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MPUMALANGA TOURISM AND PARKS AGENCY (MTPA)
 

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THE MPUMALANGA TOURISM AND PARKS AGENCY HEREBY EXTENDS AN INVITATION FROM SUITABLY QUALIFIED PERSONS TO SERVE AS AN INDEPENDENT RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON 
REF: RMC/20242025/CEO01 
 
The Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency with its Head Office in Mbombela serves the Mpumalanga Province with regards to Tourism and Conservation. The MTPA invites suitably qualified candidates to serve as an independent Chairperson of the Risk Management Committee. 
 
The applicants should have sufficient qualifications, knowledge and extensive experience to serve on the Risk Management Committee of the MTPA. The ideal candidate should possess (at minimum) the following: 
Qualifications for Chairpersonship: - A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Auditing, Risk Management and a Post-Graduate qualification will be an advantage. Must have one or more of the following: CRM (Prac); CRM (Prof); CRISC; CRMA, IIA and CA (SA) / Professional Accountant. A professional qualification and affiliation to a professionally recognised body for appointment as a Chairperson of the Risk Management Committee of the MTPA. 
Experience: Candidates should have executive management experience in Governance, Risk Management and Internal Controls environments for more than 10 (ten) years with exposure to serving in the oversight Committees. 
Term of Office and Members Remuneration: - The term of office for the Independent Chairperson of the Risk Management Committee is 5 (five) years. The appointment will be reviewed annually based on the performance and attendance of the Chairperson. The compensation of the Independent Chairperson of the Risk Management Committee will be determined at a daily tariff based on the National Treasury Remuneration Levels as signed and approved by the Minister of Finance. There is a minimum of 5 (five) meetings held per financial year. 
 
Eligibility: - To be eligible for appointment or designation as Chairperson of the Risk Management Committee, the applicant must not: 
  • Be an office bearer of any political party, movement, organisation or body of a partisan political nature, personally or through a spouse, partner or associate – (i) acquires a direct or indirect financial enterprise, which may conflict or interfere with the proper performance of the duties for a member of the Committee. 
  • Be an un-rehabilitated insolvent or become insolvent. 
  • Be or is removed from an office of trust on account of misconduct in respect of fraud or the misappropriation of money. 
  • Be subject to an order of a competent Court holding that person to be mentally unfit or disordered. 
  • Within the previous 10 (ten) years, have been, nor be convicted in the Republic of South Africa or elsewhere of theft, fraud, forgery or uttering a forged document, perjury, an offence under the Financial Intelligence Sector Act, 2001 (Act 38 of 2001), or an offence involving dishonesty; or 
  • Be convicted of any other offence committed after section 35 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 (Act 200 of 1993), took effect, and sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine. 
 
Duties
The Chairperson will amongst other duties perform the following: 
  • Provide oversight on the review and monitoring of the implementation of the risk management framework, policy, charter and strategy within the MTPA. 
  • Provide guidance on the integration of risk management into planning, monitoring and reporting processes. 
  • Provide advice/guidance on setting risk appetite and review risk appetite, tolerance levels, and anti-fraud measures. 
  • Lead the Committee in conducting its activities in terms of the Public Sector Risk Management Framework, PFMA, Risk Committee Charter and King IV Report on Corporate Governance. 
  • Provide quarterly reports to the Audit, Risk and IT Committee on the state of risk management, together with aspects requiring improvement accompanied by the Risk Management Committee’s recommendations to address such issues. 
  • Perform any other duties of the Risk Management Committee as specified in the terms of reference (Risk Committee Charter)



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Submission of applications: Interested applicants must submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae and proof of qualifications/experience and contact details of three referees. It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications verified by the South African Qualifications Authority Applications must be submitted to ntombi@mtpa.co.za.
Please ensure that you quote the Reference Number when submitting an application in the subject line. 
 
The MTPA reserves the right not to make any appointment. 
 
Closing Date: 19 August 2024, no application will be considered after the closing date 
 
Enquiries: Ntombi Baloi (013) 065 0649 
 
Should you not receive any correspondence/communication from the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency in one (1) calendar month after the closing date, please consider your application as being unsuccessful.