NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICES (NHLS) VACANCIES

​OFFICE OF THE CEO
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
SANDRINGHAM
Grade: E5 (Five year fixed term contract)
Reference Number: CORPCIO-1224-001-01
 
KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
• To contribute as a member of the Executive Management Team.
• Formulating and directing the Company's IT strategy and ensure implementation.
• Aligning IT with Business initiatives with business objectives.
• Communicate and market the value of IT and manage the value perceptions.
• Manage IT economics to drive down operational costs, creating capacity for initiatives and innovation (both business and IT).
• Drive technology effectiveness and efficiency to improve information management and enable rapid response to changing business requirements.
• Transforming business processes for automation and adaptability, modernizing business applications for services re-use, and providing a cost-efficient, flexible IT infrastructure.
• Manage risk through ensuring IT continuity, resilience, compliance and security (including cyber-security) to safeguard assets and help minimize negative financial exposure.
• Create an information platform that becomes the powerhouse of the organization providing updated and comprehensive data management.
• Responsible for establishing the organization's information technology vision and leading all aspects of technology development, according to NHLS strategic direction and objectives.
• Responsible for the databases and applications across the enterprise - the interpretation and/ implementation thereof.
• Set key performance indicators for technology delivery and introduce progressive measurement opportunities and tools.
• Responsible for IT Governance and Management Framework.
• Position the organization competitively as a leading healthcare data powerhouse through the development of innovative and progressive IT strategies and business solutions.
• Responsible for IT best practices and ensure IT systems availability, incident and problem management, capacity and configuration management, maintenance and support.
• Manage IT sourcing, vendor management and ensure cost efficiency and value add. Manage and maintain optimal relationships with all stakeholders.
• Stay abreast of IT changes and developmental work with other members of the executive team to ensure implementation of new technologies in line with specific business needs.
• To develop and oversee the management of operational and capex expenditure and budgets within IT, to ensure the most effective utilisation of financial resources in accordance with the PFMA.
 
MINIMUM KEY REQUIREMENTS:
• Master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related. OR
• MBA with Honours in Information Technology, Computer Science or related.
• Fifteen (15) years of IT experience with a proven track record.
• Of which five (5) years must have been spent at an executive management level within the IT environment.
• Professional certification such as CISA (certified information systems auditor), CISM (Certified Information Security Manager), CGEIT (certified in governance of enterprise IT), ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) will be advantageous.
 
KEY COMPETENCY:
• Evidence of experience in implementation of IT best practices in areas of Service Management. IT Governance, Software Development Life Cycle and Enterprise Architecture.
• Evidence in managing a large departmental or unit budget.
• Aware of the client's needs and expectations and how this informs internal processes and deliverables.
• Well versed on the marketplace and aware of how strategies and tactics may be applied to optimize business success.
• Business acumen and understanding of health care environment.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with problem solving and decision making.
• Strategic thinking ability.
 
ATTRIBUTES:
• Inspire a sense of vision, purpose and direction.
• Build organizational capability to deliver greater results.
• Exemplifies personal drive and integrity by adhering and promoting NHLS values and aligning processes accordingly.
• Understand organisation's direction and role within government and align activities with NHLS strategies.

Correspondence will be limited to shortlisted candidates only.
All appointments have to be in line with the Employment Equity plan of the NHLS.
​Employment checks and assessments may be conducted.
 
"The NHLS reserves the right, at its discretion, to remove the advertisement and or not to appoint."
 
Candidates who meet the requirements and previously applied are encouraged to re-apply.
 
CLOSING DATE: 31 DECEMBER 2024
 
Contact: Email your application and inquiries to Makgopelo.Mkhwanazi@nhls.ac.za