Assistant Director: Cultural Support, Ref No: CAS 22/2026

Job Purpose

The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport has a career opportunity for an individual to provide a cultural support service that enables the development and promotion of artistic and cultural expressions in the Western Cape.

Minimum Requirements

An appropriate 3-year tertiary qualification (National Diploma/B-Degree); A minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience.

Recommendation

None

Key Performance Areas

Provide support services for cultural facilities to ensure a safe and enabling environment for cultural programmes and initiatives; Provide administrative support services to the component; Provide secretariat services to the Western Cape Cultural Commission; Operational Management; People Management; Financial Management.

Competencies

Knowledge of the following: Knowledge of and working experience with the legislation, regulatory frameworks, policies and best practices that have a bearing on the line functions; information systems that aid in the management of knowledge and information pertaining to the line function; project management; operational management practices; procurement and tendering processes; policy development, and operational management, monitoring and review processes; modern systems of governance and administration. Knowledge and understanding of public service procedures, processes and systems; regional and local political, economic and social affairs impacting on the provincial government of the Western Cape; Constitutional, legal and institutional arrangements governing the South African public sector; public finance, human resources and discourse management processes; the Public Finance Management Act, National and Provincial Treasury Regulations, other financial policies, prescripts, directives and collective agreements; the functioning of the Province and the activities of sister departments/related functional areas; Knowledge and understanding of the policies of the government of the day; Knowledge and understanding of Labour Relations legislation and regulations; Knowledge and understanding of performance management in general; stakeholder management.

Skills needed: Numeracy; Literacy; Computer Literacy; Language skills; Accounting; Finance; Audit.

Remuneration

R 487 197 to R 573 897 per annum (Salary level 9).

Note on remuneration in addition service benefits or obligations for qualifying employees (medical assistance, housing assistance, pension-fund contributions, etc) are funded or co-funded in terms of the applicable prescripts or collective agreements.

Notes

Shortlisted candidates will be required to attend interviews on a date and time determined by the department and will be required to submit duly completed and signed vetting and supporting documentation within the timeframe communicated by the WCG and prior to the interview date. Failure to provide the required duly completed and signed vetting and supporting documentation within the prescribed timeframe, without reasonable justification, may result in the shortlisted candidate not being considered further in the current recruitment and selection process.

Application Declaration:

I acknowledge that, should I be shortlisted, I will be required to submit duly completed and signed vetting and supporting documentation within the timeframe communicated by the WCG and prior to my scheduled interview date.

I further understand that failure to provide the required duly completed and signed vetting and supporting documentation within the prescribed timeframe, without reasonable justification, may impact the progression of my application and may result in my application not being considered further in the current recruitment and selection process.

All shortlisted candidates 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. The selection process will be guided by the EE targets of the employing department.

By applying for this position, you are consenting to the Western Cape Government contacting your previous employers/managers for an employment reference. Reference checks will include enquiries relating to your disciplinary records and reasons for leaving.

Should you experience difficulties with your online application, technical support is available from Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 16.00. Contact the helpline at 086 137 0214. For all other queries relating to the position, kindly contact the enquiries person as indicated in the advert. Please ensure that you submit your application before the closing date as no late applications will be considered.

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