Entry Date: 14 May 2024
Expiry Date: 17 May 2024
The Housing Development Agency (HDA) is a national public sector development agency that acquires and prepares land as well as develops the land and project manages the development of housing and human settlements. We carry out our activities in partnership with a range of stakeholders including national, provincial, and local government and municipalities, as well as with communities, developers, financiers, and other affected parties. Established in 2009, the Agency was established by an Act of Parliament in 2008 and is accountable through its Board to the Minister of Human Settlements. For more information about the HDA, please visit our website: www.thehda.co.za.
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The HDA has the following Fixed term contract (ending 31 March 2026)
Position: Development Manager
Location: Polokwane – Limpopo
Reporting Line: Provincial Manager
Ref: HDA DMLIM001
Main Purpose: To control and coordinate all material aspects of projects and project managers that are responsible for projects to ensure developments are completed on time, within budget and to specifications while meeting all role-player expectations.
Key Performance Areas:
1. Strategic Management
- Participate in the management of the Regional Office.
- Contributing as a manager to the overall effective functioning of the HDA assigned projects in the province.
- Ensuring integration of the different functions within the regional office to ensure optimal delivery of the HDA mandate on assigned projects.
- Ensure the alignment of projects to the broader HDA strategy and strategic intention.
2. Project Management
- Establishing and enhancing systems to implement and manage a range of projects and project managers simultaneously.
- Establishing a coordinated communication system for all active projects.
- Developing and implementing a project risk management framework.
- Recognizing key project constraints facing the projects and coordinating the successful resolution of the challenges.
- Developing and managing the implementation of project plans.
- Overseeing project teams including internal and external stakeholders and participants.
- Driving and managing project technical meetings.
- Managing and monitoring the implementation of a project communication plan.
- Managing the project budgets and monitoring variances.
- Drafting and managing project reporting.
- Chairing allocated technical and progress meetings.
- Managing health and safety on all project sites.
- Ensuring legal and contractual compliance on all project sites.
- Monitor that projects meet role player requirements.
3. Project Planning
- Managing the project budgeting and cash flows.
- Managing the liaison with project related stakeholders.
- Managing the development of project roles and resourcing plans.
- Manage the allocation of resources (both internal and external) and required outputs.
- Managing the development of project plans.
- Agreeing project milestones and reporting requirements on projects.
4. Project Funding Management
- Controlling the standard of funding applications.
- Monitoring the project funding progress.
- Identifying and addressing project funding challenges.
5. Project Related Procurement
- Managing the development of appropriate TORs for project related procurement.
- Evaluating proposals and appointing relevant service providers to facilitate project related delivery.
6. People Management
- Select, assign, lead and manage resources and people.
- Manage the performance of staff in line with their performance management agreements.
- Provide advice, guidance, and direction to subordinate managers and staff toward their professional development.
- Implementing the HDA HR policies and procedures with the team.
- Manage risks and address labour issues as they arise.
- Provide leadership to the entire team, defining objectives to be achieved by the business unit.
- Manage recruitment and support staff development.
- Develop and manage the implementation of succession plans for key individuals and critical positions.
- Manage performance of direct reports ensuring agreement of annual goals, measuring performance against agreed goals and dealing with non-performance accordingly.
- Ensure that the working environment contributes to improving staff morale and increasing productivity.
7. Qualifications & Experience
- Relevant Degree in Planning or Engineering or Construction or equivalent built environment discipline.
- 10 - 12 years’ experience in a Project Management role.
- A minimum of 5 years of this experience must be at management level.
- Professional Registration with relevant accredited councils within the built environment discipline.
- Experience in housing construction and/or infrastructure-based project management.
- Experience in the delivery and project management of low income or affordable housing projects is preferable.
- Driver’s license.
- Computer literacy.
Remuneration Scale: R 906 100 and R 1 177 900 per annum (all-inclusive package)
Closing date for applications is 17 May 2024
To submit your application, please send an email to HDARecruitLimp@thehda.co.za
When submitting your application for a position, please adhere to the following:
1. CVs received after the closing date will NOT be considered.
2. The Job Title and Reference number for the relevant position must appear in the subject line of your application.
3. The CV must be in PDF format.
4. Copies of all qualifications must be provided.
5. Copy of identity document must be provided.
6. Two contactable references.
Kindly take note if you have not been contacted within twenty-one (21) working days of the closing date; please consider your application unsuccessful. Should you not comply with the above requirements your application will NOT be considered.
Conditions of service: The HDA is an equal opportunity employer Appointments will be made in accordance with the HDA Employment Equity policy The HDA reserves the right not to make an appointment. We thank all applicants for their interest. Communication will be conducted with short-listed applicants only.
The HDA operates in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act 3 of 2013 (“POPI Act”), and by submitting your personal information to the HDA (by way of application and/or providing any other documentation as may be required during the recruitment process), you agree that the HDA may utilise and process your personal information in accordance with the POPI Act.
