Community Development Practitioner: Community Development Services (Witzenberg), Ref. No. DSD 16/2025 R1

Minimum Requirements

• Grade 1: An appropriate 3-year tertiary qualification (National Diploma/B-Degree or higher); No experience required.
• Grade 2: An appropriate 3-year tertiary qualification (National Diploma/B-Degree or higher); A minimum of 10 years appropriate experience in Community Development work after obtaining the required tertiary qualification.
• Grade 3: An appropriate 3-year tertiary qualification (National Diploma/B-Degree or higher); A minimum of 20 years appropriate experience in Community Development work after obtaining the required tertiary qualification.

Key Performance Areas

• Identify and facilitate the implementation of integrated community development interventions in partnership with the community and other relevant stakeholders; Liaise and co-ordinate with all relevant role players, internal and external and stakeholders (e.g. in departments/provinces, NGOs, local community structures and faith-based organisations) to facilitate collaboration and to establish partnerships to ensure the sustainability of development actions within the community;
• Support communities and perform administrative support on community development and related activities; Keep up to date with new developments in the community development field to enhance service delivery.

Competencies

• Knowledge of the following: Community development work, skills, attitudes and values of communities; Human behaviour and social systems and legislation to assist with interventions at the points where people interact with their environments in order to promote self-empowerment;
• The ability and competence to co-ordinate community development structures and ability to manage projects; The ability to influence individuals and group to participate in their own self-empowerment ventures; The understanding of social dynamics of communities;
• Skills needed: Presentation; Proven computer literacy; Written and verbal communication; Facilitation; Research; Knowledge and understanding of basic Financial Management.