CITY OF JOHANNESBURG - VACANCY CIRCULAR: 011/2020

 
Primary function: To lead the unit in providing effective Group Internal and Forensic Audit Services. Develop and implement an annual Group Audit Plan. Review accounting, financial and operational controls. Strategically integrate Internal Audit Services throughout the Group. Develop and maintain a quality assurance and improvement programme. Communicate audit requirements and procedures. People management.
 
Key Performance Areas: Provide strategic leadership for the integration of Internal Audit Services and ensure the provision of an independent Forensic Auditing Service for the Group. Provide assurance Audit Assurance in Risk Enterprise Management. Provide Integrated Capability Approach for Data Interpretation. Create an environment and build capabilities within and around Internal Audit and Forensic Audit Services to realise CoJ strategies. Develop and maintain a quality assurance and improvement program that covers all aspects of the internal audit function and continuously monitor its effectiveness.
 
Leading competencies: Strategic Direction and Leadership; People Management, Program and Project Management; Financial management; Change Management; Change leadership; Governance leadership; Moral competence; Planning and organising; Analysis and innovation; Knowledge and information management; Communication; Results and quality focus.
 
Core Competencies: Solid understanding of the City's business dynamics, core strategies, risk appetite and risk tolerance; Ability to raise difficult issues with senior management and the audit committee; Partner with senior management and the audit committee to help fulfil their broad responsibilities for effective governance; Think strategically on the internal audit function, its mission and strategic resources, including attracting highly qualified staff; Business Partnering.
 
This is an employment equity targeted position and preference will be given to EE targeted groups including people with disabilities.
 
Contact Person: Sirelda de Klerk 
Tel No: (011) 407 6800
Workplace: SAPPI Building, 48 Ameshof Street, Braamfontein
Email: Sireldad@joburg.org.za

CLOSING DATE: 06 March 2020

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PERMANENT POSITION
 
This Vacancy is open to External Applicants AND Employees of the City of Johannesburg
 
2. Department: Office of the City Manager
Branch: Group Risk & Assurance Services (GRAS)
Designation: Unit Head: Group Risk Advisory Services (Chief Risk Officer)
Salary: R58 620.46 pm (basic salary excluding benefits)
 
Appointment Requirements:
• Bachelors degree in Economics Sciences/Accounting (NQF level 7);
A Masters of Business Administration/Master of Science in Management/degree or equivalent is
advantageous;
• Risk Management qualification will be an added advantage;
Registered membership with a professional body;
• Qualification and experience in terms of minimum competencies prescribed by National Treasury; 15 years' experience in Risk Management, Financial Management of Financial Accounting, Corporate Finance, Corporate Strategy, Internal or External Audit Services, and of which 8 — 9 years should have been in a senior leadership role, and/or including at least 5 years as a Senior Risk Manager;
• The years' experience may be in the banking environments/financial institutions or large organization (s) in the private or public sector;
• Extensive exposure to corporate governance, risk management standards, risk management disciplines and internal control standards;
• Sound understanding and working experience with Enterprise Risk Management practices and philosophy, including the design and implementation of processes and systems;
• Sound understanding of risk finance (insurance) strategies models and insurance administrative processes; and 
• Proven success at operating at senior management level including the management of experienced and professionally qualified staff.
 
Primary Function: The incumbent will be responsible to identify, analyze and mitigate events that could threaten the municipality ability to achieve its objective; and therefore provide strategic support to the Group Head: Group Risk and Assurance Services (GRAS) in relation to the City's risk governance strategies and practices, embedding a culture of risk management; rolling out management frameworks, strategies and plans to ensure defective management of the City's risk profile.
The Chief Risk Officer should under the leadership of the Group Head: Group Risk and Assurance Services (GRAS), strategically lead, direct and control provision of effective efficient risk management advisory services by developing implementing the appropriate Strategies, Policies Frameworks Standards, Systems and Processes. This Entails:
• Efficient and effective governance of significant risks, and related opportunities, that the City and its Municipal entities may be exposed to.
• Ensure the GRAS departments accountability to the accounting officer and the Group Risk & Governance Committee (GRGC) for enabling the municipality to balance risk reward;
 • Coordinate the Municipality's Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) approach.
• Embed of risk management practices and fostering a risk aware culture within the Municipality.
• Institutional advocate for ERM and brings specialist expertise to assist in integrating risk management throughout the Municipality.
• Continuous improvements of the risk and control environment to enable and /or support the attainment of unqualified audit outcome.
 
Key Performance Areas: Strategic leadership of the integrated Group Risk Advisory Service. Forward planning. Oversee the development of the GRAS Unit annual plans and ensure implementation of the City's Group Risk Governance Framework, Group Risk Management Policy and annual ERM Plan. Operational management of Group Risk Governance processes (Core Administration and ME's); Group Risk management processes (Core Administration and ME's); Group ERM (Risk Assessment, Monitoring, Advisories and Communication); Project and Contract Risk Management Advisories and Assurance; Business Continuity Management Planning and Advisories; Group Risk Finance Strategy & Implementation; Combined and Integrated Assurance (Collaboration); Internal and External Communication. People management (Human Capital and Performance Management. Financial management.
 
Leading competencies: Strategic Direction and Leadership; People Management, Program and Project Management; Financial management; Change Management; Change leadership; Governance leadership; Business Acumen; Moral competence; Planning and organising; Analysis and innovation; Knowledge and information management; Communication; Results and quality focus.
 
Core Competencies: High level of technical competence (depth and range of knowledge and expertise); Understanding of municipality functionality, knowledge of systems, procedures, information sources and financial priorities and their relation to each other; Achieve results/manage tasks/projects through setting objectives, developing action plans, organising activities and ensuring optimum use of time and resources, monitoring performance and strict control to achieving objectives in a timely manner; Maintain current knowledge of developments related to matters of interest to risk management; Engage and support others to contribute to Risk Management frameworks, processes and systems; Sound understanding of applying public administration principles and implementing contemporary management practices.
 
This is an employment equity targeted position and preference will be given to EE targeted groups including people with disabilities.
 
Contact Person: Sirelda de Klerk 
Tel No: (011) 407 6800
Workplace: SAPPI Building, 48 Ameshof Street, Braamfontein
Email: Sireldad@joburg.org.za

CLOSING DATE: 06 March 2020
 
VACANCY CIRCULAR: 011/2020

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