{"id":18531,"date":"2025-09-09T10:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/head-of-department-hod-culture-sport-and-recreation\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T00:27:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:27:23","slug":"head-of-department-hod-culture-sport-and-recreation","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/?post_type=job_listing&p=18531","title":{"rendered":"Head Of Department (HOD):  Culture, Sport And Recreation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Requirements: An appropriate a postgraduate qualification (NQF level 8), as recognized by SAQA. 10 years\u2019 experience at a Senior Management level.<br \/>\n\tCore and Process Competencies include Strategic Capability and Leadership, People Management and Empowerment, Programme Management and Empowerment, Financial Management, Change Management, Knowledge Management, Service\u00a0 Delivery Innovations, Client Orientation and Customer Focus and Communication. In addition, the incumbent will have to be sensitive to the political and strategic objectivesof government.<\/p>\n<p>The ideal candidate should have the following qualities:<\/p>\n<p>\tStrong thinking capability.<br \/>\n\tAbility to lead and align teams of senior professionals and analysts.<br \/>\n\tStrong research, Sound networking and interpersonal skills.<br \/>\n\tSound people management capabilities.<br \/>\n\tGood exposure to knowledge management ethos and practices.<br \/>\n\tProven record of honesty and integrity as a professional\/ manager.<br \/>\n\tGood exposure to project management practices and systems.<br \/>\n\tSensitivity to the political-administrative interface, and appreciation of the policy support role within a politically led executive decision process.<\/p>\n<p>Key Performance Areas:<\/p>\n<p>As an Accounting Officer for the Department of Culture, Sport and Recreation the incumbent will be responsible for the following:<\/p>\n<p>\tEnsuring the efficient and effective management of Culture, Sport and Recreation matters<br \/>\n\tEnsuring the promotion and preservation of diverse cultural heritage<br \/>\n\tOverseeing the facilitation of Sport Development and mass participation<br \/>\n\tOverseeing the management of Public libraries and ensure the promotion of arts and crafts Implementing and managing the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and enforce relevant legislation with regard to the Department of Culture, Sport and Recreation<br \/>\n\tEnsuring compliance with the provisions of the Public Service Regulations, collective\u00a0 agreements and other statutory obligations by the staff of the Department<br \/>\n\tExercising delegated powers in line with the Public Service Regulations Managing the financial, human and physical resources of the Department efficiently and in accordance with government policies.<\/p>\n<p>Apply via company website ( N \/ A ) or<\/p>\n<p>www.mpg.gov.za<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/www.mpg.gov.za","_company_name":"Mpumalanga Office of the Premier","_company_website":"http:\/\/N%20\/%20A","_company_tagline":"The Office of the Premier has identified five Strategic outcome oriented goals, namely: Provincial integrated planning; Coordinated Provincial performance monitoring and evaluation; Improved government communication system; Improved security management; and Effective coordination of governmen... read moret policies and programmes.","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[26],"job-types":[12],"class_list":{"0":"post-18531","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-expired","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_region-mpumalanga","7":"job-type-full-time"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/18531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=18531"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=18531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}