SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIAL SECURITY AGENCY (SASSA)

SASSA is a dynamic organization that provides a range of essential services to a diverse group of South Africans. With offices countrywide, our operational structures aspire to embrace all that is state-of-the-art, offices that are modern and an environment designed to stimulate the worker to achieve, enjoy, progress and prosper. 

EXTERNAL ADVERT: MPUMALANGA REGION

ASSISTANT MANAGER: DISABILITY MANAGEMENT (SALARY LEVEL 09) 

Salary: R487 197– R573 897 p.a. Exclusive of benefits 

Location: Mpumalanga Regional Office (Nelspruit) (Ref No. SAS/MPU/26/57) 

Minimum Requirements: Candidates should hold a qualification in the relevant field at NQF level 6/7 as recognised by the South Africa Qualifications Authority (SAQA) in Public Administration / Business Administration / Social Sciences / Data analysis coupled with 3 Years’ relevant experience in the Grant Administration field, of which 1 year must be at a supervisory level or equivalent level.

Duties: Coordinate medical assessment services and support management of Service Level Agreements; Facilitate and coordinate the implementation and quality assurance of disability and care dependency grant processes; Provide technical support, guidance and training on disability management policies, procedures and systems; Analyse data integrity to manage fraud-risk identification and corrective action tracking; Provide administrative support within the Disability Management Unit; Manage the resources in the Unit. 

Preference will be given to: African Male followed by White Female and Indians respectively at the time of appointment. 

ASSISTANT MANAGER: LABOUR RELATIONS (SALARY LEVEL 09) 

Salary: R487 197– R573 897 p.a. Exclusive of benefits 

Location: Mpumalanga Regional Office (Nelspruit) (Ref No. SAS/MPU/26/58) 

Minimum Requirements: Candidates should hold a qualification in the relevant field at NQF level 6/7 as recognised by the South Africa Qualifications Authority (SAQA) in Labour/ Industrial Relations / Labour Law / Human Resource Management coupled with 3 years’ experience in Labour Relations environment at a supervisory level or equivalent. 

Duties: Provide advisory services on labour relations matters; Coordinate and Facilitate Disciplinary processes / procedure; Coordinate and Facilitate Grievances & dispute; Coordinate and facilitate Collective Bargaining at the Regional level; Manage resources in the sub-unit. 

Preference will be given to: African Male followed by White Female and Indians respectively at the time of appointment. 

Important notes: All these positions are advertised with the minimum requirements. Appointments will be subject to a compulsory pre-employment screening in the form of qualification, reference, ITC, criminal checks, technical test and compulsory competency assessment. It is our intention to promote representivity in terms of race, gender and disability through the filling of this post and candidates whose appointment will promote representivity will receive preference. It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) prior to the selection process. SASSA is under no obligation to fill a post after the advertisement thereof. Please note that all SASSA staff are subjected to compulsory security vetting on appointment. Only emailed applications will be accepted. 

Closing date: 23 October 2026 

Applicants interested in applying for this post should email their applications (CV, Completed New Z83 form) quoting the relevant reference number and position name as per the advert. The subject heading of the email should indicate the reference number and name of the position you are applying for. Applicants must ensure that they send their application to a correct inbox/email indicated on each position. Applications sent to the incorrect inbox/email will not be consired. Applications should consist of a comprehensive CV (specifying all experience, duties, indicating the respective dates (MM/YY) per position, Identity Number, Race and Gender as well as indicating references with full contact details. Interviews may be conducted via a virtual medium which will be discussed with each shortlisted applicant. Failure to comply with the above requirements may results your application been disqualified.

Assistant Manager: Disabilty Management

Applications must be sent to: Zaneleapplications@sassa.gov.za

Enquiries: Ms. Z.P Thabethe Tel: 013 754 9337

Assistant Manager: Labour Relations

Applications must be sent to: thamiapplications@sassa.gov.za

Enquiries: Mr. T.A Mahlalela Tel: 013 754 9423

Correspondence will only be conducted with the shortlisted candidates, If you have not been contacted within 3 months after the closing date of the advertisement, please accept that your application has been unsuccessful. Visit us at www.sassa.gov.za or toll free: 0800 60 10 11.