POST 16/03 : DIRECTOR: READING REF NO: DBE/03/2024
Branch: Delivery and Support
Chief Directorate: Foundation For Learning
Directorate: Reading
SALARY : R1 162 200 per annum
CENTRE : Pretoria
REQUIREMENTS : Applicants must be in a possession of a relevant Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (NQF Level 7)
qualification; A relevant post graduate qualification will be an advantage; Extensive experience
in the education sector with specific focus on reading literacy; Five years’ experience at
Middle/Senior Management level in the education sector; Minimum of five years relevant
experience in programme management or alternatively project management; Minimum of five
years’ experience of working with stakeholders and other sectors including communities;
Minimum of five years’ experience in managing and coordinating campaign projects; Knowledge
of current education policies, strategies and sectors priorities, particularly in relation to reading
literacy; Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) and good interpersonal skills;
Computer literate including MS Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Access);
A valid driver’s license; Ability to work long hours and travel extensively. Process Competencies:
Knowledge Management; Service Delivery Innovation; Problem Solving and Analysis; Client
Orientated and Customer Focus and Communication skills. Core Competencies: Strategic
capability and Leadership; Programme and project management; Financial management;
Knowledge management; People management and Empowerment; Promotion of
communication, Innovation and Creativity.
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DUTIES : The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the development and implementation
of reading literacy policies and strategies; Managing all aspects of the reading promotion
initiatives projects and campaigns; Managing implementation of daily operational matters which
compromise carrying out administrative duties; Developing promotional material; Managing the
communication of the campaign’s messages to different audiences using different media;
Implementing tracking and measurement systems for data on the implementation of reading
initiatives; Providing oversight and management of monitoring activities of Provincial Education
Departments’ implementation of reading literacy programmes, which include promotion of
functionality of school libraries; Managing the development of sector monitoring tools; Liaising
and networking with partner organisations; Establishing and maintaining a database of partners
and collaborators; Managing the Directorate, including its finances, in line with Public Finance
Management Act.
ENQUIRIES : Mr M Segowa Tel No: (012) 357 4291, Ms N Monyela Tel No: 012 357 3294, Ms N Kumalo Tel
No: (012) 357 3398
APPLICATIONS : Submitted via post to: Private Bag X895, Pretoria, 0001 or hand-deliver to: The Department of
Basic Education, 222 Struben Street, Pretoria. Please visit the Department of Education’s website
at www.education.gov.za
FOR ATTENTION : Mr M Segowa
CLOSING DATE : 31 May 2024
NOTE : Applications must be submitted on the most recently approved Z83 Application for Employment
Form, obtainable from the DBE Website or any Public Service Department/Webpage. Use of the
old Z83 Form will result in disqualification. The Z83 must be completed in full and page 2 duly
signed. A clear indication of the post and reference number that is being applied for must be
indicated on your Z.83. Applicants are not required to submit copies of qualifications and other
relevant documents on application but must submit the Z83 with a detailed Curriculum Vitae.
(ONLY). Certified copies of qualifications and other relevant documents will be requested from
shortlisted candidates on or before the day of the interview. Successful candidates will be
subjected to Personnel Suitability Checks (criminal record, citizenship & financial/asset record
checks, qualification and employment verification including social media profiles). Appointment is
subject to positive results of the security clearance process. The successful candidate will be
required to sign an annual performance agreement and, where applicable, annually disclose
his/her financial interests. All applicants are required to declare any conflict or perceived conflict
of interest, to disclose memberships of Boards and directorships that they may be associated
with. Applicants who do not comply with the abovementioned requirements will not be considered.
Applications received after the closing date and e-mailed or faxed applications will not be
considered. Note: A Certificate for SMS pre-entry programme is required for all SMS
appointments, the full details of the outlined requirements and course information can be sourced
by following the link https://www.thensg.gov.za/training-course/sms-pre-entry programme/. All
shortlisted candidates for SMS posts will be subjected to a technical exercise that intends to test
relevant technical element of the job, the logistics of which will be communicated by the
department. Following the interview and the technical exercise, the selection panel will
recommend candidates to attend a generic managerial competency assessment (in compliance
with the DPSA Directive on the implementation of competency-based assessments). The
competency assessment will be testing generic managerial competencies using the mandated
DPSA SMS competency assessment tools. The incumbent will have to sign an annual
performance agreement as well as annually disclose his/her financial interests and be subjected
to a security clearance
