Organisational Development Practitioner: Transversal Work Organisation Capacity Enablement

What you will need

• An appropriate 3-year National Diploma/B-Degree (equivalent or higher qualification)
• 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
• 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 skills
• Facilitation and presentation skills
• Influencing, negotiation and motivation skills
• Innovative problem-solving skills
• Interviewing and listening skills
• Mentoring and coaching skills.

Experience

A minimum of 1 year relevant experience. Working experience with the legislation, regulatory frameworks, policies and best practices that have a bearing on the line functions

Skills and competencies

• Competencies: Knowledge and understanding of the following: Organisational performance as they relate to the field of organisation development
• Skills needed: Numeracy
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Analytical skills
• Benchmarking skills
• Conceptual, interpretive and formulation skills
• Diagnostic and intervention design skills
• Facilitation and presentation skills
• Influencing, negotiation and motivation skills
• Innovative problem-solving skills
• Interviewing and listening skills
• Mentoring and coaching skills.

Key responsibilities

• 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).

Additional details

• Grade: Provincial

How to apply

• Enquiries: Mr B Opperman at [email protected]