AUDITOR-GENERAL VACANCIES

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AUDIT SENIOR (2 YEARS FTC) - MPUMALANGA X 7
Job ID 4803
Location Mpumalanga
Full/Part Time Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
 
Requirement Overview
The purpose of this role is to support the management of the audit by supervising/monitoring/performance of audit activities on a regular basis in compliance with auditing standards and relevant legislation in line with the AGSA strategy.
 
Roles & Responsibilities
 
Strategic Function:

• Support and participate in the implementation of the BSC initiatives within a BU.

 
Audit Planning:

• Review the planning documentation in accordance with auditing standards and consider matters that should be carried forward.
• Understand all aspects of the auditee’s business (including relevant risks affecting the business) and understand the link between different components of the audit.
• Keep abreast of any news or developments relating to the auditee or the industry in which it operates.
• Review and issue request for information (RFI’s) to the auditee and update the RFI register with information received and follow-up on outstanding information.

 
Audit Execution:

• Execute audit procedures on complex areas not assigned to the rest of the team
• Review notes to be adequately, and timeously cleared and ensure that working papers are updated based on review notes raised.
• All findings identified, should be clearly documented in accordance with relevant methodology and discussed with the auditee.

 
Audit Reporting:

• Prepare/review reporting working papers, audit and management report to ensure that it is written in compliance with relevant audit and quality standards and discuss findings with Manager

 
Stakeholder engagements

• Liaise with relevant key internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective coordination, communication and coverage of relevant audit issues.
• Support the audit team in engaging with relevant contact people (resources) at the auditee to provide required audit documentation.
• Continuously update or inform the Senior Manager and/or manager on issues arising from the audit.
• Perform the status of records reviews (SoRR) at the selected auditees as per BU SoRR plan.

 
People Management

• Manage the performance of the team and provide relevant support to improve performance.
• Identify opportunities to develop staff through on-the-job coaching and provide guidance and supervision to the 3rd and 2nd year trainee auditors in coaching the 1st year trainee auditors.
• Participate in the mentoring of trainees to achieve academic progress towards obtaining MQR qualification.
• Review the Skills Review (SRs) and Assessment Needs Analysis (ANAs) of the trainees you are responsible for, according to the TA assessment policy, procedures and training regulations and ensuring adherence to timelines set by the Training Officer office.

 
Financial management

• Monitor own and team recoverability and manage resources to comply with budget targets.
• Compliance to AGSA policies and procedures.
• Adhere to internal control processes.

 
Ad-hoc duties

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the job description as and when required

 
Skills, Experience & Education

• Formal Education
• 3 years completed Articles
• Minimum qualification CTA (and should studying towards your CA(SA) .

 
 
Closing date: 13 June 2024
 
Closing Statement

• The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date.
• To successfully upload documents on the career site, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters.
• This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment.
• We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organisation.
• Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities.

 
 PLEASE APPLY HERE
 
 
 
 

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BI REPORT DEVELOPER
Job ID 4802
Location Gauteng
Full/Part Time Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
 
Requirement Overview
The purpose of this role is to design, develop, and maintain business intelligence solutions, including data analytical models and various reporting and dash boarding views. The incumbent is responsible to translate business needs into technical specifications and create visualisations and reports. The role requires a deep understanding of data warehousing, data lake concepts, Power BI development, proficiency in Microsoft Stack tools, and a proven track record of leveraging data to drive business value.
 
Roles & Responsibilities
 
Strategic Function

• Contributes to the strategy, vision, and governance of the business unit (BU).
• Deliver best practices, iterative improvement, and innovation at the strategic deployment level.
• Support the implementation of the centre balance score card (BSC) and other key projects and initiatives.
• Provide support in the implementation of automating Business Intelligence software solutions.

 
Product Management

• Translate business requirements into specifications that will be used to implement the required reports and dashboards, created from potentially multiple data sources.
• Design, build and deploy BI solutions such as reports, dashboards, self-service functionality, and predicative models in response to business needs.
• Design, develop, maintain and support data analytics platforms and models such as Power BI, SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)).
• Create analytical models to store and process data such as OLAP cubes, data marts.
• Participate with other specialists to convert legacy reports (primarily ClickView/Excel) to Power BI solutions.
• Transition developed reports and dashboards to the operations and support team.
• Conduct unit testing and troubleshooting.
• Assist with evaluating and improving existing BI systems.
• Collaborate with Digital Transformation and IT teams to integrate systems.
• Develop and execute database queries and conduct analyses.
• Develop and update technical documentation, aligned to governance standards.
• Participate in business analysis activities to gather required reporting and dashboard requirements.
• Provide support as required to ensure the availability and performance of developed reports and dashboards for both external and internal users.
• Ensure proper configuration management and change controls are implemented.
• Provide training and assistance to users for the generation of ad hoc reports.
• Identify opportunities in existing customer business processes for building reports and dashboards.
• Function as an integrator between the business and technology to create solutions for customers.
• Design and implement technology best practices, guidelines, and repeatable processes.
• Keep abreast with the latest trends and advancements in Business
• Intelligence/Data Analytics technologies and identify opportunities for innovation.

