Organisational Development Practitioner: Transversal

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REF NO: DOTP 33/2026 R1 (X2 POSTS) REQUIREMENTS: An appropriate 3-year National Diploma/B -Degree (equivalent or higher qualification); A minimum of 1 year relevant experience. Competencies: Knowledge and understanding of the following: Organisational performance as they relate to the field of organisation development; Organisation development theory, practice and techniques regarding organisation design, process development and improvement and behaviour; Understanding of information systems that aid in the management of knowledge and information pertaining to the line function; Understanding of project management; Working experience with the legislation, regulatory frameworks, policies and best practices that have a bearing on the line functions; Operational management practices; Understanding of procurement and tendering processes; Policy development, and operational management, monitoring and review processes; Modern systems of governance and administration; Public service procedures, processes and systems; Regional and local political, economic and social affairs impacting on the provincial government of the Western Cape; Constitutional, legal and institutional arrangements governing the South African public sector; Public finance, human resources and discourse management processes; Public Finance Management Act, National and Provincial Treasury Regulations, other financial policies, prescripts, directives and collective agreements; Functioning of the province and the activities of sister departments/related functional areas; Policies of the government of the day; Labour Relations legislation and regulations; Performance management in general. Skills needed: Numeracy; Literacy; Computer literacy in MS Office Package (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc); Written and verbal communication skills; Project Management; Analytical skills; Benchmarking skills; Conceptual, interpretive and formulation skills; Diagnostic and intervention design ski lls; Facilitation and presentation skills; Influencing, negotiation and motivation skills; Innovative problem -solving skills; Interviewing and listening skills; Mentoring and coaching skills. DUTIES: Provide and support departmental work organisation capacity improvements (Supporting organisational diagnostics and implementing organisation design, business process improvement and OD interventions); Provide a job design service (Supporting job design and job evaluation processes, including developing competency -based job descriptions and assisting with job evaluation activities); Provide transversal organisation design and alignment services (Supporting organisation design work and alignment of structures, mandates and processes across departments); Provide and facilitate transversal service delivery and Batho Pele initiatives (Supporting the implementation of service delivery improvement initiatives, including Batho Pele-related activities and reporting) ; Provide input and support with practice enablement and development (Contributing to the development, maintenance and application of OD tools, methodologies, systems and information management). SALARY: R413 001- R486 501 per annum (Level 08) CENTRE: Department of the Premier, Western Cape Government ENQUIRIES: Mr B Opperman at Brian.Opperman@westerncape.gov.za WORK ORGANISATION CAPACITY ENABLEMENT

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