Director: Birth, Marriages & Death, Ref No: HRMC 32/23/2 at The Department of Home Affairs

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The Department of Home Affairs offers a multitude of services to the citizens of South Africa, as well as foreigners who wish to visit, work or stay in South Africa. The Departments core functions are:

Civic Service:

•  Maintaining the National Population Register (NPR)
• Managing the birth, mar...
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  Director: Birth, Marriages & Death, Ref No: HRMC 32/23/2

  • Job Type Full Time
  • Qualification Bachelors , Masters , Ph.D
  • Experience 5 years
  • Location Gauteng
  • City Pretoria
  • Job Field Administration / Secretarial 
  • Salary Range Above R1,000,000/month

  REQUIREMENTS :   

  • An undergraduate qualification in Public Management / Public Administration / Operations Management at NQF level 7 as recognised by SAQA   
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience at middle / senior managerial level in Operations Management environment 
  • Completion of the Senior Management Services Pre-entry Certificate upon appointment   Knowledge of the
  • South African Constitution   Knowledge of Marriage Act No. 25 of 1961 and the Recognition of
  • Vacancies in the Department: HRMC 30 of 2023 Customary Marriages Act No. 120 of 1998, as well as Civil unions act No. 17 of 2006  
  • Knowledge of Birth and Deaths Registration Act as well as the National Population Register  
  • Knowledge of the Public Finance Management Act and Treasury Regulations   
  • Understanding of relevant Departmental prescripts and legislation   
  • Required skills and competencies:
  • Strategic capability and leadership   Service delivery and innovation   Client orientation and
  • customer focus   Honesty and integrity   People management and empowerment   Decision
  • making and problem solving   Business report writing   Operations management   Strong
  • analytical skills   
  • A valid driver’s license and willingness to travel.

  DUTIES :

  The successful candidate will be responsible for, amongst others, the following specific tasks:

  •   Manage the function of back office processes and registration of births in the Department  
  • Manage the integrity of the registration of birth   
  • Manage and ensure all processes and adherence of birth regulatory framework and service standards   Manage the implementation of structure, policy, processes, systems and reporting regarding the processing of birth applications across the Department   
  • Manage the back office processes and registration of marriages across the Department   
  • Manage all processes of marital status   
  • Manage and lead the back office processes and registration of deaths across the Department   
  • Manage and ensure deaths and related processes adhere with to relevant regulatory frameworks  
  •  Manage and implement strategic objectives and innovation within the Directorate   
  • Coordinate and manage relevant projects within the unit in order to improve the processing turnaround time frame for unabridged certificates   
  • Develop and implement policies and circulars concerning services and ensure risk and compliance management in the Department   
  • Contribute towardsthe formulation of Civic Services risk management and Civic Services regulations, policies,processes and circulars   
  • Manage physical, human and financial resources

  Method of Application

  Applications must be submitted on the Application for Employment Form (Z.83), obtainable from any Public Service department or at www.gov.za and must be accompanied by a comprehensive CV, citing the start and end date (dd/mm/yr) of each employment period to be considered, including the details of at least two contactable referees (should be people who recently worked with the applicant) together with a certified copy of highest qualification. Shortlisted applicants who will be invited for interviews, will be requested to bring all other supporting documentation on the day of the interview. It is the responsibility of applicants in possession of foreign qualifications to submit evaluated results by South African Qualifications Authority. All shortlisted candidates for posts on Salary Level 9 and above will be subjected to a technical assessment that intends to test relevant technical elements of the job.  Compulsory requirement for SMS posts, Nyukela Programme: Pre-entry Certificate to Senior Management Services as endorsed by DPSA which is an online course, endorsed by the National School of Government (NSG). The course is available at the NSG under the name Certificate for entry into the SMS and the full details can be sourced by the following link: http://www.thensg.gov.za/training-course/sms-pre-entry-programme/.

  All identified candidates on Salary Level 11 and above will furthermore undergo a competency assessment, which applies transversally across the Public Service. All recommended candidates, irrespective of the Salary Level, will be subject to Employment Suitability Checks (Credit, Criminal, Citizenship, Employment Reference and Qualification Verification Checks).

  Kindly note that, for e-mailed applications, should you not receive an acknowledgement of receipt/ confirmation advice, this could mean that your application did not reach us due to the size of the attachments exceeding 2.5MB. Should this occur, we suggest you resend your application in 2 or 3 parts, splitting the attachments accordingly.

  ENQUIRIES :

  Mr A Molatlhegi, Tel No: (012) 406 2845
  APPLICATIONS :

  Quoting the relevant reference number, direct your comprehensive CV, citing the start and end date (dd/mm/yr) of each employment period to be considered, together with an
  Application for Employment Form (New Z.83), obtainable from any Public Service department or at www.gov.za, by the closing date to: E-mail: [email protected]

  Interested and qualified? Go to The Department of Home Affairs on www.dha.gov.za to apply

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