 
Stakeholder Management

• Establish, build, and maintain collaborative and value-adding working relationships with relevant internal/external stakeholders.
• Scan the environment to ensure a clear understanding of stakeholder needs, proactively engage stakeholders to determine their needs and deliver on them in accordance to their needs.
• Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to identify and evaluate performance barriers in order to continuously improve service delivery.
• Consistently assess stakeholder feedback on performance objectives agreed with both internal/external stakeholders.
• Work in collaboration with Data Owners and Stewards to ensure timeous delivery of the work.
• Establish and maintain relations with recognized professional bodies within their own professional sphere.
• Manage service level agreements (SLAs).

 
People Management

• Manage own performance to drive productivity.
• Participate and/or take lead in the business unit transformation and culture plans.
• Provide support to the management team regarding centre management and other people-related tasks.

 
Financial management and Operational Management

• Contribute to the compilation of centre budget, and manage project expenditure related to functional area.
• Ensure compliance to AGSA policies and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures.
• Manage supply chain processes within scope of work.

 
Other responsibilities (Applicable to AllJD’s)

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks, and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required.

 
Skills, Experience & Education
 
Formal Education

• Minimum qualification of a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Business or related field, or equivalent combination of education.
• Honours or Masters will be advantageous.
• Relevant certifications in Microsoft Stack, Power BI, and data warehousing technologies (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate) are desirable.

 
Experience/Requirements

• Minimum 8-10 years of related experience working as a Business
• Intelligence Specialist or similar role, with a focus on the Microsoft Stack, expertise in data warehousing, data lake technologies, and Power BI development.

 
 
Closing Statement

• The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date.
• To successfully upload documents, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters.
• This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment.
• We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organisation.
• Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities.

 
Closing date: 11 June 2024
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE
 
 
 
 

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MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT
Job ID 4799
Location Gauteng
Full/Part Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
 
Requirement Overview
Provide a sustainable working environment to the AGSA employees by planning, managing, coordinating and executing all Facilities Management related functions initiated by Auditor General of South Africa.
 
 
Roles & Responsibilities
 
Building management (repairs and maintenance)

• Carry out repairs and maintenance such as air-conditioning, furniture, doors, walls, ceiling, flooring, taps, ablution facilities, minor plumbing work, light bulb replacement, electrical repairs if certified, etc.
• Assist with physical move of furniture and other equipment.
• Inspect buildings to determine maintenance requirements and create correlating plans.
• Develop predictive and preventative maintenance plans and implement them to ensure decrease in repairs and breakdowns.
• Choose the right types of tools and equipment to assist in performing repair and maintenance work.
• Prioritize necessary repairs and improvements and ensure that sufficient staff is acquired to handle them.
• Create work schedules and ensure that they are properly carried out.
• Meet clients to assess their needs for maintenance and repairs.
• Ascertain that proper work safety initiatives are taken prior to and during each maintenance and repair procedure.
• Make recommendations for adjustments in building systems such as electrical, hydraulic and HVAC systems.
• Perform replacement and repair work according to the specific requirements of the project.
• Estimate costs involved in both maintenance and repair procedures and create and maintain effective liaison with vendors to ensure delivery of equipment and supplies on time.
• Take appropriate care of tools and equipment used in maintenance and repair work by performing maintenance and cleaning duties.
• Maintain inventories of supplies and equipment and ensure that low inventory levels are communicated to the supervisor.
• Assisting with related building maintenance and repairs.
• Attending ALL electrical related building matters.
• Supervision of contractors during projects and outsourced work.
• Assisting with air conditioning services and maintenance when required.
• Logging of all building related matters to the contractors for repairs.
• Ensure housekeeping and storeroom up keep.
• Managing of CRM calls.
• Perform tasks assigned through work order request as directed by the seniors.
• Assist the facilities team with stock deliveries (to carry boxes and other goods received).

 
Quality and relevance of messages
Ensure that all products/services including corporate reports/messages adhere to the relevant quality standards as agreed with the line manager. Reports/messages may include but not limited to:

• Requisitions for tools and other items required.
• Clear records inventories in own area.
• Memos and other correspondence.
• Communication to stakeholders.

 
Compliance with deadlines

• Attend to requests timeously or within service levels.
• Adhere to all service levels and expectations.
• Timeous leave and timesheets completion and approval (including hospitality team when requested).
• Ensure quick turnaround time in resolving problems.
• Impactful engagements with stakeholders
• Ensure high quality, practical and cost effective stakeholder engagements as per centre's/BU's stakeholder engagement plan to ensure the centre delivers excellent service to the stakeholders

 (Targeted number of engagements must be pre-defined). Interactions include but not limited to: 

• Liaise with clients on all levels to determine their needs.
• Assess the impact of their requirements.
• Communicate to clients and keep them updated of progress.

 
Financial viability
Execute own deliverables economically, efficiently and effectively through amongst other things:
Adhere to financial principles.

• Adhere to SCM policies and procedures.
• Assist in providing information on payments to suppliers and service providers (related to own area).

Personal development

• Continuous professional development and skills enhancement (CPD and development needs as agreed with immediate supervisor).

