Entry Date: 22 Aug 2025
Expiry Date: 29 Aug 2025
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 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
The HDA has the following 6 months contract Position:
TEMPORARY ETHICS SPECIALIST
Location: Head Office
Reporting Line: Risk Manager
Contract: 6 Months Contract
Reference: HDAES001
Main Purpose: The purpose of an Ethics Specialist is to ensure that the HDA operates in compliance with ethical principles, legal standards, and organisational values. Playing a crucial role in fostering a culture of integrity, accountability, and trust with the HDA.
Key Performance Areas:
1. Ethics Risk Management
• Assist the Risk Manager in the implementation of the ethics risk management programme within the HDA, with particular attention to: ant-fraud, corruption and whistleblowing policy and procedures, and the fraud prevention plan.
• Analysis and evaluation of the of ethics-related policies to align with codes of ethics and/or conduct within the HDA, and best practice.
• Design and implement ongoing learning and awareness programs on the code of ethics and ethics related policies to effect behavioural change within the Organisation.
• Ensure ethical decision-making is embedded in key processes.
• Provide guidance and advise to employees, management, and the board including its committees on ethics-related issues.
• Conduct a lifestyle review annually based on the Declaration of interest / financial disclosures and in accordance with the entity’s operational structure.
• Ensure implementation and monitoring of consequence management of ethics-related cases.
• Conduct ethics opportunity and risk assessment through ethics questionnaire survey and interviews with employees. Monitor and report on unethical behaviour t activities.
• Assist the HDA in driving an ethical culture through collaboration with Human Resources, Marketing and Communications, Compliance, and other inter-related departments.
• Conduct ethics assessments on reported unethical conduct.
• Assist Internal Audit with conducting preliminary fraud assessments.
2. Monitoring
• Monitor adherence to ethical standards and compliance with regulations and guidelines
• Ensure development and maintenance of confidential procedures and systems required for effective handling of allegations related to ethics.
• Ensure prompt investigations pursuant to complaints and allegations of ethical misconduct.
3. Reporting
• Assist with the preparation of ethics related reports for presentation and adoption by the EXCO, Social and Ethics Committee, Audit and Risk Committee and the Board.
4. Qualifications and Experience
• B-degree in Commerce / Law, Corporate Governance / Risk Management and Compliance
• Ethics Officer Certification Program (EOCP) Accredited
• 5 years and above experience in ethics compliance
• Experience in PFMA Public Entities will be added advantage
Remuneration Scale: R47 558 – R72 466 per month (all-inclusive package)
Closing date for applications is 29 August 2025.
To submit your application, please send an email to : HDARecruitCEO@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 must be provided.
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 South African citizens from ethnic groups listed as Africans, White, Indian and Coloured populations are all encouraged to apply for job opportunities in the HDA. 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.
