Principal Professional Officer: Strategic Staffing Specialist Planning
| Location: | Cape Town |
| Education level: | Degree |
| Job level: | Management (Snr - Executive, 5+ yrs) |
| Travel requirement: | Occasional |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Reference: | #CS 110/25 |
| Company: | The City of Cape Town |
Principal professional officer: strategic staffing specialist planning
Salary commencing from r1 307 905 to r1 873 179 per annum ref no: cs 110/25 - civic centre, cape town
Please note that candidates who applied for cs 75/25 principal professional officer - strategic staffing specialist: planning should not apply again
Requirements:
- Minimum of a relevant three-year tertiary qualification - Candidates with the relevant B-degree will be given preference
- Minimum of eight (8) years’ relevant experience
- Data management and analysis, planning and project management experience will be advantageous
- A valid driver’s licence and the ability to travel
- Computer literacy in MS Office, literacy in MS Projects, SAP experience and Data Visualisation tools such as Power BI will be advantageous.
- Oversee the management of recruitment planning and targeted recruitment projects
- Ensure that annual staffing plans are developed through effective talent sourcing strategies, incorporate scenario planning and internal capacity building.
- Oversee vacancies demand management planning and estimation, and predict staffing growth
- Advise on strategies for sourcing scarce and critical skills and management of consequential vacancies
- Oversee best practices as well as Continuous Improvement opportunities for the strategic staffing function
- Oversee and facilitate recruitment projects and campaigns and related outputs
- Providing input, leading and directing activities associated with staffing projects planning
- Develop and implement strategies, policies and procedures to ensure critical performance indicators are met
- Oversee staffing related integrated risk management
- Ensure the optimal utilisation of human resources within Strategic Staffing branch
- Lead the compilation of staffing and related functions Business Intelligence to inform decision-making.
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Closing date: 15 August 2025
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- Copies of supporting documents will not be returned.
- Kindly note that applications will not be acknowledged in writing.
- Visit our website at www.capetown.gov.za/careers
- No late applications will be considered.
- If no notification of appointment is received within three (3) months of the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
Posted on 04 Aug 11:33, Closing date 15 Aug