ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY is a South African government vacancy at The Presidency. This job is part of Circular 17 of 2026 from the DPSA. centre: Pretoria | closing date: 05 June 2026. Use this page to review the requirements, duties, application instructions and official source links before applying.
Job details
Applications
Where to send your application.
The Presidency, Private Bag X1000, Pretoria, 0001 or Hand deliver at Government Avenue, Union Buildings, Pretoria or by email: applications@presidency.gov.za
Directorate
Internal Security
Salary
R487 197 per annum (Level 09)
Centre
Pretoria
Requirements
- A Senior Certificate plus an appropriate National Diploma/NQF level 6 or Bachelor’s Degree /Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Safety Management OR equivalent qualification.
- A minimum of 3-4 years’ experience in Health and Safety in a Corporate organisation, Public Sector or State Owned entities or organ of state.
- Competencies: Be professional, highly motivated, initiative and critical thinker who will be able to gather and analyse information skilfully.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Have excellent organisational and planning skills.
- Ability to read and analyse official documents.
- Have a good presentation, facilitation and training skills.
- Have average understanding of information security and document management.
- Be able to work independently as part of a team and under pressure.
- Have a project management knowledge and experience.
- Confidentiality, integrity and trust.
- Knowledge: Problem solving and analysis.
- Good compute and capturing skills.
- Knowledge of classification of information.
- Knowledge of treasury regulations, project management, construction regulation, built environment, procurement directives and procedure.
- Have effective oral and written communication skills.
- Have advance numeracy and budgeting skills.
- Knowledge of the National Strategic Intelligence Act 1994(act 39 of 1994).
- Protection of information Act 2000 (Act 84 of 2000).
- The national vetting Strategy in the Public Sector.
- Minimum Information Security Standards (MISS) and Criminal Procedure Act 1997 (Act 51 of 1997).
- Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act 85 of 1993).
- Have good knowledge of policy analysis and development and good office management skills.
Duties
- Develop, implement and review OHS Policies;
- Develop and implement OHS Standard Operating Procedures, Frameworks and Internal Controls;
- Develop and implement Injury on Duty and Incident Standard Operating Procedures;
- Establish and facilitate OHS Committee meetings;
- Establish and facilitate Emergency Response Teams;
- Develop training matrix and facilitate workshops and inductions;
- Create awareness campaigns on safety requirements and protocols; oversee the compliance of service providers on safety management;
- Develop and implement Emergency Response Plans (ERP);
- Facilitate emergency preparedness drills;
- Conduct risk assessment and develop OHS Risk Register;
- Conduct inspections and provide reports;
- Provide reports on OHS activities;
- Conduct incident investigations and develop and manage incident register; perform adhoc activities as delegated
Enquiries
Ms. N Buthelezi Tel No: (012) 308 1607
Department Notes
Applications must quote the relevant reference number and include only TWO (2) documents (Z83 & CV). A fully completed and signed new Z83 Form, obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) website link: https://www.dpsa.gov.za/newsroom/psvc/ and a detailed updated Curriculum Vitae. Only shortlisted candidates will be required to submit certified copies of Identity Document, Grade 12 Certificate and the highest required qualifications as well as a driver’ s licence where necessary, to Human Resources on or before the day of the interview. Failure to do so will result in your application being disqualified. Foreign qualifications must be accompanied by an evaluation report issued by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). It is the applicant’s responsibility to have all foreign qualifications evaluated by SAQA and to provide proof of such evaluation report (only when shortlisted). Please ensure that you submit your application before the closing date as no late applications will be considered. Do not submit duplicate applications. If applying for multiple posts, submit separate applications for each post. Due to the large number of applications we envisage to receive, correspondence will be limited to successful candidates only, applications will however be acknowledged by auto response. Should you not be contacted within 3 months of the closing date of the advertisement, please consider your application to be unsuccessful. Should, during any stage of the recruitment process, a moratorium be placed on the filling of posts or the Department be affected by any process such as, but not limited to, restructuring or reorganisation of posts, the Department reserves the right to cancel the recruitment process and readvertise the post at any time in the future. Important: The Department reserves the right not to