Deputy Director

About the role

The Department of Basic Education is hiring a Deputy Director in Social Mobilisation and Support Service Chief Directorate: Care and Support Service Directorate: Health Promotion, based in Department of Basic Education (Pretoria). This is a permanent post, paying R1,101,468 a year. How to apply: Submitted via post to: Private Bag X895, Pretoria, 0001 or hand-deliver to: The Department of Basic Education, 222 Struben Street, Pretoria or you can email your application HR@dbe.gov.za in PDF format. Please visit the Department of Education’s website at www.education.gov.za For attention: Ms N Monyela/ Mr M Segowa Reference number to quote: DBE/76/2026 Closing date: 06 November 2026 Use the new Z83 form and attach a detailed CV. Note: The successful candidate must sign an annual performance agreement, annually disclose their financial interests and be subjected to a security clearance.

Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and coordinating the HIV and AIDS conditional grant at National Level, Consolidating the monthly, quartley, annual financial and programme reports, Monitoring the performance of Provincial HIV and AIDS programme, Facilitating the development of the HIV and AIDS Life Skills Conditional Grant Framework and provincial business plans, Ensuring adherence to allocated budgets as per the approved business plans, Consolidating financial performance reports for the grant, management of the HIV & AIDS Life Skills programme incompliance to the grant framework in provinces, ensuring effective planning implementation, monitoring and evaluation of HIV and AIDS, STIs and TB programme activities and policies, Conducting oversight visit in the 9 provinces and hold interprovincial meetings, Facilitating and maintaining strategic partnerships with sister departments and stakeholders.

Requirements

• NQF level 6 post matric qualification in or an equivalent qualification in Health Promotion, Health Science or Education as recognised by SAQA, 4 years relevant experience as an Assistant Director or equivalent, Understanding of the policy mandate, biomedical evidence and the social determinates relevant to provision of sexuality education and health education/promotion coupled with extensive experience in the development, implementation and management of programmes for children and/or adolescence, Knowledge of the education sector policies and strategies guiding the development, Implementation and management of HIV, STIs, and Teenage pregnancy prevention programmes in schools, An understanding of current school health policies and trends as well as the evidence and interventions aimed at vulnerable girl and boy is required, Stakeholder and partnership management is crucial in this position, Strong financial management skills are prerequisite for the position, Strong communication skills(both verbal and written) are essential, as are conceptual, organisational and administrative skills and networking skills, the ability to liaise with officials at all levels of government as well as with key stakeholders in the field, A self-starter who works well independently as well as in a team with demonstrated ability to apply monitoring and evaluation and project management principles to their work.