQUIRIES: Ms R Norris Tel No: (033) 260 8105