Compliance with internal controls  

• All reports are done as agreed with line manager and in line with internal
• Ensure compliance with B-BBEE requirements.
• Ensure vendors meet requirements.
• Clean administration
• Continuously adhere to standards of excellence for clean administration.  

Performance indicators include:

• Adherence to company policies, procedures and financial principles.
• Effective response to audits/requested information.
• Adherence to regulations OHS, Building and safety codes
• Adherence to ethical standards
• Record keeping – ability to provide records when required.
• Adhere to office hours.

 
Skills, Experience & Education
 
Qualifications

• Matric

 
Experience

• Minimum of one-year experience in repairs and maintenance (general repairs, plumbing, air-conditioning, electrical).
• Trade test certification relating to plumbing and electrical will be an added advantage.

 
 
Closing Statement

• The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date.
• To successfully upload documents, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters.
• This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment.
• We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organisation.
• Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities.
• First preference will be given to the business units and individuals impacted by the restructuring process.

 
Closing date : 10 June 2024
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE
 
 
 
 
 

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PERFORMANCE AUDITOR: INFRASTRUCTURE (KZN)
Job ID 4801
Location Kwazulu Natal
Full/Part Time Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
 
Requirement Overview
To utilise the specialist expertise / knowledge to plan, execute and report on a range of audits (both integration and stand-alone performance audits) in an effective and efficient manner and ensure that the audit work is executed in compliance with the applicable quality standards.
 
Roles & Responsibilities
 
Audit functional areas
 
Planning

• Assist in the planning of audit plans for both integration and performance audits

 
Execution

• Execute audit / technical procedures according to principles and applicable auditing standards
• Collect and analyse data and information for audit and other assignment purposes
• Analyse budgets and annual financial statements
• Obtain appropriate and factually correct audit evidence
• In collaboration with audit team, execute technical audit procedures on selected audits either in the infrastructure field or other relevant areas
• Consistently update the manager on the status of the selected audits
• Complete audit working papers
• Attend steering committee meetings (at least two per audit; first and final steering committee meetings) with departments and related senior management
• Assessing tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities on infrastructure projects (applicable to infrastructure field)
• Assessing cost analysis for infrastructure projects
• Review risk assessments, value management and cost control reports on selected projects
• Analyzing the costings for tenders awarded by government departments on selected projects
• Analyzing outcomes and writing detailed and high impact audit reports on audited projects

 
Reporting

• Identify and draft audit findings, problems and challenges with government systems, programmes and service delivery areas
• Identify root causes and effects of audit findings, problems and challenges with government systems, programmes and service delivery areas
• Knowledge sharing (audit insights, key risks from research and general knowledge)
• Contribute to compiling high-quality impactful reports
• Contribute to compiling high-impact and relevant recommendations on government programmes or audit focus areas
• Contribute to developing best practices/guidelines

 
Research and Development

• Conduct research on audit themes arising from government priorities/programmes
• Analyse the data and provide a report on identified themes

 
Stakeholder engagements

• Build and maintain an effective relationship with auditors, auditees and other internal / external stakeholders
• Assist with the integration of performance audit procedures at regularity audit
• Maintain visibility at regularity audit for effective interaction
• Support initiatives of sharing insights, risks and experiences
• Support initiatives within the BU to market performance audit products

 
Financial management

• Manage own productivity and recoverability
• Account accurately for own expenditure
• Manage budget effectively for audit that they are specifically assigned to
• Ad-hoc duties (Applicable to All JD’s)
• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required

 
Skills, Experience & Education
 
Qualifications:

• Degree/BTech in Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or any approved built environment
• Post graduate qualification will be an added advantage

 
Professional registration:

• Registration (as candidate) with a relevant professional body will be an added advantage

 
Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of experience required in infrastructure/built environment field
• Public sector knowledge or exposure to government infrastructure projects will be advantageous

 
The following Requirements are Mandatory:

• Valid driver’s licence 
• Travelling and overnight stay when necessary 

 
 
Closing Statement

• The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date.
• To successfully upload documents on the career site, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters.
• This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment.
• We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organisation.
• Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities.

 
Closing Date: 08 June 2024
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE
 
 
 
 

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TECHNICAL SPECIALIST: COMPLIANCE
Job ID 4800
Location Gauteng
Full/Part Time Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
 
Requirement Overview

• Application of an authoritative public sector knowledge on legislative and auditing concepts, principles and practices and functions within an undefined environment applying broad, general policies, principles and goals on matters of compliance with laws and regulations. This includes assistance in:
• Developing new audit approaches, methods and procedures to be followed by the audit staff;
• Providing a technical interpretive and advisory service to the audit staff;
• Steering the development and application of legislation as it relates to the public sector through interaction with external regulatory and professional bodies, both locally and internationally
• Improving the timely availability of guidance which will in turn enable auditors to be better equipped before encountering technical challenges and thus be able to complete their audits much more efficiently than they would in the absence of pro-activeness.
• Sharpening the technical skills of the auditors on the ground proactively on contentious technical matters in order to help them navigate efficiently through these matters. We want to enable the auditors to be equipped before they encounter the challenges, this will enable them to get through those challenges in a much more efficient manner.
• Through our participation on audits, the TAS specialists will be closer to the practicalities of applying issued guidance and utilising the working papers on the ground. This will further benefit the organisation in unlocking areas that may not be achieving the desired impact on the ground which in turn is creating inefficiencies amongst the teams.

