Entry Date: 26 Feb 2023
Expiry Date: 05 Mar 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.
Follow us on Twitter @The_HDA and on Facebook: TheHDA.
The HDA has the following fixed term contract positions:
Project Manager: Engineer X 3
Location: Polokwane, Limpopo
Reporting Line: Development Manager
Reference: HDA\eBus\PME-2023
Main Purpose: To define, manage and monitor the HDA Engineering, infrastructure, and project technical support to the province as well as capture or develop supportproducts and tools, lessons learnt and good practices.
Key Performance Areas:
1. Strategic Management
• Contributing as a manager to the overall effectivefunctioning of the HDA assigned projects in theprovince.
• Ensuring integration of the different project functionwithin the Provincial Office to ensure optimal delivery ofthe HDAs mandate.
• Ensure the alignment of projects to the broader HDA strategy and strategic intention.
2. Project Development
• Develop and maintain the programme.
• Align programme to HDA strategic direction, policy, andplans.
• Take into account and accommodate sector developmentand changes in the programme approach and strategytailored for specific service offering to organs of state.
3. Programme Support and Services to Clients
• Develop project plans to ensure achievement of agreedservices
• Define project feasibility factors, resourcing requirementsand project deliverables and time frames
• Develop project plans in line with HDA project serviceoffering.
• Develop appropriate terms of reference for appointmentof project resources.
• Implement appropriate procurement practices to ensureappointment of required project resources in line with project timeframes.
• Reporting in terms of service to client.
• Accommodate any changes and/or specific related clientrequest as part of programme offering.
4. Programme Resource Management and Alignment
• Procure required project resources by meeting therequirements of HDA SCM policy.
• Monitor performance and provide feedback to identifiedresources 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 agreedfeasibilities and available funding.
• Monitor project expenditure against budget and projectdeliverables.
• Address any project budget variance.
• Provide feedback and input to overall HDA budget.
6. Develop Support Tools, Products, Lessons Learnt andBest Practice
• Identify project design, planning, implementation,management and monitoring best practices that emergefrom HDA projects and programmes interventions
• Identify and develop possible support tools and productand opportunities.
• Identify and develop opportunities to enhance andimprove any existing support tools and products.
• Review best practices developed and amend to accuratelyreflect lesson learnt.
• Integrate lesson learnt into new project design, planning, implementation, management, and monitoring methodologies.
7. Requirements
• Registration with relevant professional body
• Civil Engineering Degree or equivalent
• Project and programme management qualificationrequired.
• Excellent understanding and at least 5 years’ workingexperience in a PFMA/MFMA and public entitiesenvironment’
• 5-10 years’ experience in large-scale and/or low-costhousing construction environment or infrastructuredevelopment (water, sanitation, roads & storm water andelectricity).
• Knowledge and understanding of PMBOK and/or AgileMethods
• A minimum of 3 years of this experience must be in aquality construction management capacity.
• Driver’s license
• Computer literacy in AUTOCAD, MS Project, CivilDesigner, Micro Outlook, Excel and Word
• Willing to travel extensively.
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Please forward a relevant CV (Clearly marked with the reference number of the position) in a Microsoft Word format toPME@ebustech-consulting.co.za
Remuneration Scale: R807 700 – R1 050 000 per annum (all-inclusive package)
Kindly note that should you not receive a response within 21 days please consider your application unsuccessful.
Conditions of service:
The HDA is an equal opportunity employer ●Appointments will be made in accordance with the HDA EE Policy and preference will be given to people with disability and females ●The HDA reserves the right not to make an appointment.
Please do not send certificates, diplomas, or testimonials. We thank all applicants for their interest.
Communication will be conducted with short-listed applicants only.
Closing date for applications: 5 March 2023
For enquiries, please contact Ms. Nokuthula Nyalunga on086 100 9999, or admin@ebustech-consulting.co.za
