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Requirements

The ideal candidate must be in possession of a Grade 12 certificate with demonstration of knowledge and skills in a financial field.

Essential Knowledge, Skills And Competencies Required: The successful candidate must have knowledge of: - Pastel Evolution; PFMA; Treasury Regulations; Supply Chain Management; Internal Control procedures; Traditional Financial Management Expenditure Management practice notes and Traditional Council expenditure procedures; numeric and mathematical accuracy; Accounting skills; Planning; Organizational skills; Good communication skills (written and verbal) with internal and external programme/responsibility managers, officials, banks, households and other Provincial departments; Good computer skills in MS Office.

Duties

Key Responsibilities: The successful candidate will be required to provide an integrated financial administrative support to Traditional Institutions with the following key responsibilities: - Receive monthly Traditional Council expenditure schedules and verify supporting financial documents; Process monthly Traditional Council payments; Reporting on monthly financial transactions; Financial Management Improvement and Capacity building (Projects).

How to apply

Email: kznjobs@kznedtea.gov.za

Tip: Many government posts require a completed Z83 form. Download it above and follow the guide.

Notes

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.The Department of Economic Development, Tourism, and Environmental Affairs is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and preference will be given to suitably qualified candidates from designated groups in terms of the Employment Equity Act, 1998.

The Department reserves the right to withhold the filling of the abovementioned posts at any time before an appointment.

All applications must be submitted on the new Application for Employment form (Z83), which became effective from the 1st of January 2021, obtainable from any Public Service Department or can be downloaded at www.dpsa.gov.za-vacancies.

The form must be completed in full, and the application form should be initiated, signed, and dated.

All required information on the Z83 must be provided.

Failure to complete or disclose all information will automatically disqualify the applicant.

The completed and signed Z83 must be accompanied by an updated, detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV).

Dates of starting and leaving employment must be given as DD/MM/YYYY.

Shortlisted candidates must submit certified documents on or before the day of the interview, following communication from Human Resources. 85 Should an applicant have a foreign qualification, it must be accompanied by an evaluation certificate from the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).

It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).

Applications submitted electronically will be taken as a final application and may not be amended or supplemented in any way after the closing date indicated in the advertisement.

If you have not been contacted within three (3) months after the closing date of the advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to undergo a competency test/technical exercise.

Candidates are discouraged from sending their applications through registered mail, as the Department will not take responsibility for the non-collection of those applications.

The appointment is subject to a positive outcome obtained from the State Security Agency to the following checks (security clearance, qualification, citizenship, and previous employment verifications).

The Department will conduct reference checks with the HR of the current and or /previous employer(s) apart from the referees listed.

All shortlisted candidates for SMS posts will be subjected to a technical exercise that intends to test relevant technical elements of the job, the logistics of which will be communicated by the Department.

Following the interview and technical exercise, the selection panel will recommend candidate/s to attend a generic managerial competency assessment (in compliance with the DPSA Directive on implementing competency-based assessment).

The competency assessment will test generic managerial competencies using the mandated DPSA SMS competency assessment tools.

All shortlisted candidates, including SMS, shall undertake two pre-entry assessments.

One must be a practical exercise, and the other must be an Integrity (Ethical Conduct) Assessment.

Selection panels shall score both technical exercises as an additional criterion in the interview process.

Before the appointment for SMS positions, the appointee will be required to produce a Pre-entry certificate for the Senior Management Pre-Entry Programme, a public service-specific training program applicable to all applicants who aspire to join the SMS.

The course is offered by the National School of Government (NSG).

The course is available at the NSG under the name Certificate for entry, and the full details can be obtained by following the link: https://www.thensg.gov.za/trainingcourse/smspre- entryprogramme.

Regrettably, due to excessive budget cuts, the Department is not in a position to meet any travel and subsistence costs relating to recruitment processes. OTHER POSTS