Deputy Director: Specialist Analyst – Knowledge Management

About the role

The Department of Health is hiring a Deputy Director: Specialist Analyst - Knowledge Management in Digital Health Systems, based in Pretoria. This is a permanent post, paying R932,292 a year. How to apply: The Director-General, National Department of Health, Private Bag X399, Pretoria, 0001. Hand delivered application may be submitted at Reception (Brown Application Box), Dr AB Xuma Building, 1112 Voortrekker Rd, Pretoria Townlands 351-JR or should be forwarded to recruitment@health.gov.za quoting the reference number on the subject e-mail. For attention: Ms M Shitiba Reference number to quote: NDOH 83/2026 Closing date: 09 November 2026 Use the new Z83 form and attach a detailed CV.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain an effective knowledge management framework that supports the digital health units’ objectives.
• Develop and implement the digital health unit’s knowledge management strategy.
• Establish knowledge management standards and procedures.
• Define knowledge governance structures and roles.
• Preserve institutional knowledge and critical information assets.
• Capture tacit and explicit knowledge from projects, programs, and subject matter experts.
• Develop and maintain knowledge repositories.
• Promote a culture of knowledge exchange within the digital health unit and other clusters within the NDoH.
• Facilitate communities of practice and learning networks.
• Organise knowledge-sharing events, webinars, and workshops.
• Develop collaboration platforms and knowledge-sharing tools.
• Ensure effective management of digital knowledge platforms and resources.
• Manage knowledge management systems, portals, and repositories.
• Maintain content taxonomy, metadata, and classification standards.
• Transform evidence and research into actionable knowledge for decision-making.
• Synthesise research findings, policy documents, and technical reports.
• Develop evidence briefs, summaries, and knowledge products.
• Support dissemination of research outcomes.
• Foster collaboration and knowledge exchange with internal and external stakeholders.
• Build relationships with healthcare, academic, research, and technology partners.
• Facilitate multi-stakeholder knowledge exchange initiatives as well as coordinate stakeholder consultations and engagement activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree (NQF 7) as recognised by SAQA in any of the following scientific fields: Information Science and/or Data Science.
• Health Economic Sciences or Public Health Research Sciences, Knowledge and Information Management Sciences.
• At least 3 years’ experience at an ASD level or equivalent level in public health research and analytics in the public, private or academic sectors.
• Proven experience in implementing knowledge-sharing platforms and repositories, managing digital libraries, and digital document management and facilitating communities of practice and learning networks.
• Facilitate multi-stakeholder knowledge-exchange initiatives, coordinate stakeholder consultations and engagement activities.
• Support partnerships for knowledge generation and dissemination.
• Promote collaboration across digital health ecosystems as well as knowledge of Management Service Delivery Innovation (SDI).
• Proven experience in managing health-related data and analytics is an added advantage.
• Good strategic capability and leadership, problem-solving and analysis, client orientation and customer focus, people management and empowerment, programme and project management, financial and change management, resilience and assertiveness, communication (written and verbal), and ethical behaviour skills.
• Ability to work independently and within a diverse multidisciplinary team.
• A valid driver’s licence.