WE HAVE AN EXCITING CAREER OPPORTUNITY FOR:

PERMANENT POSITION
Executive Director: Health
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VACANCY CIRCULAR Publication Date:

055/2023
Friday, 28 July 2023 This Vacancy is open to Employees of the City
City of Johannesburg
Closing Date: of Johannesburg and External Applicants
Friday, 10 August 2023
 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: HEALTH

Department: Office of the City Manager

Branch: Health
Designation: Executive Director: Health
Job level: R 2 148 405 pa (all-inclusive, cost to company)
Location: Metropolitan Centre, 158 Civic Boulevard, Braamfontein

Minimum requirements:
• Matric/Grade 12;
• A professional Degree in Medicine (MBChB, MBBCh) or equivalent qualification in a
healthcare field/public health and or environmental health management at NQF level 9;
• Current registration in one of the practitioner categories of the Health Professional Council
of South Africa (HPCSA);
• 5 – 8 years relevant working experience in a senior/executive management level in health
services;
• 10 years overall relevant working experience in health service;
• Must be able to work extended hours and be on standby; and
• Must not have a criminal record (excluding previous conviction relating to political activities
in the previous dispensation) and such a person shall undergo security vetting.

Primary Function:
To provide sound strategic primary health and environmental health services
(Municipal Health Services) in the City of Johannesburg and ensure that the residents
of the City are provided the opportunity for a long and healthy life.

Key Performance Areas:

• Drive the Department’s strategic planning process in contribution to the City’s Strategy;
• Ensure provision of both personal primary health and environmental health services;
• Provide sound leadership for the achievement of the Department’s objectives;
• Implement good governance and effective risk management systems;
• Ensure effective control of the financial and human resources of the Department.

Leading competencies:
• In-depth knowledge, critical thinking, understanding of the management and control of all
the Primary Health Programmes and Environmental Health policies and legal frameworks;
• Proficiency in basic methods of epidemiology, disease prevention, environmental health,
health promotion, behavioral change, group process, community/organisational
development and methods of instruction, public information and mass media methods,
data analysis and research methods; marketing principles, public information and mass
media and methods of instruction;
• Proficiency in the identification of population health status and determinants of health and
in the use of methods and instruments for collecting valid qualitative and quantitative data;

Publication Date:
VACANCY CIRCULAR Friday,
28 July 2023
055/2023
Closing Date:
This Vacancy is open to Employees of the
City of Johannesburg
Thursday, 10 August 2023 City of Johannesburg and External Applicants
 • Proficiency in quality improvement principles and application of the public health
standards;
• Proficiency in policy development, feasibility analysis, incorporating policies into program
plans and structures, and policy evaluation and impact analysis;
• Proficiency in assuring that cultural, social, and behavioral factors play a significant role in
the accessibility, availability, and delivery of public health services;
• Knowledge of the Municipal business planning processes feeding into the development of
Strategic plans, Service Delivery Implementation Plans (SDBIP), and departmental
implementation plans;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Clinical risk management experience;
• Organizational skills;
• Outstanding leadership and managerial skills;
• Requires the ability to perform upper-level data analysis, including the ability to
hypothesize, theorise and assimilate, to modify or adapt existing policies/methods to meet
unusual conditions within the context of existing theories and management principles;
• Ability to utilise a variety of reference, descriptive, and advisory data, and information such
as professional literature, fiscal reports, advisories, contracts, policy manuals, statutes,
procedures, and guidelines;
• Requires the ability to apply communication and group dynamic strategies for interacting
with persons from diverse backgrounds and levels;
• Proficiency in teaching methods and techniques for presenting material and engaging a
wide variety of audiences in learning experiences including but not limited to group process
and facilitation; and formal education using a wide range of audio-visual equipment;
• Proficiency in team building, group facilitation, leadership, and development of supervisory
trust and capacity across the Department and among community partners.

Core Competencies:
The candidate is required to have knowledge in the following domains:
• Communicable diseases;
• Environmental health;
• Non-communicable diseases;
• Health measurement and informatics;
• Social sciences;
• Occupational health;
• MFMA & SCM Regulations;
• Organisational development and management of health care.

“All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply and will be considered. The
City of Johannesburg applies the principles of employment equity as per National
legislation and policy guidelines and will consider designated groups in line with these
requirements. Preference will be given to previously disadvantaged groups including
those with disabilities. Appointments will be made in accordance with the approved
Employment Equity Plan to promote its equitable representation in terms of race,
gender and disability.”

Publication Date:
VACANCY CIRCULAR Friday,
28 July 2023
055/2023
Closing Date:
This Vacancy is open to Employees of the
City of Johannesburg
Thursday, 10 August 2023 City of Johannesburg and External Applicants
 This is a re-advertisement, candidates who previously applied are
encouraged to apply.
Please take note that only online applications will be considered. Please apply by
using the following link below:

https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1vYVsHewKQr-AK2u1WeifqAew554

APPLY ONLINE VIA THIS LINK: www.joburg.org.za

ENQUIRIES ONLY:
Contact Person: Pelisa Sindelo
Tel No: 011 407 6560

CLOSING DATE: THURSDAY, 10 AUGUST 2023

Applicants are respectfully informed that, if no notification of

appointment/response is received within six (6) weeks of the closing date, they
must accept that their application was unsuccessful. By submitting your
application for a position at the City of Johannesburg, you are consenting that
the personal information submitted as part of your application may be used for
the purposes of the Recruitment and Selection and related process. In terms of
the Talent Acquisition Policy of the City of Johannesburg, you hereby consent
to the following risk checks should your application be shortlisted:
• Credit Record,
• CV validation and
• Employment record verification,
• Criminal check, and
• Identity validation

Publication Date:
VACANCY CIRCULAR Friday,
28 July 2023
055/2023
Closing Date:
This Vacancy is open to Employees of the
City of Johannesburg
Thursday, 10 August 2023 City of Johannesburg and External Applicants