 
Roles & Responsibilities
 
Strategic Management

• Provide support in the implementation of the business unit (BU) balance score card (BSC) initiatives.

 
Product Management

• Identify problem areas pro-actively and on an on-going basis by analysing Legislation, auditing standards, Quality Control results, stakeholder feedback, training needs, product champion input, input from legal and investigation units and cyclical debrief sessions
• Address grey areas in audit methodology, approaches, processes and legislative interpretations on receipt of feedback or queries from audit
• Formulate a method to address the problem, with only limited general managerial guidance / direction
• Collect, analyse & interpret information relevant to the research problem or request
• Process, analyse and validate research data
• Prepare project charters as necessary
• Write research project reports and minutes of project meetings according to plan
• Propose research findings and recommendations to Senior Technical Manager in accordance with stakeholder requirements and best practice principles
• Revise and collate information for new technical policies, procedures and guidance
• Conceptually integrate the diverse functions of auditing, legislation, corporate governance and ethics into technical guidance.
• Formulate new technical policies, procedures and guidance to be followed by the audit staff and develop improved ways of executing the audit
• Consult external technical specialists and legal specialists to evaluate proposed practices & procedures for validity & practicality
• Refine proposals & procedures or software for sign off by Senior Technical Manager
• Liaise with stakeholders on the relevance and practicality of processes during execution of projects
• Ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures.
• Draft guidelines and procedures on related compliance support.
• Manage dissemination of information to stakeholders through written guidelines.
• Conduct and/or support practical training sessions on compliance related developments.
• Consider integrating information dissemination into training
• Provide responses to consultations
• Track support by preparing helpdesk logs
• Technical support to ABUs on compliance and legislative issues arising during audit cycles
• Pro-actively support the technical learning team & learning providers.
• Participating in forecasting of future needs for the AGSA, within the compliance specialist area, to support the AGSA vision and goals.
• Assessment of impact of trends and new developments, within the specialist area of compliance, and provide inputs on the AGSA strategy as applicable.
• Assist the SMs and BE in advising the AG on compliance related matters necessary for consideration at these levels.

 
Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain collaborative and value-adding relationships with internal and external stakeholders with the aim to create strong partnerships and environment to enable macro-environmental scanning.
• Scan the environment to ensure a clear understanding of stakeholder needs.
• Build a network of sources in academia, business and government to draw on for research purposes
• Provide specialist support and guidance to internal stakeholders on technical matters in order to ensure alignment with the relevant guidelines.
• Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to identify and evaluate performance barriers and success in order to continuously improve the delivery of the services.
• Establish and maintain relations with recognised professional bodies within own professional sphere.
• Communicate technical processes and requirements to internal stakeholders and ensure understanding of these by all relevant stakeholders
• Deliver in accordance with the agreed service level agreements (SLAs).

 
People Management

• Manage own performance.
• Participate in the BU’s transformation, culture, and diversity and employment equity initiatives.
• Commit to continuous learning and advancing of own skills so as to remain abreast with industry trends.
• Provide support to the Senior Manager with regard to centre management and other business unit tasks.

 
Financial Management

• Contribute to the compilation of centre budget, and manage project expenditure related to functional area.
• Ensure compliance to the organisation’s governance processes, policies and processes.
• Manage supply chain processes within own functional area.

 
Other responsibilities

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required.

 
Skills, Experience & Education
 
Formal Education

• This position requires a minimum qualification of CA(SA) / RGA / ACCA

 
Experience

• A minimum of five (5) years’ experience with a minimum two (2) years post article in a specialised environment
• Compliance audit experience is an advantage
• Interpretation of legislation experience is an advantage

 
 
Closing Statement

• The company is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date.
• This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment.
• We embrace and are committed in achieving employment equity within the organisation.
• Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities.

 
Closing Date: 08 June 2024
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE
 
 
 
 

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AGILE BUSINESS ANALYST
Job ID 4806
Location Gauteng
Full/Part Time Part-Time
Regular/Temporary: Temporary
 
Requirement Overview
The purpose of this role is to gather requirements, document business challenges and transition requirements into Epic, features, user stories, user journeys, process flows, and acceptance criteria. The incumbent will engage with development and business stakeholders such as designers, product owners, systems architects, developers, quality assurers, and scrum masters to ensure the right solution is built to meet business needs.
The incumbent must also understand business problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements and recommend solutions that enable the organisation/business unit/centre to achieve its goals while managing client’s expectations.
This position reports to a: Digital Business Partner
 
Roles & Responsibilities
Strategic Function

• Support the implementation of the business architectural strategies and the business unit balance score card (BSC) initiatives.
• Product Management

 
Enterprise analysis:

• Define business needs by identifying and defining why a change to organisational systems or capabilities is required.
• Assess the capability gaps and determine the most viable solution/approach to meet the business needs in adequate details to allow for definition of solution scope.
• Definition of a business case to determine whether AGSA can justify the investment required to deliver a proposed solution.
• Definition and modelling of the business architecture to reveal how AGSA is structured including demonstration of how elements such as capabilities, organization and information fit together.

