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ICT GOVERNANCE OFFICER (LEVEL 9), HEAD OFFICE 
- BRIDGETOWN
CapeNature
Cape Town, Western Cape
Permanent
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Closing Date 13 March 2024
 
Job Details
Division: Administration
Business Unit: Governance Risk and Strategy
Minimum experience: Not Applicable
Company primary industry: Government Administration
Job functional area: Information Technology
Salary: R546 102 - R546 102 per annum
EE Status: Only open to EE candidates
 
Job Description
LEVEL 9
HEAD OFFICE (BRIDGETOWN – CAPE TOWN)

This role is a key contributor to IT Strategy and will be responsible for monitoring and evaluating the ICT standards and compliance being used in the ICT department and focusing on improving current business practices and processes in line with the entity’s objectives with a special focus on cybersecurity.


RESPONSIBILITIES:
Key Performance Area: ICT policy framework and management
  • Develop and maintain ICT policies/standards/guidelines designed to establish controls to address risks, and operate ICT effectively and efficiently
  • Monitor external standards and risk/control trends to determine if internal ICT practices are contemporary with industry, regulatory and/or business expectations.
  • Create any required templates and standards to be adopted by ICT
  • Develop and implement information security policies, standards, and procedures
  • Keep the CapeNature policy taxonomy updated and ensure AGSA review requirements are met.
 
Key Performance Area: ICT risk management and mitigation
  • Facilitating risk assessments, maintaining the risk register and risk reporting.
  • Coordinate communications related to ICT Governance, Risks, and Controls.
  • Collaborate with ICT Manager in reporting on ICT to the ICT Steering committee as well as any other identified Committees.
  • Design framework and define document structure for the disaster recovery plan documentation.
 
Key Performance Area: ICT Compliance and Auditing
  • Ensure ICT management and staff are aware of responsibilities related to internal and external ICT audits, audit observations/deficiencies responses, and corrective action ownership.
  • Plan and coordinate any required ICT governance training.
  • Participate in any project-related work to address technologies compliance as mandated
  • Identify gaps in the effectiveness of the implemented ICT controls
  • Perform regular reviews to ensure that vendors follow governance framework and SLA deliverables are being adhered to
  • Regular reviews on systems and user access.
 
Key Performance Area: Project governance
  • Responsible for the governance of ICT related projects
  • Responsible for project gate reviews and influencing go-no-go decisions.
 
Key Performance Area: Incident Response and Management
  • Continue to develop and maintain an incident response plan and the supporting processes and playbooks
  • Ensure that legal and regulatory requirements are met should any incidents occur
  • Lead the response to security incidents, including investigation, containment, eradication, and recovery
 
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
 
Qualifications and Experience
  • Bachelor's Degree or NQF level 7 diploma in Computer Science/Information Technology or Auditing
  • COBIT foundations certificate or CISA certification
  • Other ISACA qualifications will be an advantage e.g. CGEIT, CISM, CRISC,COBIT
  • 5 years’ experience in ICT Governance, risk and compliance or auditing of ICT environments
  • Experience and working knowledge of industry frameworks (ISO 27001/2 and ISO9000, ITIL etc.)
 
Competencies
  • Customer service orientation
  • Strong communication skills
  • Prioritisation and time management
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
  • Strong ability to pay attention to detail and be analytical
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Good project planning and organizing skills
  • Computer literacy plus advanced proficiency in MsOffice
  • Continual improvement mindset
 
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TEAM LEADER FINANCE (LEVEL 8), OFFICE OF THE CFO
CapeNature
Cape Town, Western Cape
Permanent
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Closing Date 12 March 2024
 
Job Details
Division: Administration
Business Unit: Finance, ICT and Shared services
Minimum experience: Not Applicable
Company primary industry: Accounting
Job functional area: Accounting/Auditing
Salary: R462 164 - R462 164 per annum
EE Status: Only open to EE candidates
Job Description
Team Leader: Office of the CFO
Excellent Learning Opportunity
Cape Town

