DIRECTOR: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 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
Chief Directorate
Office of the Chief Operations
Salary
R1 266 714 per annum (Level 13)
Centre
Pretoria
Requirements
- A Senior Certificate plus an appropriate degree/ or equivalent (NQF level 7) in Social or Public Management.
- A Minimum of 5 years’ middle/senior managerial experience.
- Competencies: Communication, both oral and writing.
- Client orientation and customer focus.
- Honesty and integrity.
- Service delivery innovation.
- Knowledge Management: Financial management.
- Problem solving and analysis.
- Operational capability leadership.
- Program and project management.
- People management and empowerment Change Management.
- Public Service Regulatory Framework.
- Policy formulation process within Government.
- Business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resource modelling and leadership technique.
- Monitoring and evaluation methods, tools and techniques.
Duties
- Oversee the execution and compliance of strategic planning and annual operational planning process.
- Coordinate the development of the Strategic Plans, Annual Performance Plans and Annual operational plans.
- Facilitate first strategic planning engagements for the development of the APP.
- Oversee and monitor the performance of The Presidency on a quarterly and annual basis.
- Compile the in-year and the end-of-year performance information reports to ensure that policies and procedures are maintained for performance information so as to keep them relevant and updated with all legislative changes.
- Oversee quarterly performance review sessions to enable the Accounting Officer an opportunity to interface with management to the achievement of the performance targets and pre-determined commitments against action plan.
- Coordinate the review of mid-term and end of term performance.
- Coordinate collection of inputs for all required reporting processes.
- Compile and submit three monthly GBVF reports per quarter.
- Compile and submit one Presidency audit matrix report per quarter.
- Coordinate collection of inputs and compile MTDP bi-annual report.
- Finalise and coordinate submission of Mid-year and End-of-Term Review.
- Interact with Budget Office and HR with regards to aligning the operational plan with the resource plans- therefore compile all necessary performance information in appropriate inputs for the ENE and AENE, inputs into HR plans etc.
- Quality assure the performance information before the presentation to the Executive Authority, Accounting Officer, Branch Heads, Audit Committee, National Treasury, Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation as well as Auditor-General.
- Ensure a safe storage of performance information for the purpose of publishing quality data.
Enquiries
Ms L Mphahlele Tel No: (012) 300 5865
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: STRATEGIC/PRES/2026 (with no spaces) OTHER POSTS
Z83 form: Government job applications usually require the Z83 application form. Download the Z83 application form before applying.
Original Text
STRATEGIC/PRES/2026
Chief Directorate: Office of the Chief Operations
SALARY : R1 266 714 per annum (Level 13)
CENTRE : Pretoria
REQUIREMENTS : A Senior Certificate plus an appropriate degree/ or equivalent (NQF level 7) in Social or Public Management. A Minimum of 5 years’ middle/senior managerial
experience. Competencies: Communication, both oral and writing. Client orientation and customer focus. Honesty and integrity. Service delivery
innovation. Knowledge Management: Financial management. Problem solving and analysis. Operational capability leadership. Program and project
management. People management and empowerment Change Management.
Public Service Regulatory Framework. Policy formulation process within
Government. Business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resource modelling and leadership
technique. Monitoring and evaluation methods, tools and techniques.
DUTIES : Oversee the execution and compliance of strategic planning and annual operational planning process. Coordinate the development of the Strategic
Plans, Annual Performance Plans and Annual operational plans. Facilitate first strategic planning engagements for the development of the APP. Oversee and
monitor the performance of The Presidency on a quarterly and annual basis.
Compile the in-year and the end-of-year performance information reports to ensure that policies and procedures are maintained for performance
information so as to keep them relevant and updated with all legislative changes. Oversee quarterly performance review sessions to enable the
Accounting Officer an opportunity to interface with management to the achievement of the performance targets and pre-determined commitments
against action plan. Coordinate the review of mid-term and end of term performance. Coordinate collection of inputs for all required reporting
processes. Compile and submit three monthly GBVF reports per quarter.
Compile and submit one Presidency audit matrix report per quarter. Coordinate collection of inputs and compile MTDP bi-annual report. Finalise and
coordinate submission of Mid-year and End-of-Term Review. Interact with
Budget Office and HR with regards to aligning the operational plan with the resource plans- therefore compile all necessary performance information in
appropriate inputs for the ENE and AENE, inputs into HR plans etc. Quality assure the performance information before the presentation to the Executive
Authority, Accounting Officer, Branch Heads, Audit Committee, National
Treasury, Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation as well as
Auditor-General. Ensure a safe storage of performance information for the purpose of publishing quality data.
ENQUIRIES : Ms L Mphahlele Tel No: (012) 300 5865
NOTE : NB: Email applications must on the subject line state only the Reference number: STRATEGIC/PRES/2026 (with no spaces)
OTHER POSTS
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.