Post: Principal Psychologist Grade 1

 

Centre: Provincial Office, Mmabatho

 

Reference No: HR4/4/10/11

 

Salary: Commencing: R1 025 316 – R1 137 936 per annum (OSD)

 

Enquiries: Mr J Zitha Tel: 018 387 8100

 

Requirements: MA plus registration with HPCSA as Counselling, Industrial, Clinical Psychologist. Three (3) years appropriate experience as Clinical Psychologist after registration with HPCSA as a Psychologist in any identified categories. Statutory body requirements: Registration with HPCSA as Psychologist. Knowledge: Relevant ILO Conventions ● Financial Management ● Human Resource Management ● Recruitment and Selection Process ● Relevant government strategies. Legislative requirements: Employment Service Act● Unemployment Insurance Act ● Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act ● PFMA ● Public Service Act ● Skills Development Act ● Health Professions Act ● Employment Equity Act. Skills: Planning and Organising ● Verbal and Written Communication ● Analytical. ● Computer literacy ● Presentation ● Interpersonal ● Report writing ● Leadership ● Networking ● Information Management skills.

Duties: Supervise employment counselling to assist workers to enter the labour market ● Provide technical supervision of psychological assessment of work-seekers in the Province ● Supervise self-help employment counselling in the Labour Centres ● Establish programmes for Career Counsellors in the Province ● Ensure professional record keeping is done in the Province on employment counselling work ● Provide counselling services to the referred clients.

 

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 05 October 2020 at 16:00

NOTE: Applications quoting the relevant reference number must be submitted on form Z83, obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the internet at www.gov.za/documents. The fully completed and signed form Z83 should be accompanied by a recently updated, comprehensive CV as well as recently certified copies of all qualification(s), academic transcripts including senior certificate, ID-document and a 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 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). The Department reserves the right not to make any appointment(s) to the above post. A pre-entry certificate obtained from National School of Government (NSG) is required for all SMS applicants. The course is available at the NSG under the name Certificate for entry into SMS and the full details can be obtained by following the below link:https://www.thensg.gov.za/training-course/sms-pre-entryprogramme/. 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. The successful candidate will be expected to sign an Internship 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).

 

 

Applications: Chief Director: Provincial Operations: Private Bag X 2040, Mmabatho, 2735

or hand deliver at University Drive, Provident House, Mmabatho

For Attention: Sub-directorate: Human Resources Management, Mmabatho

Email: Jobs-NW@labour.gov.za