This key role reports to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and would be responsible for full management of the CFO’s office. The ideal candidate is someone with previous experience in auditing the public sector as well as a high level of business acumen and the ability to pay attention to detail.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Key Performance Area: Audit Champion (internal and external audits)
  • Liaise with audit staff and ensure that audit protocol is maintained
  • Track and monitor all RFI’s and ensure that information requested is correct prior to submission to audit teams
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure that documentation required for audit is readily available and submitted
  • Ensure adequate preparation for audits is done on a consistent basis
  • Set up steering committee meetings to ensure issues are identified and addressed
  • Review any audit findings and liaise with management to prepare responses
  • Manage the audit process to ensure that audit timelines are met
  • Track implementation of management action plans post audit to ensure root causes are addressed adequately and reported to the relevant committees.
 
Key Performance Area: Financial Analysis
  • Review and analysis of all documentation/claims/submissions for the CFO’s office
  • Review and analysis of the monthly management accounts and related working papers as well as any reports due to stakeholders
  • Preparation of documents and presentations on behalf of the CFO as and when required
 
Key Performance Area: Project Management
  • Project manage key projects on behalf of the CFO
  • Track and monitor all actions arising out of meetings
  • Track and monitor submission of all reports due to external stakeholders
  • Manage the Finance service desk and ensure tracking of internal stakeholder requests
 
Key Performance Area: Business Analysis
  • Review and analyse key business processes and identify areas for improvement
  • Investigate and look for relevant opportunities to automate business processes
  • Prepare and or review business cases and plans for consideration
 
Key Performance Area: Project financing
  • Review and analyse proposals for internal and external project funding
  • Co-ordinate audits and engage with external auditors on all audits for project/donor funds
 
REQUIREMENTS:
 
Qualifications and Experience
  • B Com or equivalent NQF level 7 financial Degree
  • Completed Articles
  • Knowledge and understanding of GRAP
  • Public sector audit experience would be advantageous
 
Competencies
  • Strong analytical, strategic and creative problem solving skills
  • Ability to thrive in a fast paced environment managing multiple projects and tight deadlines
  • Good project planning and organizing skills
  • Ability to function independently and within a team
  • Computer literacy plus advanced proficiency in MsOffice

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MAINSTREAM SPECIALIST LEVEL (10) - BIODIVERSITY CAPABILITIES 
- HEAD OFFICE, BRIDGETOWN
CapeNature
Cape Town, Western Cape
Permanent
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Closing Date 05 March 2024
 
Job Details
Division: Biodiversity Capabilities
Business Unit: Biodiversity Intelligence
Minimum experience: Mid-Senior
Company primary industry: Environmental Services
Job functional area: Operations
Salary: R679 582 - R679 582 per annum
 
Job Description
CapeNature seeks to appoint a professional, competent, innovative, and energetic candidate to its Mainstream Specialist position. The ideal candidate should have well developed interpersonal, communication and writing skills coupled with a high level of professionalism. The Mainstream Specialist is responsible for the generation of knowledge and systems for the assessment of and reporting on biodiversity, the implementation of Strategic Adaptive Management Models through the development of plans, systems, and strategies for the conservation of biodiversity in the Western Cape.
 
The Mainstream Specialist works to ensure that biodiversity conservation knowledge and planning systems are integrated into landscape and protected area management via strengthening intergovernmental cooperation mechanisms, maximising the potential of strategic partnership projects, and supporting efficient uptake of conservation intelligence outputs within and external to CapeNature.
 
RESPONSIBILITIES:
 
KRA 1: Gather, process, and develop the integration of spatial and related knowledge, planning and monitoring products and systems to advance the practice of biodiversity conservation and integrated catchment management.
  • Lead and contribute to the development of an annual Western Cape State of Conservation Report.
  • Lead the development of the five yearly Western Cape State of Biodiversity Report.
  • Lead and mainstream within CapeNature a common understanding of Biodiversity Management and Action Plans.
  • Contribute to the updating of the five yearly Western Cape Biodiversity Spatial Plan.
  • Contribute to development of five early Western Cape Protected Areas Expansion Strategy.
  • Contribute to the implementation of Annual Landscape Stewardship Plans.
 