 
Business analysis planning and monitoring:

• Choose the approach to be used to perform business analysis, with involvement of the stakeholders in the decision-making process and provide the rationale for using it.
• Conduct stakeholder analysis through identification of stakeholders who may be affected by the proposed initiative or share common business need, appropriate stakeholders for the project or project phase and determining stakeholder influence and / or authority regarding the approval of the project deliverables.
• Plan business analysis activities which involves determination of the activities that must be performed including the deliverables that must be produced, as well as estimation of the effort required to perform the work, and identification of the management tools required to measure the progress of those activities and deliverables.
• Development of the business analysis communication plan which describes the proposed structure and schedule for the communications regarding business analysis activities.
• Plan requirements management process, which is the process that will be used to approve requirements for the implementation and manage changes to the solution or requirements scope.

 
Requirements elicitation and management:

• Conduct the elicitation activities with relevant stakeholders and ensure that all resources needed are organized and scheduled to meet the stakeholder’s needs/expectations.
• Document elicitation results by recording the information provided by the stakeholders for use in the analysis.
• Validate the stakeholder requirements and ensure understanding of the problem and stakeholder needs.
• Manage the solution scope and the requirements to obtain and maintain consensus among key stakeholders regarding the overall solution scope and the requirements that will be implemented.
• Management of the requirements traceability.
• Prioritization of requirements ensuring that the analysis and implementation efforts focus on the most critical requirements.
• Organize the requirements with the purpose of creating a set of views of the requirements for the new business solution that are comprehensive, complete, consistent, and understood from all stakeholder perspectives.
• Specification and modelling the requirements to analyse expressed stakeholder desires and /or the current state of the organisation using the combination of textual statements, matrices, diagrams and formal models.
• Definition of assumptions and constraints by identifying factors other than the requirements that may affect which solutions are viable.
• Requirement verification ensuring that the requirements specifications and models meet the necessary standard of quality to allow them to be used effectively to guide further work.
• Requirements validation to ensure that all requirements support the delivery of the value to the business, fulfil its goals and objectives, and meet a stakeholder need.

 
Solution assessment and validation:

• Assessment of the proposed solutions in order to determine how closely they meet stakeholder and solution requirements.
• Allocation of the stakeholder and solution requirements among solution components and releases in order to maximize the possible business value given the options and alternatives generated by the design team.
• Assess organizational readiness to establish whether AGSA is ready to make effective use of the new solution.
• Definition of transition requirements by defining the requirements for capabilities needed to transition from an existing solution to a new solution.
• Validation of the solution to ensure that it meets the business need and determine the most appropriate response to identified defects.
• Evaluation of solution performance through evaluating functioning solutions to understand the value they deliver and identify opportunities for improvement.

 
Requirements analysis:

• Prioritization of requirements ensuring that the analysis and implementation efforts focus on the most critical requirements.
• Organize the requirements with the purpose of creating a set of views of the requirements for the new business solution that are comprehensive, complete, consistent, and understood from all stakeholder perspectives.
• Specification and modelling the requirements to analyse expressed stakeholder desires and /or the current state of the organisation using the combination of textual statements, matrices, diagrams and formal models.
• Definition of assumptions and constraints by identifying factors other than the requirements that may affect which solutions are viable.
• Requirement verification ensuring that the requirements specifications and models meet the necessary standard of quality to allow them to be used effectively to guide further work.
• Requirements validation to ensure that all requirements support the delivery of the value to the business, fulfil its goals and objectives, and meet a stakeholder need.

 
Solution assessment and validation:

• Assessment of the proposed solutions in order to determine how closely they meet stakeholder and solution requirements.
• Allocation of the stakeholder and solution requirements among solution components and releases in order to maximize the possible business value given the options and alternatives generated by the design team.
• Assess organizational readiness to establish whether AGSA is ready to make effective use of the new solution.
• Definition of transition requirements by defining the requirements for capabilities needed to transition from an existing solution to a new solution.
• Validation of the solution to ensure that it meets the business need and determine the most appropriate response to identified defects.
• Evaluation of solution performance through evaluating functioning solutions to understand the value they deliver and identify opportunities for improvement.

 
Stakeholder Management

• Establish, build and maintain collaborative working relationships with relevant internal stakeholders.
• Build and maintain positive and value-adding relationships with relevant external stakeholders.
• Scan the environment to ensure a clear understanding of stakeholder needs.
• Proactively interact with stakeholders to determine their needs and deliver on them accordingly.
• Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to identify and evaluate performance barriers and success in order to continuously improve on the service delivery.
• Work in collaboration with colleagues in the centre to ensure timeous delivery of the work.
• Establish and maintain relations with recognised professional bodies within own professional sphere.
• Manage service level agreements (SLAs).

 
People Management

• Manage own performance.
• Participate in the BU’s transformation, culture, and diversity and employment equity initiatives.
• Commit to continuous learning and advancing of one’s skills so as to remain abreast with industry trends.

