DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
APPLICATIONS: Direct your application quoting the reference number of the post you are applying for and the name of the publication in which you saw the advertisement to The Director: Human Resource Management Department of Public Works, Private Bag X9142, Pietermaritzburg, 3200. Alternatively, applications can be delivered to 191 Prince Alfred Street, Pietermaritzburg. Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts through the online e-Recruitment system at www.kznonline.gov.za/kznjobs. Applicants can submit their Z83 and CV online. Applicants may also visit any one of our Designated Online Application Centres (DOACS) where our friendly staff will assist you with applying online or receiving your hardcopy application.
You can find the list of Designated Online Application Centres (DOACS) at www.kznonline.gov.za/kznjobs.” FOR ATTENTION: Mrs ZJ Hlongwane CLOSING DATE: 12 December 2025 NOTE: Directions To Candidates Note to applicants: The Provincial Administration of KwaZulu-Natal is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and Women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applications must be submitted individually on the prescribed new approved Z83 form, which is 124 available from the website www.kznworks.gov.za or can be obtained from any Public Service department, and must be accompanied by a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV).
Certified copies of supporting documents need not accompany your application and CV, as these will be requested from shortlisted candidates only. Faxed or electronic copies will not be considered. Candidates are urged to view the guidelines available to all prospective candidates applying for vacant positions on the departmental website before completing applications for posts.
Direct your application quoting the reference number of the post you are applying for and the name of the publication in which you saw the advertisement. Candidates are also advised not to send their applications through registered mail, as the Department will not take responsibility for non-collection thereof. It is the applicants’ responsibility to have a foreign qualifications assessment for equivalent by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). Applications that do not comply with the above-mentioned instructions will be disqualified.
Please note that the Department reserves the right not to fill the post. Recommended candidate’s personal information will be subject to vetting prior to an offer of appointment being made. Candidates are expected to be available on the date set for the interviews, or they may be disqualified. Should you not have been contacted by this office within 3 months of the closing date of the advertisement, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.
Please note that further communication shall be restricted to those candidates who will have been shortlisted. The appointed candidate shall be required to sign a performance agreement. Please note that reference checks and/or confirmation of employment will be done with the current employer, and candidates are advised to include references from the current employment to facilitate this.
The filling of this post will be guided by the Department’s Employment Equity targets. Please note that requests for higher salaries will not be entertained for the advertised posts; however, it may only be considered for posts falling within the Occupational Specific Dispensation (OSD), subject to the existing provisions.
Candidates applying for advertised posts in the Department will be deemed to have granted consent to their personal information being used to determine suitability in terms of the POPIA Act, 4 of 2013. Please note that employment verifications shall be undertaken for all experience which has been recognized for shortlisting purposes, experience in the public service will need to be supported with a signed job description and PERSAL service record history and experience from the private sector needs to be supported by a certificate of service confirming the name of company, position held, periods of employment and duties performed. Experience that cannot be verified will result in the applicant being disqualified.