fill a position. Shortlisted candidates will be required to be available for interviews at a date and time as determined by the Department. All shortlisted candidates will be subjected to Personnel Suitability Checks, which may include social media profiles of the shortlisted candidates and pre-employment screening to determine the suitability of a person for employment. Applicants must declare any pending criminal, disciplinary or any other allegations or investigations against them. Should this be uncovered during / after the interview took place, the application will not be considered and in the unlikely event that the person has been appointed such appointment will be terminated. The successful candidate will be required to enter into the SMS employment contract and a performance agreement. The requirements for appointment at Senior Management Service (SMS) level will be the completion of the Senior Management Pre-entry programme as endorsed by the National School of Government (NSG). Shortlisted candidates should therefore provide proof (prior to the interviews) that they have registered for the SMS Pre-Entry programme, which can be accessed using the following link: https://www.thensg.gov.za/training-course/sms-pre-entry-programme/ and 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. All shortlisted candidates, including the SMS, shall undertake two pre-entry assessments. One will be a practical exercise to determine a candidate’s suitability based on the post’s technical and generic requirements and the other must be an integrity (ethical conduct) assessment. Failure to submit the requested two (2) documents on application, will result in your not being considered. In addition, the successful candidates will be required to disclose their financial interests.
Notes
NB: Email applications must on the subject line state only the Reference number: OHS/PRES/2026 (with no spaces).
Z83 form: Government job applications usually require the Z83 application form. Download the Z83 application form before applying.
Original Text
Directorate: Internal Security
SALARY : R487 197 per annum (Level 09)
CENTRE : Pretoria
REQUIREMENTS : A Senior Certificate plus an appropriate National Diploma/NQF level 6 or Bachelor’s Degree /Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Safety Management OR
equivalent qualification. A minimum of 3-4 years’ experience in Health and
Safety in a Corporate organisation, Public Sector or State Owned entities or organ of state. Competencies: Be professional, highly motivated, initiative and
critical thinker who will be able to gather and analyse information skilfully. Good interpersonal skills. Have excellent organisational and planning skills. Ability to
read and analyse official documents. Have a good presentation, facilitation and training skills. Have average understanding of information security and
document management. Be able to work independently as part of a team and under pressure. Have a project management knowledge and experience.
Confidentiality, integrity and trust. Knowledge: Problem solving and analysis.
Good compute and capturing skills. Knowledge of classification of information.
Knowledge of treasury regulations, project management, construction regulation, built environment, procurement directives and procedure. Have
effective oral and written communication skills. Have advance numeracy and budgeting skills. Knowledge of the National Strategic Intelligence Act 1994(act
39 of 1994). Protection of information Act 2000 (Act 84 of 2000). The national vetting Strategy in the Public Sector. Minimum Information Security Standards
(MISS) and Criminal Procedure Act 1997 (Act 51 of 1997). Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act 85 of 1993). Have good knowledge of policy analysis
and development and good office management skills.
DUTIES : Develop, implement and review OHS Policies; Develop and implement OHS Standard Operating Procedures, Frameworks and Internal Controls; Develop
and implement Injury on Duty and Incident Standard Operating Procedures;
Establish and facilitate OHS Committee meetings; Establish and facilitate
Emergency Response Teams; Develop training matrix and facilitate workshops and inductions; Create awareness campaigns on safety requirements and
protocols; oversee the compliance of service providers on safety management; Develop and implement Emergency Response Plans (ERP);
Facilitate emergency preparedness drills; Conduct risk assessment and develop OHS Risk Register; Conduct inspections and provide reports; Provide
reports on OHS activities; Conduct incident investigations and develop and manage incident register; perform adhoc activities as delegated
ENQUIRIES : Ms. N Buthelezi Tel No: (012) 308 1607
NOTE : NB: Email applications must on the subject line state only the Reference number: OHS/PRES/2026 (with no spaces).
Official source
This vacancy was imported from DPSA Circular 17 of 2026 for reference.
Disclaimer: This vacancy was imported from the official DPSA circular PDF. Please confirm the reference number, closing date, and application instructions in the original circular before applying. View the official DPSA vacancy circulars.