Entry Date: 02 Jul 2023
Expiry Date: 09 Jul 2023
The Housing Development Agency (HDA) is a National Public sector development agency that inter alia has the mandate to identify, acquire, prepare, and develop suitable land for human settlements. The agency also undertakes the programme and project management for development of housing and human settlements. The HDA carries out its functions in partnership with a range of stakeholders including national, provincial, and local government and municipalities, as well as with communities, developers, and financiers. 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 ending 31 March 2028:
Project Manager: Engineer
Location: Head Office – Johannesburg
Reporting Line: Development Manager
Ref: HDA PME012
Main Purpose: To define, manage and monitor the implementation of Engineering, infrastructure, and project technical support for the Alexandra Redevelopment Programme as well as capture or develop support products and tools, lessons learnt and good practices.
Key Performance Areas:
1. Strategic Management
• Contributing as a manager to the overall effective functioning of the HDA assigned projects in the Province
• Ensuring integration of the different project function within the Provincial Office to ensure optimal delivery of the HDAs mandate
• Ensure the alignment of projects to the broader HDA strategy and strategic intention
Key Performance Areas:
1. Strategic Management
• Contributing as a manager to the overall effective functioning of the HDA assigned projects in the Province
• Ensuring integration of the different project function within the Provincial Office to ensure optimal delivery of the HDAs mandate
• Ensure the alignment of projects to the broader HDAstrategy and strategic intention
2. Project Development
• Develop and maintain the programme
• Align programme to HDA strategic direction, policy, and plans
• Take into account and accommodate sector development and changes in the programme approach and strategy tailored for specific service offering to organs of state
3. Programme Support and Services to Clients
• Develop project plans to ensure achievement of agreed services
• Define project feasibility factors, resourcing requirements and project deliverables and time frames
• Develop project plans in line with HDA project service offering
• Develop appropriate terms of reference for appointment of project resources
• Implement of appropriate procurement policies and practices to ensure appointment of required project resources in line with project timeframes
• Reporting in terms of service to client
• Accommodate any changes and/or specific related client request as part of programme offering
4. Programme Resource Management and Alignment
• Procure required project resources by meeting the requirements of HDA SCM policy
• Monitor performance and provide feedback to identified resources on performance
• Ensure alignment of external resources to project, regional and internal capacity support on the programme
5. Programme Budgeting and Financial Management
• Develop project/programme budgets in line with agreed feasibilities and available funding
• Monitor project expenditure against budget and project deliverables
• Address any project budget variance
• Provide feedback and input to overall HDA budget
6. Develop Support Tools, Products, Lessons Learnt and Best Practice
• Identify project design, planning, implementation, management and monitoring best practices that emerge from HDA projects and programmes interventions
• Identify and develop possible support tools and product and opportunities
• Identify and develop opportunities to enhance and improve any existing support tools and products
• Review best practices developed and amend to accurately reflect lesson learnt
• Integrate lesson learnt into new project design, planning, implementation, management, and monitoring methodologies
7. Qualifications & Experience
• Registration with relevant professional body
• Civil Engineering Degree or equivalent
• Project and programme management qualification added advantage
• Excellent understanding and at least 5 years’ working experience in a PFMA/MFMA and public entities environment
• 5-10 years’ experience in large-scale and/or low-cost housing construction environment or infrastructure development (water, sanitation, roads & storm water,and electricity)
• Knowledge and understanding of PMBOK and/or Agile Methods
• A minimum of 3 years of this experience must be in a quality construction management capacity
• Driver’s license
• Computer literacy in AUTOCAD, MS Project, Civil Designer, Micro Outlook, Excel, and Word
• Willing to travel extensively
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Remuneration Scale: R807 700 to R1 050 000 per annum (all-inclusive package)
Closing date for applications is 09 July 2023.
To submit your application, please send an email HDARecruitRegGADA@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. Copies 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 and priority given to people living with disabilities and females ● 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.
