DPSA Vacancy Circular 40 of 2026 – Summary of Government Jobs

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The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) published Public Service Vacancy Circular 40 of 2026 on 6 November 2026.

This circular contains:

• 305 advertised posts
• 36 departments
• National and provincial government vacancies
• Opportunities in administration, health, engineering, finance, education, social development, internships and other fields.

The advertised closing dates range from 20 November to 30 November 2026. DPSA+1

I will organise the summaries by province and department so that job seekers can identify the position, workplace, main purpose, salary where available, essential qualifications and closing date.

1. National government vacancies

Department	Available positions
Defence	Administration Clerk: Production
Electricity and Energy	Analyst: Economic Modelling and Research; Registry Clerk; Driver/Messenger
Employment and Labour	Principal Inspector: Civil and Construction Engineering
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment	Forestry, environmental and nursery management positions
Government Communication and Information System	Communications, strategy and financial management positions
Higher Education and Training	Assistant Directors, Student Registration and other TVET college positions
Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services	Independent Correctional Centre Visitor
Land Reform and Rural Development	Surveying, cadastral, supply chain and administrative positions
Mineral and Petroleum Resources	Administrative, legal, mining and internship positions
Small Business Development	Regional and Local Economic Development Coordination
SAPS	Administrative, clerical and support positions
Tourism	Director, Deputy Director and Assistant Director positions
Transport	Assistant Director: Driving Licence Standards
National Treasury	Finance, facilities, governance and business analysis positions
Water and Sanitation	Management, legal, communication, finance and administrative positions
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities	Director: Evaluation
The Presidency	Performance Management and Chief Network Controller

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2. Eastern Cape – 7 vacancies

Position	Workplace	Main job function
Senior Examiner	Qonce	Examination of deeds and property registration documents
Senior Supply Chain Practitioner	Qonce Deeds Registry	Procurement, purchasing and supply chain administration
Junior Examiner	Qonce	Examination and processing of deeds
Senior Forestry Development Officer	Eastern Cape	Forestry development and implementation
Senior Occupational Health and Safety Officer	Bisho	Workplace health and safety compliance
Internship: Mine Economics	Gqeberha	Mining economics research and administrative support
Independent Correctional Centre Visitor	Mdantsane	Monitoring prison conditions and reporting on inmate treatment

Closing dates: Most close 20 November; forestry and safety posts close 23 November; correctional visitor closes 27 November. GovPosts

3. Free State – 8 vacancies

Position	Workplace	Main job function
Professional Surveyor	Bloemfontein	Professional land surveying
Principal Cadastral Officer	Bloemfontein	Management of cadastral surveying and land records
Survey Technician	Bloemfontein	Technical surveying and land measurement
State Accountant: Rates and Taxes	Bloemfontein	Government financial accounting
Inspector: Occupational Medicine	Welkom	Workplace medical and occupational health inspections
Internship: Mineral Information Management	Free State	Mineral information collection and management
Principal Personnel Officer	Bloemfontein	Human resources and personnel administration
Assistant Director: Nursery Management	Qwaqwa	Nursery management, greening and livelihood projects

4. Gauteng – 72 vacancies

Gauteng has a particularly large selection of opportunities.

Mineral and Petroleum Resources

• Deputy Director: Organisational Development and Change Management
• Senior Legal Administration Officer
• Assistant Director: Organisational Development and Change Management
• Personal Assistant: Legal Services
• Personal Assistant: Employment Relations Management
• Registry Clerk: Mineral Regulation
• Administration Clerk
• Internship: Mine Closure
• Internship: Mine Environmental Research and Sustainable Development
• Internship: Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
• Internship: Criminal Enforcement
• Internship: Social and Labour Plan
• Internship: Occupational Medicine
• Internship: Occupational Hygiene
• Internship: Human Resource Development
• Internship: Occupational Health and Safety
• Internship: Communications
• Internship: System Development and Maintenance
• Learner Inspector Programme: Mine Health and Safety (two listings)

Higher Education and Training – Ekurhuleni East TVET College and other campuses

• Assistant Director: Curriculum Implementation
• Curriculum Implementation: Ministerial Programmes
• Assistant Director: Partnership and Linkages
• Assistant Director: Labour Relations
• Assistant Director: Office of the Principal
• Assistant Director: Financial Reporting
• Assistant Director: Estate and Facilities Management (two posts)
• Assistant Director: Risk, Fraud, Ethics and Integrity Management
• Assistant Director: Information and Communication Technology
• Assistant Director: Management Accounting
• Assistant Director: Internal Audit and Quality Management
• Head of Administration

