Post: Director: Communication (Media)

Centre: Directorate: Communication, Head Office

Reference No:     HR4/21/04/23HO

Salary: All-inclusive package: R 1 057 326.00 per annum.

Enquiries: Mr. M Zondi, Tel: (012) 309 4662

Requirements: Three (3) year undergraduate B. Degree / B-Tech / Adv. Diploma (NQF 7) in Communication Science / Public Relations / Marketing. Five (5) years’ experience at Middle (Deputy Director) / Senior Management (Director) level. Three (3) years functional experience in Communication services.  A valid driver’s licence. Knowledge: ●The Government Communication and Information System ● Government Communication strategies and policies ● Public Finance Management Act ● Public Service Regulations ● Public Service Act ●Public Service Code of Conduct ●All Labour Legislations ● Departmental policies and procedures ●Corporate governance ●Minimum Information Security Standard ● Batho Pele Principles. Skills: ●Financial Management ●Leadership ●Strategic Management ●Decision making ●Verbal and written communication ● Interpersonal relations ●Computer literacy ● Project management● Facilitation.

Duties: ●Lead and drive interaction as well as communication between the department and the media ● Coordinate, implement and monitor the campaigns of the department including the management of promotional items as well as Ministerial corporate gifts ● Manage and ensure the profiling of all initiatives and services rendered by the departments Programmes including Ministerial events ●Manage all the Resources within the Directorate Media. 

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS:  10 May 2021 at 16:00

Applications must be submitted on the new form Z83, obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the internet at www.gov.za/documents. The fully completed and signed new form Z83 should be accompanied by a recently updated, comprehensive CV as well as recently certified copies of all qualification(s) including a Senior Certificate and ID-document [Driver’s license where applicable]. The certification must be not older than six (6) months from the date of the advert. Non-RSA Citizens/Permanent Resident Permit Holders must attach a copy of their Permanent Residence Permits to their applications. Should you be in possession of a foreign qualification, it must be accompanied by an evaluation certificate from the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA). Applicants who do not comply with the above-mentioned requirements, as well as applications received late, will not be considered. The Department does not accept applications via fax. Failure to submit all the requested documents and use the new DPSA prescribed application form Z83 will result in the application not being considered. Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only. If you have not been contacted within eight (8) weeks after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Suitable candidates will be subjected to a personnel suitability check (criminal record, citizenship, credit record checks, qualification verification and employment verification). Where applicable, candidates will be subjected to a skills/knowledge test. All shortlisted candidates for SMS posts will be subjected to a technical competency exercise that intends to test relevant technical elements of the job, the logistics of which be communicated by the Department. Following the interview and technical exercise, the selection panel will recommend candidates to attend generic managerial competencies using the mandated DPSA SMS competency assessment tools. Successful candidates will be appointed on a probation period of 12 months. The Department reserves the right not to make any appointment(s) to the above post. The successful candidate will be expected to sign a performance agreement. The Department of Labour is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer. The employment decision shall be informed by the Employment Equity Plan of the Department. It is the Department’s intention to promote equity (race, gender and disability) through the filling of this post(s) with a candidate whose transfer / promotion / appointment will promote representativity in line with the numerical targets as contained in our Employment Equity Plan.  

 

APPLICATIONS: Chief Director: Human Resources Management: Private Bag X 117, Pretoria, 0001 or hand deliver at 215 Francis Baard Street. FOR ATTENTION: Sub-directorate: Human Resources Operations, Head Office Email: Jobs-HQ5@labour.gov.za 

 

NB: All attachments must be in PDF and in 1(one) file, indicate the correct job title and the reference number of the post on the subject line of your email when making an application and ensure usage of the correct email address allocated to the post.

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