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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES 
 
APPLICATIONS: The Department of Public Enterprises, Private Bag X15, Pretoria, 0028 or hand deliver at 80 Hamilton Street, Arcadia 0083 and or 642 Cnr Olivia street and Jacqueline Drive, Garsfontein Pretoria, Postal Address: P.O BOX 394, Menlyn, 0063 or by email: dpe1@basadzi.co.za 
FOR ATTENTION : Human Resources Tel No: (012) 998 8953/8049 
 
CLOSING DATE : 26 July 2019 

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NOTE: Applications must be submitted on form Z83 and should be accompanied by certified copies of qualifications, ID as well as a comprehensive CV in order to be considered. It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA). Correspondence will be limited to shortlisted candidates only. If you have not been contacted within 3 months after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Shortlisted candidates will be subjected to screening and security vetting to determine the suitability of a person for employment. Failure to submit the requested documents will result in your application not being considered. Candidates will be subjected to a technical exercise that intends to test relevant technical elements of the job, the logistics of which will be communicated. 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 the Competency based assessment). The department reserve the right not to fill these positions. People with disability are encouraged to apply and preference will be given to the EE target. 



MANAGEMENT ECHELON
 
 
DIRECTOR-GENERAL REF NO: DPE/2019/010 UNIT: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL 
(3 Year Contract) 
SALARY: R1 880 736 011 per annum (all-inclusive remuneration package consisting of a basic salary of 70% and a 30%, flexible portion that can be structured according to individual. 
CENTRE: Pretoria 
 
REQUIREMENTS: An appropriate postgraduate qualification (NQF Level 8) accompanied with at least 10-years of experience at senior managerial level (5 years must be a member of SMS in the Public Service, preferably in the public sector). The Global Economy, the Continental Economy, the Southern African Regional Economy and the South African Economy. The South African Government’s vision, strategies, plans, policies, programmatic activities and the institutional arrangements to give effect to these. Global best practice in the design and management of State-owned entities. The history and current state of the SOC’s within the Public Enterprises portfolio in particular with respect to state capture and corruption - and how these SOC’s, can be returned to operational proficiency and financial sustainability from their current precarious position. Management practice in the South African Public Service. Analytical thinking, lateral thinking, out-of-the-box thinking. Ability to work successfully with an executive authority or the equivalent. Leadership, management, administration, organizational design & development, change management, monitoring and evaluation. Ability to work effectively with other players in Government and the Private Sector. 
 
DUTIES: To marshal the resources of the DPE to advise, support and assist the Minister in her/his Mission to make the SOCs within the Public Enterprises Portfolio successful instruments of service delivery, enablers of economic growth and the providers of important, strategic economic infrastructure for our country. To lead, inspire, manage and constantly improve the DPE and its people and their ability to conduct oversight and help manage important asserts of the state. To be an effective member of the senior Government Administration team 
 
ENQUIRIES: Ms Henriëtte Strauss Tel No: (012) 431 1022 
 
NOTE: The Director-General of the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) will be required to develop and lead a team that can effectively exercise the Shareholder’s oversight responsibilities with increased vigour, and to help ensure that the seven State-owned companies (SOC’s) in the DPE portfolio, reduce their reliance on the fiscus and return to financial and operational sustainability. These SOC’s support a number of strategic priorities of government, including to accelerate investment in the economy, to promote industrialization, to stimulate local manufacturing and to promote socio-economic progress in the communities where they operate. Through corruption, mismanagement and state capture, considerable damage was done to SOC’s.