South African Police Service

• Administration Clerk Supervisor (two posts)
• Administration Clerk: Corporate Communication and Liaison
• Administration Clerk
• Secretary (three listings)
• Supply Chain Clerk
• General Worker

Other Gauteng government opportunities

• Director: Non-Capital Incentives
• Deputy Director: Buildings Management and Auxiliary Support
• Deputy Director: Change Management and Service Delivery Improvement
• Deputy Director: Security Management Services
• Senior Legal Administration Officer
• Assistant Director: Security Operations
• Assistant Director: Human Resource Administration
• ICT Technical Manager
• Senior Supply Chain Practitioner
• State Accountant: Rates and Taxes
• Registry Clerk
• Deputy Director: Internal Control and Compliance
• Deputy Director: Facilities Management
• Assistant Director: Corporate Governance
• Business Analyst
• Director: Financial Management
• Casual Worker: Strategy and Organisational Performance (two listings)
• Assistant Director: Performance Management and Development System
• Chief Network Controller
• Administration Clerk: Production
• Risk Management Committee Chairperson
• Director: Sector Performance Monitoring and Reporting
• Officer: Regional and Local Economic Development Coordination
• Assistant Director: Driving Licence Standards
• Director: Evaluation
• Director: Library Information Services and Provincial Archives

Most of these opportunities close on 20 November 2026. The GCIS posts close on 23 November, National Treasury posts on 24 November, and the Transport post on 27 November. GovPosts+2

5. KwaZulu-Natal – 15 vacancies

Position	Workplace
Deputy Director: Risk and Integrity Management – Nature Conservation	Pietermaritzburg
Risk and Integrity Management Practitioner	Head Office
Medical Specialist: Psychiatry	Umzimkhulu Psychiatric Hospital
Registrar: Cardiothoracic Surgery	Various KZN locations
Professional Nurse: Occupational Health	Dannhauser CHC
Assistant Director: Human Resource Management	Umgeni Specialised Psychiatric Hospital
Principal Inspector: Mechanical Engineering	Durban
OHS Inspector: Mechanical Engineering	Stanger
Team Leader	Vryheid
Chief Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst	Pietermaritzburg
Internship: Social and Labour Plan	eThekwini
Control Engineering Technician Grade A	eThekwini
Director: Specialised Advisory Support Services	Pietermaritzburg
Administrative Clerk Supervisor	KZN
Supervisor: Housekeeping	Durban

Closing date: 20 November 2026. GovPosts

6. Limpopo – 18 vacancies

Most Limpopo opportunities are based in Polokwane.

Department of Water and Sanitation

1. Director: Water Resource Planning and Management
2. Chief Financial Officer
3. Deputy Director: Institutional and Stakeholder Engagement
4. Senior Legal Administration Officer
5. Assistant Director: Auxiliary Services
6. Assistant Director: Risk Management
7. Assistant Director: Corporate Communication
8. Office Manager
9. Legal Administration Officer
10. Senior Administrative Officer: Corporate Support Services
11. Occupational Health and Safety Officer
12. Communication Officer
13. Community Development Officer
14. Administration Clerk: Production

Other Limpopo opportunities

15. Administration Clerk: Greening and Livelihoods Implementation Support
16. State Accountant: Rates and Taxes
17. Internship: Social and Labour Plan
18. Chartered Accountancy Trainee – Limpopo Provincial Treasury

Graduate opportunity

The Chartered Accountancy Trainee programme is particularly worth highlighting. It is a 36-month training opportunity running from 1 February 2027 to 31 January 2030.

Closing date: 20 November 2026 for most of these positions; the forestry administration post closes 23 November. GovPosts

7. Mpumalanga – 16 vacancies

Mpumalanga Department of Health

• Director: Corporate Services
• Head: Clinical Unit – Internal Medicine
• Medical Officer Grade 3 – Internal Medicine
• Manager Nursing: Primary Health Care
• Medical Officer Grade 1
• Operational Manager Nursing: Primary Health Care
• Clinical Nurse Practitioner: Primary Health Care
• Pharmacist Assistant: Post-Basic
• Artisan: Plumber

Other departments

• Surveyor-General
• Assistant Director: Human Resource Management and Auxiliary Services
• State Accountant: Rates and Taxes
• Senior Forestry Development Officer
• Internship: Social and Labour Plan
• Risk Management Committee Chairperson
• Head of Department: Provincial Treasury

Closing dates: 20 November for most posts and 23 November for the forestry position. GovPosts+1

