PSETA Jobs – 09 September 2026

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ADMINISTRATOR ETQA LEARNER ACHIEVEMENTS

ADMINISTRATOR ETQA LEARNER ACHIEVEMENTS
Salary: R 524 540,58 per annum plus benefit
Please Note: This is a fixed term position until 31 March 2030

The Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority needs to employ a suitably qualified
Administrator ETQA Learner Achievements. The successful candidate will be based in PSETA
Offices in Hillcrest, Pretoria.

Job profile:
To provide an effective and efficient administrative support function within the ETQA
Learner Achievements and Assessor and Moderator unit.

Duties and responsibilities:

1. Administrative Support (40%)

• Acts as the first point of contact for departmental enquiries and strives to project a positive image
  at all times.
• Receives, records, distributes and tracks all incoming and outgoing correspondence / submissions
  related to learner achievements and registration of assessors and moderators.
• Organises and stores paperwork and computer-based information.
• Receives and acknowledges external moderation requests.
• Schedules external moderation requests and communicates dates to stakeholders.
• Files reports and communicates approved external moderation reports to stakeholders.
• Prints learner certificates in line with the PSETA Certificate Policy.
• Makes copies of signed certificates and files accordingly.
• Updates and maintains all certificate registers in line with the PSETA Certificate Policy and
  dispatch certificates to stakeholders.

• Receives and acknowledges assessors and moderators’ applications.
• Updates and maintains relevant databases or registers on assessor and moderator applications.
• Provides support and guidance to internal and external stakeholders in relation to the system and
  other related ETQA issues.
• Creates files per applicant and update accordingly.
• Conducts pre-evaluation and provides feedback to the applicant.
• Submits complying application files to the Specialist for evaluation.
• Captures the approved applicants on the PSETA system.
• Generates registration letters and email to the approved candidates.
• Schedules and attends meetings; takes minutes and ensure distribution to all stakeholders.
• Organises staff’s travel and accommodation requirements.
• Retrieves data for monthly, quarterly and annual reports and submit to the Specialist.
• Provides administrative and project support to the unit; as well as coordinating travel and logistics
  (such as venues for workshops, liaising with the SCM department / stakeholders).
• Receives, records, distributes and tracks all incoming and outgoing correspondence / submissions
  for the learner achievement unit.
• Keeps and maintains a sound recordkeeping system.

2. Compliance (25%)

• Operates within controls and procedures in order to ensure the integrity of PSETA.
• Identifies and reports risks or areas of concern to management within area of responsibility.
• Ensures compliance with all relevant regulations and procedures to prevent fruitless, wasteful and
  irregular expenditure.

3. Cost Control (5%)

• Promotes the effective and transparent use of financial and other resources.
• Controls expenditure and ensures spending occurs within budgetary limits and PSETA financial
  guidelines,
• report deviations to direct Manager.
• Explores opportunities to control and reduce costs.

4. Customer Service (25%)

• Maintains effective working relationships with customers (both internal and external) towards rendering
  highest
• quality of services.
• Identifies and solves problems whilst demonstrating a high level of integrity in line with PSETA core
  values.
• Provides adequate advisory support to all internal and external stakeholders

5. PSETA Values (5%)

• Living the PSETA Values:
• Honesty and Integrity: being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence
• to strong moral and ethical principles and values.

• Accountability: answerability, blameworthiness, liability, and the expectation of account-giving.
• Service Excellence: providing service that meets the customer’s needs and expectations,
• customer experiences are surpassed and when customers feel that they have received that
• little unexpected extra in the shape of extra effort.
• Fairness and Transparency: impartial and just treatment or behaviour without favouritism
• or discrimination. Lack of hidden agendas or conditions, accompanied by the availability of
• full information required for collaboration, cooperation, and collective decision making

Requirements:

• A minimum Certificate in Office Administration, HR, Social Science or Business
  Administration or related fields (NQF 5)
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in Administration
• Driver’s License Cobe B.
• Time Management
• Teamwork
• Interpersonal Relations and Skills
• Decision Making
• Creativity/Innovation
• Conflict Management
• Adaptability/Flexibility

If you meet the above requirements, please submit a detailed CV, certified copies of
educational qualifications and motivation via email with subject of Administrator ETQA Learner
Achievements to recruitment@pseta.org.za

PLEASE NOTE: Closing Date: 15 September 2026

Enquiries: Ms Phuti Phosa – Call: 012 423 5700

Please note that this is an employment equity position. All applicants are
considered, however, preference will be given to people living with disability
and Designated groups (Youth, Women and People with disabilities). In line with
PSETA EE Plan.

Specialist: Legal and Compliance

Salary: R1 096 153,87 per annum plus benefits
Please Note: This is a fixed term position until 31 March 2030

The Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority needs to employ a suitably qualified
Specialist: Legal and Compliance. The successful candidate will be based in PSETA
Offices in Hillcrest, Pretoria

Job profile:
The purpose of the Specialist: Legal and Compliance is to provide specialised Legal advisory and
Compliance management services to PSETA.

Duties and responsibilities:

Legal and Compliance (40%)
▪ Provides services in the drafting and vetting of all forms of contracts and legal opinions.
▪ Serves as a liaison and coordinator between PSETA and law firms on various legal related matters.
▪ Ensures vetting of organisational policies and procedures are consistent with the law.
▪ Promotes legal practices within PSETA.
▪ Manages all legal proceedings to protect PSETA interests, including pleadings, briefs, trials and
settlement negotiations.
▪ Implements the contract management framework for PSETA.
▪ Implements quality assurance guidelines on contracts, tenders and other legal documents between

PSETA and third parties.
▪ Partakes in negotiations between PSETA and third parties.
▪ Develops and implements control systems to prevent or deal with violations of legal guidelines.
▪ Preserves the organisation’s integrity by ensuring it remains lawful and ethical, whilst
enabling efficiency and effectiveness.
▪ Identifies compliance issues and provides advice or training.
▪ Prepares reports for Senior Management and external regulatory bodies as appropriate.
▪ Continually tests alignment and enablement of compliance management practices and company
practices with industry relevant regulation and legislation.
▪ Provides guidance to Business Units on specific provisions of the applicable Acts and
Communicates.
▪ new regulatory requirements and risks where necessary.
▪ Submits statutory compliance returns to relevant Regulatory bodies.

Governance (30%)
▪ Monitors the operation of controls and procedures in order to ensure the integrity of PSETA.
▪ Identifies and monitors departmental risks.
▪ Develop and maintain a risk register, as well as a system to monitor the dispositions of resultscommunicated to management.
▪ Implement action plans to address internal and external audit findings, continuously monitor progressagainst these plans.
▪ Ensures compliance with Section 51 of the PFMA to prevent fruitless, wasteful and irregularexpenditure.
▪ Ensures compliance with all relevant regulations and policy frameworks.

Stakeholder Management (15%)
▪ Establishes and maintains effective working relationships through collaboration with stakeholders andrelevant interests.
▪ Represents PSETA in meetings with stakeholders.
▪ Identifies and solves problems creatively whilst demonstrating a high level of integrity in line withPSETA core values.
▪ Provides advice and guidance to Management on internal stakeholder related matters.
▪ Manages relationships in accordance with policies, procedures and legal requirements.
▪ Implements and monitors the stakeholder management system.

Finance Management (10%)
▪ Contributes to the budget preparation process.
▪ Ensures the effective, efficient, economical and transparent use of financial and other resources.
▪ Monitors expenditure against budget and ensures spending occurs within budgetary limits and PSETAfinancial guidelines, report deviations to direct Manager.
▪ Explores opportunities to reduce costs.

PSETA Values (5%)
Living the PSETA Values:
▪ Honesty and Integrity: being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence
to strong moral and ethical principles and values.
▪ Accountability: answerability, blameworthiness, liability, and the expectation of account-giving.
▪ Service Excellence: providing service that meets the customer’s needs and expectations,
customer experiences are surpassed and when customers feel that they have received that
little unexpected extra in the shape of extra effort.
▪ Fairness and Transparency: impartial and just treatment or behaviour without favouritism
or discrimination. Lack of hidden agendas or conditions, accompanied by the availability of
full information required for collaboration, cooperation, and collective decision making.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law or equivalent (NQF 7)
• Bachelor’s Hons degree in Law / LLB or equivalent (NQF 8) advantageous
• Up to 7 years relevant experience as an admitted Attorney
• Driver’s License Cobe B.
• Memberships / Professional affiliations
• South African Law Society or CISA – Compliance Institute Southern Africa
  (advantageous)
• Strategic Thinking
• Management and Supervision
• Time Management
• Teamwork
• Interpersonal Relations and Skills
• Decision Making
• Creativity/Innovation
• Conflict Management
• Adaptability/Flexibility

If you meet the above requirements, please submit a detailed CV, certified copies of
educational qualifications and motivation via email with subject: Specialist: Legal and Compliance
to recruitment@pseta.org.za

PLEASE NOTE: Closing Date: 15 September 2026

Enquiries: Ms Phuti Phosa – Call: 012 423 5700

Please note that this is an employment equity position. All applicants are
considered, however, preference will be given to people living with disability
and Designated groups (Youth, Women and People with disabilities). In line with
PSETA EE Plan.

PSETA is a listed public entity, and all appointments are in line with employment
equity legislation and practices. If you have not heard from us within two months
after closing date, kindly accept that your application was unsuccessful. PSETA
reserves the right not to make an appointment.

Senior Specialist: Policy, Compliance and Risk Management

Salary: R 1 315 559.65 All-inclusive package
Please note: This is a fixed-term position until 31 March 2030

The Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority needs to employ a suitably qualified
Education and Training Snr Specialist: Policy, Compliance and Risk. The successful candidate
will be based at the PSETA Offices in Hillcrest, Pretoria.

Job profile:
The purpose of the risk management policy is to provide guidance regarding the management
of risk to support the achievement of corporate objectives, protect staff and business assets and
ensure financial sustainability.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement the risk management policy, strategy, and Business continuity
  management policy in line with the PSETA overall strategy and relevant legislation.
• Develop, manage and review risk registers on a quarterly basis to mitigate risk trends
  and emerging risks in an organisation.
• Develop and manage the risk management plans in consultation with the Executives
  and create a dashboard to report progress on risk mitigation activities within the
  PSETA.
• Facilitate and coordinate risk assessment workshops for the Executive Management
  team and AA to review and update the risk register to enrich the risk intelligence of the
  team
• Prepare and facilitate quarterly audit and risk reports to Managers, EMT and AA for
  sign off and compliance with the relevant guidelines and legislation.
• Develop, manage and implement the PSETA Code of Conduct and Ethics policy and
  create awareness through workshops and communication on a quarterly basis.
• Conduct annual compliance, ethics, and fraud risk assessments to identify and
  understand risks to PSETA business and weaknesses in controls that present a
  compliance, ethics and fraud risk to the organisation.

• Develop and monitor compliance management reports.
• Minimise the exposure to legislative contravention by implementing policies and
  procedures in full support of legislative requirements.
• Develop and maintain a quality assurance and improvement program that covers all
  aspects of the policy & risk management activity to ensure compliance.
• Facilitate and maintain the internal stakeholder relationship as a key advisor on policy,
  risk management, and legislation to foster a collaborative relationship.
• Represent PSETA in meetings with stakeholders in a professional manner and
  mitigate problems whilst demonstrating a high level of integrity in line with PSETA core
  values.
• Ensure the effective, efficient, economical, and transparent use of financial and other
  resources.
• Manage the budget against the fruitless and wasteful expenditures and mitigate such
  deviations by implementing action plans.
• Monitors expenditure against budget and ensures spending occurs within budgetary
  limits, and explores opportunities to reduce costs.

Requirements:

• Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Risk
  Management, or a related field NQF 7.
• Honours Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Risk
  Management, or a related field NQF 8 (added advantage).
• 5 years of general experience in Risk and Compliance Management, preferably within
  the Public Service Sector / Entity or SETA environment, is required.
• 3 Years’ experience in a Risk Management environment at a specialist level, interacting
  at executive levels is required.
• Certified Risk Management Practitioner (CRM Prac) – Added advantage OR
• Certified Risk Management Professional (CRM Prof) – Added advantage OR.
• Certified Ethics Officer – Added Advantage.

Skills

• Analytical capability; Influencing skills; Negotiation skills; Interpersonal skills;
  Innovative; Ethical approach; Sound judgment; Proactiveness; Customer Centricity
• Resilience; Attention to detail; Planning and Organising; Multi-tasking.

If you meet the above requirements, please use the application link below to complete and
submit your application. Applicants are required to upload a detailed CV, certified copies of
educational qualifications, and a motivation letter as part of the application process.
Application for Senior Specialist: Policy, Compliance and Risk Management – Fill out form

Please note: Closing Date: 28 September 2026

Enquiries: Ms Phuti Phosa – Call: 012 423 5700
Designated groups are encouraged to apply (Youth, Women, and People with disabilities)

PSETA is a listed public entity, and all appointments are in line with employment equity
legislation and practices. If you have not heard from us within two months after the closing
date, kindly accept that your application was unsuccessful. PSETA reserves the right not to
make an appointment.
Please note that this is an employment equity position. All applicants are considered;
however, preference will be given to people living with disabilities and designated
groups.

We wish you all the best with your applications