 
Financial management and Operational Management

• Contribute to the compilation of centre budget, and manage project expenditure related to functional area.
• Ensure compliance to the organisation’s governance processes, policies and processes.
• Manage supply chain processes within own functional area

 
Other responsibilities (Applicable to AllJD’s)

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments delegated

 
Skills, Experience & Education

• This position requires a minimum qualification of a 3 years Advanced Diploma / Bachelor's degree (NQF level 7) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Technology and Engineering or a related field.
• Honours/master’s qualification will be advantageous.
• Certified in one or more Agile methodologies advantage. Compulsory: TOGAF Certification or
• Business Analysis Certificate e.g. AAC, CBAP, CBDA, CCA, CCBA, CPOA or ECBA

 
Experience/Requirements

• Minimum 8+ years in Agile business analysis experience.
• This is a 12 months contract Position

 
 
Closing Statement

• The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date.
• To successfully upload documents, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters.
• This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment.
• We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organisation.
• Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities. 

 
This is a 12 months contract Position
 
Closing date: 7 June 2024
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE
 
 
 
 
 

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AGILE CHANGE MANAGER
Job ID 4805
Location Gauteng
Full/Part Time Part-Time
Regular/Temporary : Temporary
 
Requirement Overview
The purpose of this role is to assist with aligning agile methodology to change management processes. The incumbent of this role will be required to manage all Digital Transformation (DT) related changes in a controlled manner, including standard changes and emergency maintenance relating to business processes, applications, release backlog and lead all digital transformation related changes in the business aligned to the .DT portfolio. This includes change standards and procedures, impact assessment, prioritisation and authorisation, normal or planned changes, tracking, reporting, closure, and documentation.
This position reports to the Digital Business Partner.
 
Roles & Responsibilities
 
Strategic Function

• Contributes to the strategy and vision of the Digital Business Enablers capability.
• Drive best practices, iterative improvement, and innovation at the strategic deployment level.
• Provide strategic support and identify opportunities in existing business processes using agile methodology change management.
• Function as an integrator between the business and technology to be in alignment.
• Support the implementation of the centre Balance Score Card (BSC) project and initiatives.
• Enable fast and reliable delivery of change to the business, whilst mitigating the risk of negatively impacting the stability or integrity of the changed environment.
• As part of transitioning, facilitate the implementation planning, system and data conversion, acceptance testing, communication, release preparation, promotion to production of new or changed business processes and DT services, early production support, and a post-implementation review.
• Product Management

 
Change Management

• Implement the DT change management framework inline AGSA approved policies and adopted standards/ frameworks.
• Ensure the improvement of effectiveness and efficiency of the change management process, and continuously manage risks and management reporting as it relates to change management process.
• Maintain the maturity level of the defined change management process in accordance with contractual requirements
• Define and establish the change management forums where changes get discussed and approved.
• Act as interface for all participants in the change management process, providing expert guidance and advice on formal standards defined for change management.
• Oversee the change post implementation review process, measuring success rates of implemented changes and success rate of process outputs.
• Develop the change management staff to ensure compliance with process objectives in relation to defined key performance indicators.
• Create an awareness of the change management process within DT and support structures for contracted outsourced clients
• Produce deployment and implementation plans and coordinates release content and effort based on the application release schedule, products request backlog, pending products requests, sprint backlogs, and/or applications updates.
• Manage relationships and coordinates work between different teams at different locations to ensure release details and schedules are communicated across the portfolio effectively.
• Negotiate, plans, and manages all release activities while minimising risks by resolving issues that affect change & release scope, schedule, and quality.
• Keep to date with new change, trends and release management-related technology and methodologies to identify continual improvement opportunities.
• Complete and leads activities such as training needs and determines appropriate training for staff in preparation for technology-based change initiatives and conducts training on new processes where needed.

 
Release and incident management:

• Regularly liaise with cross functional teams, release and incident management and evaluate change impacts and manage it across the DT portfolio.
• Continuously provide and work closely with the service desk to manage release or change information on current and future products activity, as well as change history.
• Provide controlled implementation of changes and ensure clients receive up-to-date information on the progress of change.
• Ensure Configuration Management Integration and alignment with all subscribed ITIL Processes
• Define and maintain descriptions and relationships among key resources and capabilities required to deliver information and technology enabled services, including collecting configuration information, establishing baselines, verifying, and auditing configuration information, and updating the configuration repository.
• Provide sufficient information about service assets to enable the service to be effectively managed.
• Assess the impact of changes and deal with service incidents.

 
Stakeholder Management

• Establish, build and maintain collaborative working relationships with relevant internal stakeholders.
• Build and maintain positive and value-adding relationships with relevant external stakeholders.
• Scan the environment to ensure a clear understanding of stakeholder needs.
• Proactively interact with stakeholders to determine their needs and deliver on them accordingly.
• Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to identify and evaluate performance barriers and success in order to continuously improve on the service delivery.
• Work in collaboration with colleagues in the centre to ensure timeous delivery of the work.
• Establish and maintain relations with recognised professional bodies within own professional sphere.
• Manage service level agreements (SLAs).