8. North West – 6 vacancies

Position	Location
Administration Clerk Supervisor	Klerksdorp
Administration Clerk	Mmabatho
Labourer	Phokeng
Senior Inspector: Mine Health and Safety	Klerksdorp
Internship: Mine Economics	Klerksdorp
State Accountant: Rates and Taxes	Mmabatho

Closing date: 20 November 2026. GovPosts

9. Northern Cape – 18 vacancies

Higher Education and Training

• Assistant Director: Partnership and Linkages
• Assistant Director: Student Support Services
• Assistant Director: Supply Chain Management
• Campus Administrator
• Administrative Clerk: Finance
• Cleaner – De Aar Campus
• Cleaner – Kuruman Campus
• Cleaner – De Aar Campus

Mineral and Petroleum Resources

• Personal Assistant: Mine Health and Safety
• Internship: Social and Labour Plan
• Internship: Mine Economics
• Internship: Mineral Information Management

Other opportunities

• Senior Administration Officer: Risk Management
• COID Employer Auditor
• State Accountant
• State Accountant: Rates and Taxes
• Groundsman: Greening and Livelihoods Implementation Support
• Provincial Director: Northern Cape Provincial Office

Closing dates: Most close 20 November; the groundsman and provincial director posts close 23 November. GovPosts

10. Western Cape – 136 vacancies

Largest number of vacancies

The Western Cape has the highest number of advertised positions in this circular.

A. Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness – 53 posts

The vacancies cover medical, nursing, technical, administration and hospital support work.

Medical and specialist positions

• Medical Specialist: Anaesthetics – Groote Schuur Hospital.
• Medical Specialist: Anaesthesiology – Tygerberg Hospital.
• Senior Registrar: Hepatology.
• Senior Registrar: Haematology.
• Medical Officer: Internal Medicine.
• Medical Officer: Emergency Medicine.
• Medical Specialist: Plastic Surgery.
• Medical Officer: Anaesthesiology.

Nursing and healthcare positions

• Deputy Manager: Medical Physics.
• Assistant Manager Nursing: Women and Child Health.
• Assistant Manager Nursing: Head Nursing.
• Operational Manager Nursing: Theatre.
• Operational Manager Nursing: Paediatric Emergency.
• Professional Nurse: Orthopaedics.
• Professional Nurse: Oncology.
• Professional Nurse: Occupational Health and Safety.
• Clinical Nurse Practitioner: Primary Health Care.
• Professional Nurse: Neonatal and General Nursing.
• Professional Nurse: Intensive Care Unit.
• Staff Nurse: Neonatal.
• Nursing Assistant.

Other healthcare and support positions

• Pharmacist.
• Audiologist.
• Quality Assurance Manager.
• Clinical Programme Coordinator.
• Industrial Technician: Clinical Engineering.
• Social Worker.
• Case Manager.
• Engineering Technician: Electrical.
• Assistant Director: Human Resource and Facility Management.
• Assistant Director: Finance.
• Senior Administrative Officer: Finance.
• Senior Administrative Officer: Labour Relations.
• Administrative Officer: Supply Chain Management.
• Administration Clerk: Admissions.
• Administration Clerk: Wards.
• Administration Clerk: Supply Chain Management.
• Personnel Officer.
• Health Promoter.
• Housekeeping Supervisor.
• Linen Stores Assistant.

These jobs involve patient care, specialist medical services, hospital management, electrical and clinical equipment maintenance, financial administration and general hospital support.

B. Western Cape Department of Social Development – 43 posts

The department is recruiting for social services and administrative positions.

Some of the advertised positions include:

• Social Work Supervisor.
• Assistant Director: Support Services.
• Social Work Policy Developer: Children, Families and Vulnerable Groups.
• Social Worker: PIC (multiple posts).
• Social Worker: Substance Abuse.
• Information Management Officer.
• Personal Assistant: Regional Director.
• Registry Clerk: Records Management.
• Social Auxiliary Worker: PIC (multiple posts).

The Social Work positions involve supporting vulnerable individuals and families, social assessments, case management and community support. Social Auxiliary Workers assist social workers with community-based services and client support.

Closing date: 30 November 2026.

C. Western Cape Mobility Department

This department has a substantial number of management, traffic administration and support vacancies.

