Job Requirements
The applicants must be in a possession of a Bachelor’s degree (NQF Level 7) or equivalent qualification as recognised by SAQA; 5 Years’ experience at senior managerial level; Experience in the education sector; Understanding of policies governing Public Examination and Assessment; Process Competencies: Knowledge Management, Service Delivery Innovation, Problem Solving and Analysis, Client Orientation and Customer Focus, Communication skills. Core Competencies: Strategic Capacity and Leadership, People Management and Empowerment, Financial Management and Change Management.
Duties
The successful candidate will be responsible for the managing and administration of the National Examination Assessment; Managing the setting of high quality Grade 12 examination question paper; Managing and Enhancing the National Computer System for examinations and assessment in the GET and FET bands; Managing and Improving the certification process relating to Senior Certificate and National Senior Certificate; Managing the administration of International Assessment relating to TIMSS, PIRLS, SACMEQ and TALIS; Managing the administration of the GEC pilot; Developing and assessment regime for the introduction of mother tongue Based Bilingual Education in the GET band; Developing high quality test items for diagnostic, summative and systematic assessment in the GET bands; Promoting the integration of formative assessment in teaching and learning in both GET and FET bands; Implementing a General Education Certificate at the end of Grade 9; Implementing a model of systemic evaluation that will provide valuable data on the performance of the system; Conducting assessment to determine the readiness of Grade R learners to grade 1; Supporting and Coordinating the implementation of the examinations across the nine provincial education departments; Improving the quality assurance of summative school based assessment in both the GET and FET bands; Improving the quality of marking in the Public Examinations; Providing accurate and reliable data on learner performance in the GET and FET bands.
What is the Salary
R1 494 900 per annum
Location
Pretoria
How to Apply
Apply Before:
22 December 2025
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Additional Information
A Certificate for SMS pre-entry programme is required for all SMS appointments (submitted prior to appointment), the full details of the outlined requirements and course information can be sourced by following the link https://www.thensg.gov.za/training-course/sms-pre-entry programme. All shortlisted candidates, including the SMS, shall undertake two pre-entry assessments. One will be a practical exercise to determine a candidate’s suitability based on the post’s technical and generic requirements and the other must be an integrity (ethical conduct) assessment Following the interview and the technical exercise, the selection panel will recommend candidates to attend a generic managerial competency assessment (in compliance with the DPSA Directive on the implementation of competency-based assessments). The competency assessment will be testing generic managerial competencies using the mandated DPSA SMS competency assessment tools. The incumbent will have to sign an annual performance agreement as well as annually disclose his/her financial interests and be subjected to a security clearance. OTHER POSTS