 
People Management

• Manage own and team performance to drive productivity.
• Motivate, coach and mentor staff to ensure maximum productivity and development of the staff to their full potential.
• Participate and / or take lead in the business unit transformation and culture plans.
• Provide support to the management team with regard to BU and centre management and other people related tasks.
• Financial and Operational Management Contribute to the compilation of centre budget and manage project expenditure related to functional area.
• Ensure compliance to the organisation’s governance processes, policies and processes.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures.

 
Financial and Operational Management

• Contribute to the compilation of centre budget and manage project expenditure related to functional area.
• Ensure compliance to the organisation’s governance processes, policies

 
Other responsibilities (Applicable to All JD’s)

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments delegated by the senior manager no stipulated in the role profile description as and when required.

 
Skills, Experience & Education
This is a 12 months contract
 
Formal Education

• This position requires a minimum qualification of a Bachelor’s degree field (NQF level 7 or higher) in Computer Science or related in information technology or related field.

 
Experience

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in Agile Change & Release Management experience. 5+ years of SDLC
• Release Management experience. Added advantage: ITIL V3 or V4 Expert certification and experience.
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, and DevOps practices will serve as an advantage.

 
 
Closing Statement

• The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date.
• To successfully upload documents, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters.
• This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment.
• We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organisation.
• Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities.
• Recruitment Agencies in good legal standing and tax compliant, are welcome to submit profiles

 
This is a 12 months contract Position
 
Closing date: 7 June 2024
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE
 
 
 
 

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PROJECT MANAGER
Job ID 4808
Location Gauteng
Full/Part Time Part-Time
Regular/Temporary Temporary
 
Requirement Overview
The purpose of this role is to manage the planning and delivery of the information technology (IT) projects in accordance with the AGSA Project Management Framework and other applicable IT standards.
This includes risk management, project change control and ensuring that projects are completed on time, on budget, to quality standards, and within agreed scope. The incumbent is also responsible for applying the approved methodologies and software tools in order to plan, control, and monitor people, processes, and other components necessary for effective delivery of the projects.
This position reports to a Senior Manager: Digital Business Enablers.
 
Roles & Responsibilities
 
Strategic Function

• Contribute to the management of IT projects in the AGSA’s operating environment.
• Support the implementation of the centre Balance Score Card (BSC) initiatives.

 
Project management:

• Create and executes IT project plans and revises them as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Review project proposals or plans to determine time frames, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements and allotment of available departmental resources to various project phases.
• Analyse project proposals to determine time frame, funding limitations and appropriate process for accomplishing projects.
• Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks.
• Implement an appropriate project communication plan.
• Conduct project risk assessment and mitigation.
• Monitor and manage any cross-project dependencies in resourcing and/or technical deliverables.
• Continuously benchmarks project management performance to identify improvements and achieve higher capability maturity in project and portfolio management.
• Ensure that project goals are accomplished and in line with the stated business objectives.

 
Project team leadership:

• Identify resources needed and assign individual responsibilities to project team members.
• Establish a work plan and staffing for project activities, iterations or phases, and support recruitment and/or assignment processes for project personnel.
• Assign duties, responsibilities and scope of authority to project personnel
• Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses is on schedule and within budget.
• Reviews / approves work plans of external service providers or consultancy services contracted to execute project.
• Review team status reports, schedules and delivery commitments prepared by project personnel, and ensures alignment with overall project timelines and objectives.

 
Project governance and reporting:

• Manage all AGSA IT projects in line with the approved AGSA project management framework.
• Prepare for engagement reviews and project quality assurance reviews and serve as the contact person for project related information.
• Ensure project documents are complete, approved, current and stored appropriately in line with AGSA project management framework.
• Ensure all project reporting adheres to the established standards and procedures for project reporting and documentation.
• Prepare all project submissions to project governance structures and support the project owner/sponsor in setting up project feedback engagements.
• Preparation of monthly reports and assisting in the preparation of documents for submission for organizational reporting.

 
Project measurement:

• Identify and prioritises appropriate measures, scales, and targets.
• Provide support to projects, functions or teams in the development of measurement methods.
• Specify base and derived measures which support agreed information needs.
• Specify how to collect and store the data for each required measure.
• Provide guidance on collection of data.
• Designs reports and reporting formats.

 
Stakeholder Management

• Establish, build and maintain collaborative working relationships with relevant internal stakeholders.
• Build and maintain positive and value-adding relationships with relevant external stakeholders.
• Scan the environment to ensure a clear understanding of stakeholder needs.
• Proactively interact with stakeholders to determine their needs and deliver on them accordingly.
• Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to identify and evaluate performance barriers and success in order to continuously improve on the service delivery.
• Work in collaboration with colleagues in the centre to ensure timeous delivery of the design work.
• Establish and maintain relations with recognised professional bodies within own professional sphere.
• Manage service level agreements (SLAs).

 
People Management

• Support the implementation of the activities outlined in the BU People Plan, transformation/culture plans.
• Manage team performance to drive productivity.
• Motivate, coach and mentor staff to ensure maximum productivity and development of the staff to their full potential.
• Participate in initiatives to attract talent. 
• Cascade vision achievement/ organisation alignment messages and commitments

 
Financial management and operational management

• Contribute to the compilation of centre budget, and manage project expenditure related to functional area.
• Ensure compliance to the organisation’s governance processes, policies and processes.
• Manage supply chain processes within own functional area.

