Entry Date: 11 Feb 2024
Expiry Date: 18 Feb 2024
The Housing Development Agency (HDA) is a national public sector development agency that acquires and prepares land as well as develop the land and project manage 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 position:
Project Administrator
Location: KZN – Durban
Reporting Line: Development Manager
Ref: HDA PA013
Main Purpose: To coordinate project information in the Region and provide effective management support services to the Provincial Manager aimed at ensuing smooth running of operations within the HDA.
Key Performance Areas:
1. Meeting Management:
• Arrange and facilitate relationship meetings between the department and municipalities in matters relating to project planning, verification and prioritisation.
• Arrange and facilitate all site or technical and allocation meetings.
• Arrange and facilitate relationship meetings between the service providers, land claimants or beneficiaries in matters relating to GADA Plan.
• Arrange stakeholder workshops and meetings regarding MTSF Human Settlements Project pipeline planning, programming and coordination.
• Arrange and facilitate all site or technical and allocation meetings.
2. Project Coordination:
• Plan and coordinate inspections as per the Clerk of Works projections.
• Coordinate the collection and collation of project documentation.
• Coordinate the collection and collation of subsidy documentation from the contractors.
• Support the implementation of GADA communication plan.
• Coordinate on site activities of donor programmes.
• Coordinate and assist in the collation of all project documentation from contractors and service providers.
3. Project Finance Support:
• Prepare Provincial Office Annual Operational and Procurement Plans with the team.
• Monitor operational plan quarterly.
• Prepare and submit quarterly invoices to stakeholders.
4. Reporting:
• Consolidate all project data and track against plans
• Develop monthly progress reports
• Ensure timeous submission of all monthly and quarterly provincial reports to the Regional Manager and provincial department.
• Create a risk register per province and track adherence to risk mitigation strategies
• Track adherence to the Transformation and empowerment plans
• Feed Information to the HDA dashboard.
5. Compliance:
• Monitor that all projects adhere to quality standards
• Ensure that compliance records are kept for all projects
• Identity areas of non-compliance and implement corrective action
6. Qualifications and Experience:
• Relevant degree or equivalent Business Administration/Public Administration is required.
• Experience in a public sector environment is preferred.
• Competent in MS Project outlook, MS Excel intermediate and MS Word intermediate.
———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————Remuneration Scale: R 342 800 and R 428 513 per annum (all-inclusive package)
Closing date for applications is 18 February 2024
To submit your application, please send an email ARecruitRegCKZN@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.
