PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION: NORTHERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

This Department is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, whose aim is to promote representivity in all levels of all occupational categories in the Department. CLOSING DATE: 23 December 2025 NOTE: Applications must be submitted on the new prescribed application form Z83 of the Public Service Act, obtainable from any Public Service Department or any Public Service Administration website. Applicants are not required to submit copies of qualifications and other relevant documents on application, but must submit a fully completed Z83 and a detailed/comprehensive Curriculum Vitae, indicating positions held, dates and key performance responsibilities.

Only shortlisted candidates will be required to submit certified copies of their qualifications and relevant documents on or before the day of the interview proceedings, following communication from the Human Resource Management Recruitment and Selection Unit. Failure to submit the requested documents or information will result in your application not being considered.

The employment decision shall be informed by the Employment Equity Plan of the Northern Cape Department of Health. Should an applicant wish to apply for more than one post, separate applications must be submitted for all posts. If you have not been contacted within eight (8) weeks after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.

Suitable candidates will be subjected to a personnel suitability check (criminal record, residential address, qualification verification and employment verification). 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.

The Department reserves the right not to make any appointment(s) to the above post. The successful candidate will be expected to sign a performance agreement. The Department of Health is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.

The employment decision shall be informed by the Employment Equity Plan of the Department. It is the Department’s intention to promote equity (race, gender and disability) through the filling of this post(s) with a candidate whose transfer/promotion/appointment will promote representavity in line with the numerical targets as contained in our Employment Equity Plan.

For all SMS positions, the successful completion of the Public Service Senior Management Leadership Programme is required, as endorsed by the National School of Government. The SMS Pre-Entry Certificate is required prior to appointment. For more details on the pre-entry course, visit: https://www.thensg.gov.za/trainingcourse /sms-pre-entry-programme.