KRA 2: Provide ecological decision support for effective landscape conservation and ensure sound scientific analysis of data through coordination to guide management planning and assessment.
  • Lead the development and dissemination of CapeNature Biodiversity Governance Position Statements, aligned with international best practice guidelines and multilateral environmental agreements.
  • Lead and contribute to the development and maintenance of Standard Operating Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures in CapeNature.
  • Contribute to Western Cape policy development and decision-making.
 
KRA 3: Generate impact through the enablement, development and integration of leading-edge information, technologies, practice, policy, science, and innovation.
  • Mainstream leading edge, professional, formal scientific research (internally and externally), technical reports, memoranda, assessments and publications, peer reviewed scientific publications, presentations, and presentations at appropriate Provincial/National/International Biodiversity Conservation Conferences to advance the practice of biodiversity conservation.
  • Develop and deliver biodiversity conservation mainstreaming products and capacity building interventions for specific stakeholder groups.
  • Contribute to the research, development, and implementation of Strategic Adaptive Management Models for biodiversity, conservation, and integrated catchment management.
  • Contribute to and mainstream the implementation of an effective web-based integrated conservation and biodiversity data management system with strategic partners, biodiversity research entities and other biodiversity institutions (locally, nationally, and globally) for CapeNature.
 
KRA 4: Engage and collaborate with strategic partners for advancing, securing, and enabling the development and deployment of biodiversity conservation capabilities.
  • Lead and support the development, deployment, and integration of Biodiversity Capabilities products into Conservation Operations and Landscape Conservation Management.
  • Represent CapeNature’s mandate and interests on appropriate National and Provincial Forums.
  • Mainstream and support the prioritisation of strategic partnerships and finalisation of MOUs.
  • Facilitate the development of appropriate external funding proposals and implement externally funded projects when applicable.
 
KRA 5: Develop and implement biodiversity capability, capacity and the integration of innovation and technology.
  • Lead the mainstreaming and uptake of optimal procedures, practices and processes for effective biodiversity monitoring and surveillance.
  • Lead, develop, contribute to, and deliver stakeholder capacity building and awareness about healthy natural ecosystems, habitats and landscapes, and ecosystem services.
 
REQUIREMENTS:
  • Natural Science degree in the field of Conservation Science, Ecological Science, Biological Science or Zoological Science (NQF 7 preferably 8) with at least three years’ professional post qualification experience.
  • Demonstrable project management and organizational skills.
  • Good understanding of systematic conservation planning.
  • Good understanding of the ecological systems and processes of the Western Cape.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and inter-personal skills.
  • Substantial experience and/or training in facilitation, leading workshops, and negotiation.
  • Proficiency in at least two of the three official languages of the Western Cape.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
  • A valid driver’s Code 8 license.
  • Self-motivated and requiring a minimal amount of supervision and technical management; and
  • Comfortable working in a team with a willingness and patience to capacitate colleagues and stakeholders.
 
COMPETENCIES
  • Good oral and written communication skills, including a friendly and helpful disposition, to provide a professional and effective support function to colleagues and other clients.
  • Experience in and understanding of the Western Cape land-use planning and decision-making legislation, policies, procedures, guidelines, and stakeholder participation, and how conservation planning products are used, including the challenges likely to be faced in implementation.
  • An active learning, innovative and problem-solving approach to job, with good organisation skills.
  • Ability to work to a detailed schedule and meet deadlines and keep a detailed log of work-related activities for reporting purposes.
  • Good computer literacy, including the MS Office suite, digital file management and the ability to operate the relevant GIS software efficiently.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships colleagues, peers, and professional associations.
 
Kindly note that it is encouraged to become a member of the CapeNature Pension Fund. In the event that you are an existing member of a Medical Aid, you are required to provide a copy of such membership registration before the commencement of your employment with CapeNature.
 
To apply, please visit the careers page on the CapeNature Website.
 
Apply online via  https://capenature.simplify.hr/
 
Closing Date:  5 March 2024
 
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