 
Other responsibilities (Applicable to All JD’s)

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments delegated by the senior manager not stipulated in the role profile description as and when required.

 
Skills, Experience & Education

• This is a 12 months contract position
• This position requires a minimum qualification of a Bachelor`s Degree(NQF level 7) in IT AND Project Management Certification such as: Project Management South Africa (PMSA) - Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
• Prince II
• Certification in Project Management like Agile or Scrum

 
Experience

• The incumbent requires at least 5 years’ experience managing projects, with a minimum 3 years’ experience working within an IT environment/ IT Projects.

 
 
Closing Statement

• The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date.
• To successfully upload documents, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters.
• This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment.
• We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organisation.
• Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities.

 
This is a 12 months contract position
 
Closing date: 7 June 2024
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE

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FACILITIES MANAGER
Job ID 4796
Location Gauteng
Full/Part Time Regular/Temporary
Regular Requirement 
 
Overview
The purpose of the position is to manage the diverse facilities and building management disciplines in line with the set processes within the AGSA. The incumbent is responsible for the day-to-day management of the facilities operations, to ensure improvement of business processes and performance.
 
Roles & Responsibilities
Contribute to the development of the BU BSC initiatives and manage the output of the centre to ensure implementation of the BU balance scorecard (BSC) initiatives.
 
Real estate and office accommodation:

• Contribute to the development of accommodation strategies for all AGSA offices.
• Ensure the provision of suitable and conducive office accommodation to all AGSA offices in a cost-effective manner.
• Manage and administer office accommodation leases, including timeous monthly rental payments.
• Research and provide inputs to the policies and standards relating to office accommodation management.
• Keep abreast of market activities in respect of the Real Estate industry and conduct benchmarking to ensure that the AGSA office accommodation is aligned with the market.

 
Auxiliary services

• Ensure the delivery of Facilities Management services to a high standard.
• Identify opportunities that will continuously improve all aspects of Facilities management (FM) operations.
• Manage all hard and soft services including but not limited to building management, cleaning, hygiene, hospitality, pest control, indoor plants, catering, facilities assets, reception, CRM/facilities service desk.
• Develop a maintenance plan for all offices.
• Manage the Facilities team and ensure that facilities infrastructure is effectively managed and maintained.
• Monitor and manage consumption and ensure environmental sustainability focus for FM.
• Manage all FM contracts and contractors.
• Mobilize the FM related procurement strategies in consultation with the relevant internal departments.
• Ensure records are created and maintained for building (site logbooks) to demonstrate full operational procedures are followed.

 
Fleet management:

• Manage the required fleet for the organization.
• Provide inputs to the fleet management strategy for AGSA.
• Manage the fleet maintenance and expenditure.
• Ensure that all instructions and procedures relevant to the use, operation and maintenance of vehicles are complied with.
• Manage the acquisition, disposal and maintenance of vehicles.

 
Project management:

• Manage the facilities projects and the project deliverables.
• Provide inputs on the refurbishments and office construction projects
• Liaise with and keep all stakeholders informed of the facilities project activities.
• Ensure quality and compliance with standard operating procedures.

 
Reporting

• Initiate and develop the facilities weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports and provide input into all the other relevant reporting.
• Ensure that all Facilities related products/services including reports/messages adhere to the relevant quality standards.

 
Risk Management

• Proactively manage and mitigate facilities centre specific risks.
• Identify improvement opportunities and possible areas of risk, which needs to be addressed.
• Initiate and develop the Facilities risk management plan as well as crisis management plan.

 
Stakeholder management

• Build, manage and maintain positive and value-adding relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Create and manage a clear stakeholder engagement plan
• Ensure clear understanding of internal stakeholder needs and develop tracking tools.
• Communicate the goals and objectives with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure understanding of these by all relevant stakeholders.
• Develop, monitor and manage service level agreements (SLAs).
• Cascade the BU BSC initiatives to the direct reports/facilities team.

 
People Management

• Manage people and team performance to drive productivity.
• Motivate, coach and mentor direct reports to ensure maximum productivity and development of the staff to their full potential.
• Determine the mix and level of capability required to enable the centre to support BU and organisational objectives.
• Contribute to transformation/culture plans.
• Participate in initiatives to attract talent.
• Cascade vision achievement/ organisation alignment messages and commitments.

 
Financial management and governance

• Provide inputs to the BU and Centre budget.
• Manage resources and all activities effectively and efficiently to comply with budget requirements.
• Ensure that all projects are delivered within allocated budget.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with the SCM and all the policies and procedures.
• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required.

 
Skills, Experience & Education
 
Formal Education
This position requires a minimum qualification of a degree in:

• Facilities Management or Property Management or Real estate Management or Business management or Project Management (NQF level 7).

 
Experience

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Facilities Management with at least 2 years’ experience operating at Manager level and managing people.

 

Closing Statement

• The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date.
• To successfully upload documents, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters.
• This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment.
• We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organisation.
• Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities.
• First preference will be given to the business units and individuals impacted by the restructuring process.

 
Closing date: 5 June 2024
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE