SENIOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

Reference number: DWYPD/013/2026
Salary: R413 001 per annum (Level 08), plus benefits
Centre: Pretoria
Province: Gauteng
Closing date: 18 September 2026
Circular: No 32 of 2026

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Requirements

Matric Certificate and National Diploma/Degree (NQF6/7) in Youth Development, or Social Sciences, or a relevant NQF 6/7 qualification. A valid driver’s licence is required; however, this requirement is not applicable to persons with disabilities. Applicants must have a minimum of three (3) years’ practical experience in youth development programme/field. Knowledge: Legislation, governance framework and prescripts applicable to the Youth Sector; Risk management; NYP2030, NYDA Act, PFMA and Treasury regulations; Batho Pele principles and application thereof; Research methodologies and analyses; Knowledge management and Data Literacy. Skills: Primary; Diversity awareness; Effective report writing, verbal and written communication skills; Applied strategic thinking; Customer focus and responsiveness; Planning and organising; Continuous improvement; People management and development; Team Leadership. Secondary: Basic Budgeting and Financial Management; Problem solving and decision-making; Project management; Computer Literacy (MS Office Suite); Networking and building bonds; Impact Influence; Diversity management. Personal Attributes: Ethical behaviour; Honesty and Integrity; Emotional Intelligence; Passion and Achievement driven; Ability to work under pressure; Ability to maintain confidentiality of information; Respect for copyrights/aversion to plagiarism.

Duties

Organise, mobilise and engage youth stakeholders: Drafting proposals, concept documents and submissions on youth stakeholder engagements; Compile reports on national and international engagements conducted; Compile reports and outcomes of stakeholder meetings; Oversee convening of stakeholder meetings and ensure that invitations, agenda, and minutes are compiled, signed and approved; Monitor meeting decision and compile status reports; Organise the National Youth Machinery meetings and compile a report; Participate in and support the Provincial and Local Youth Forums; Consolidate National Youth Month Programmes of Activities of stakeholders; Participate in the Youth Month National Task Team. Manage youth development stakeholder database: Update stakeholder database after every stakeholder engagement; Share the database with the stakeholders where necessary. Support youth engagement policies and strategies: Make input into the drafting of National Youth Machinery Framework and consolidate inputs; Make input into the drafting of youth work professionalisation policy; Participate in the consultation process of youth work professionalisation policy consolidate inputs; Distribute the youth work professional policy to stakeholders; Ensure finalisation of the constitution for the association for professionalisation of youth workers; Ensure registration of the youth workers’ Association. Support political principals on national and international engagements: Coordinate the National Youth Engagements; Coordinate International Stakeholder Engagement (BRICKS, Commonwealth, SADCA, UN, EU and IBSA); Attend meetings on national and international engagements and provide reports to the unit; Provide inputs notes for political principals; Develop submissions and briefing notes for the political principals for national and international engagements. Provide support and manage youth projects to advance youth development: Manage the professionalization of youth work project; Support the young women’s projects; Support on the ethical leadership and student representative council project; Facilitate social ills interventions to address the vulnerability of young people; Facilitate capacity building interventions for youth focal points.

Where to send your application

Applicants are urged to submit the applications using this URL https://recruitment.dwypd.gov.za/ General enquiries may be brought to the attention of Mr Zuko Bebula Tel No: (012) 359 0417

Enquiries

Mr OJ Fourie at 079 507 0127

Note

Preference will be given to African females, Coloured, (Males/Female,) Indians, (Male/Female), White (Male/Female), Youth as well as Persons with Disabilities, as these groups are underrepresented in this post.

Taken from Public Service Vacancy Circular 32 of 2026, published by the Department of Public Service and Administration on 4 September 2026. Open the PDF to check this post against the original. Last checked 9 September 2026.

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