Positions include:

• Deputy Director: Financial Accounting.
• Deputy Director: Systems and Technology.
• Deputy Director: Quality Management and Evaluation.
• Assistant Director: Mediation and Stakeholder Relations.
• Assistant Director: Provincial Regulatory Entity.
• Assistant Director: Office of the HOD.
• Office Manager: Transport Regulation.
• Inspector of Licences.
• Monitoring Officer: Contract Management.
• Principal Provincial Inspector: Training of Traffic Officers.
• Administrative Officer: Mediation and Stakeholder Relations.
• Administrative Officer: Traffic Support Services – Brackenfell.
• Administrative Officer: Traffic Support Services – Vredenburg.
• Administrative Officer: Knowledge and Information Management.
• Personal Assistant: Traffic Law Enforcement.
• Road Safety Officer: Cape Winelands.
• Administrative Officer: Traffic Law Fees Collection.
• Administrative Officer: General Administrative Support.
• Administrative Officer: Systems and Technology.
• Administration Clerk: Strategic Support.
• Accounting Clerk: Internal Control.
• Administration Clerk: Assessment.
• Administration Clerk: Departmental Communication.
• Administration Clerk: Registration and Compliance.
• Accounting Clerk: Financial Accounting.
• Administration Clerk: Fleet Risk Management.

These positions support transport regulation, road safety, traffic law enforcement, administrative services and financial operations.

Closing date: 30 November 2026.

D. Western Cape Department of Agriculture

Positions include:

• Chief Supply Chain Management Clerk: Payments and System Control.
• Personal Assistant: Agricultural Producer Support and Development.
• Administration Clerk: Student Administration.
• Administration Clerk: Production Economics.

These jobs support agricultural training, procurement, financial administration and agricultural development programmes.

Closing date: 30 November 2026.

E. Western Cape Environmental Affairs and Development Planning

• Environmental Officer Control Grade A: Development Planning.
• Environmental Officer: Response Integration and Adaptation.
• Environmental Officer: Remediation and Emergency Incident Management.
• Chief Supply Chain Management Clerk.
• Transport Officer: Supply Chain Management.
• Administration Clerk: Strategic and Operational Support.

These positions support environmental protection, planning, compliance, incident response and departmental administration.

Closing date: 30 November 2026.

F. Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

• Deputy Director: Monitoring and Surveillance.
• Environmental Officer: Specialised Production – Land-Based Sources.
• Administration Clerks: State Forest Management.
• Marine Research Assistant.

Closing date: 23 November 2026.

G. Land Reform and Rural Development

• Surveyor-General.
• Assistant Director: Human Resource Management and Auxiliary Services.
• Senior Examiners.
• State Accountant: Rates and Taxes.

Closing date: 20 November 2026.

H. Western Cape Department of the Premier

• Deputy Director: Acquisition and Contract Management.
• Chief Network Technologist.
• Labour Relations Officer: Misconduct, Disputes and Grievances.
• Assessment Centre Coordinator.

Closing date: 30 November 2026.

I. Other Western Cape government positions

• SAPS Administration Clerk Supervisor.
• SAPS Human Resource Clerk.
• SAPS Driver.
• Mineral and Petroleum Resources Registry Clerk.
• Administration Clerk: Library Services.
• Administrative Support Officer: Cape Catalyst.
• Personal Assistant: Integrated Service Delivery.

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11. Opportunities worth highlighting for job seekers

Based on the types of vacancies advertised, these are some particularly useful opportunities to bring to readers’ attention.

Opportunity	Why it is worth highlighting
Administration Clerk: Production	Grade 12 and no previous experience required in the Defence advert
Driver/Messenger	Grade 10 and a valid driver’s licence; no experience required in the Electricity and Energy advert
Registry Clerk	Entry-level administrative opportunity, although the advert requires a records management certificate and driver’s licence
General Worker – SAPS	General support opportunity in Pretoria
Cleaner – TVET College	Three cleaning posts in the Northern Cape
Mineral and Petroleum Resources internships	Opportunities in several provinces
Chartered Accountancy Trainee	Three-year training programme in Limpopo
Artisan: Plumber	Technical opportunity in Mpumalanga
Internship: Mine Economics	Available in the Eastern Cape and North West

The exact qualifications, reference numbers and application instructions must be checked in each advertisement. DPSA+2

12. How to apply for DPSA vacancies

For most national public-service vacancies, applicants must prepare:

1. The new Z83 application form (effective from 1 January 2021).
2. An updated and detailed CV.
3. The correct vacancy reference number.
4. Any additional documents specifically requested in the advertisement.

Some departments have their own application methods. For example, certain departments require email applications, while others accept hand-delivered or online applications.

Do not send every application to the DPSA itself. Apply directly to the department advertising the position.

The circular also explains that certified qualifications and supporting documents may only be requested from shortlisted applicants. DPSA+1

13. Official application document

DPSA Circular 40 of 2026

Official government vacancy circular · 248 PDF pagesOpen official vacancy circular

Published by the Department of Public Service and Administration.