Deputy Director: Specialist Analyst - Knowledge Management REF NO: NDOH 83/2026

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**Overview** This role is for a Deputy Director: Specialist Analyst focusing on Knowledge Management within the National Department of Health. The position involves establishing and maintaining an effective knowledge management framework to support the digital health unit's objectives, and developing strategies, standards, and systems for knowledge capture, exchange, and dissemination both internally and with external stakeholders. **What you will do** * Establish and maintain an effective knowledge management framework that supports the digital health units’ objectives. * Develop and implement the digital health unit’s knowledge management strategy. * Establish knowledge management standards and procedures. * Define knowledge governance structures and roles. * Preserve institutional knowledge and critical information assets. * Capture tacit and explicit knowledge from projects, programs, and subject matter experts. * Develop and maintain knowledge repositories. * Promote a culture of knowledge exchange within the digital health unit and other clusters within the NDoH. * Facilitate communities of practice and learning networks. * Organise knowledge-sharing events, webinars, and workshops. * Develop collaboration platforms and knowledge-sharing tools. * Ensure effective management of digital knowledge platforms and resources. * Manage knowledge management systems, portals, and repositories. * Maintain content taxonomy, metadata, and classification standards. * Transform evidence and research into actionable knowledge for decision-making. * Synthesise research findings, policy documents, and technical reports. * Develop evidence briefs, summaries, and knowledge products. * Support dissemination of research outcomes. * Foster collaboration and knowledge exchange with internal and external stakeholders. * Build relationships with healthcare, academic, research, and technology partners. * Facilitate multi-stakeholder knowledge exchange initiatives. * Coordinate stakeholder consultations and engagement activities. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * Bachelor of Science Degree NQF 7 as recognised by SAQA in any of the following scientific fields: Information Science and/or Data Science. Health Economic Sciences or Public Health Research Sciences, Knowledge and Information Management Sciences. * At least three (3) years’ experience at an ASD level or equivalent level in public health research and analytics in the public, private or academic sectors. * Proven experience in implementing knowledge-sharing platforms and repositories. * Proven experience in managing digital libraries, and digital document management. * Proven experience in facilitating communities of practice and learning networks. * Experience in facilitating multi-stakeholder knowledge-exchange initiatives. * Experience in coordinating stakeholder consultations and engagement activities. * Experience in supporting partnerships for knowledge generation and dissemination. * Experience in promoting collaboration across digital health ecosystems. * Knowledge of Management Service Delivery Innovation (SDI). * Proven experience in managing health-related data and analytics is an added advantage. * Good strategic capability and leadership skills. * Good problem-solving and analysis skills. * Good client orientation and customer focus skills. * Good people management and empowerment skills. * Good programme and project management skills. * Good financial and change management skills. * Good resilience and assertiveness skills. * Good communication (written and verbal) skills. * Good ethical behaviour skills. * Ability to work independently and within a diverse multidisciplinary team. * A valid driver’s licence. **Who should apply** Candidates with a Bachelor of Science Degree (NQF 7) in relevant scientific fields such as Information Science, Data Science, Health Economic Sciences, Public Health Research Sciences, or Knowledge and Information Management Sciences are encouraged to apply. Applicants must have at least three years of experience at an ASD level or equivalent in public health research and analytics across public, private, or academic sectors. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in implementing knowledge-sharing platforms, managing digital libraries and documents, facilitating communities of practice, and coordinating multi-stakeholder knowledge exchange initiatives. They should possess strong strategic capability, leadership, problem-solving, client focus, people management, programme/project management, financial management, change management, resilience, assertiveness, and communication skills. The role requires someone capable of working both independently and collaboratively within diverse multidisciplinary teams, and a valid driver's licence is essential. Experience in managing health-related data and analytics is considered an advantage. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/deputy-director-specialist-analyst-knowledge-management-ref-no-ndoh-83-2026-national-department-of-health Source: myjobmag

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