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AUDITOR-GENERAL
ASSISTANT MANAGER: INFRASTRUCTURE
Listing reference: agsa_000177
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 4 November 2026
Position summary
Industry: Engineering
Job category: Accounting, Auditing
Location: Cape Town
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Yes
Introduction
To provide guidance and support to the performance analysts / auditors in the planning, execution and reporting of value for money audits (integration), diagnostic audits, regulatory audits and performance audits in the most economic, effective and efficient manner by leveraging on industry expertise and knowledge.
Job description
Audit Process
Planning
· Advise audit teams on technical matters related to the infrastructure sector
· Assist audit teams in identifying audit risks for the specific audit engagement in the built environment
· Assist the manager in resource planning for selected audits in the built environment/ infrastructure field
· Liaise with the manager and assist in compiling a budget for the audit and communicate this to audit team for selected audits in the infrastructure field
· Assist the manager to facilitate engagement meetings (entrance engagement) with management of auditees to discuss the scope, focus areas, objectives, methodology and due dates and
· Support the audit team to ensure that they receive the relevant documents to execute the audit.
Execution
· In collaboration with the audit team, execute, technical audit procedures on selected audits in the infrastructure field
· Consistently update the manager on the status of the selected audits in the infrastructure field
· Complete audit working papers on selected audits in the infrastructure field for review by the manager
· Provide coaching notes on reviewed working papers for selected audits in the infrastructure field
· 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
· Assessing cost analysis for infrastructure projects
· Review risk assessments, value management and cost control reports on infrastructure projects
· Analyzing the costings for tenders awarded by government departments on selected infrastructure projects
· Analyzing outcomes and writing detailed and high impact audit reports on audited infrastructure projects
Research
· Review working papers and memos on research undertaken in the infrastructure field
· Interpret and synthesise information related to goals, strategies, policies and guidelines in the infrastructure field
· Oversee the undertaking of research in the infrastructure field to provide advice to internal stakeholders through sharing insights, risks and knowledge of the business and industry
· Compile relevant memos on research of complex and challenging audit themes arising from government and international priorities/programmes in the infrastructure field
People Management
· Manage the performance of staff, provide mentorship and support
· Identify opportunities to develop staff through on-the-job training and coaching
· Manage teams’ performance and implement a culture of high performance
· Address staff related enquiries
· Execute and adhere to transformation/culture plans
Stakeholder Engagement
(Internal & External)
Internal
· Build and maintain strategic and value adding partnerships with key stakeholders within the AGSA (both Regularity Audit and Performance Audit) to ensure support during the audit process for both integration and stand-alone audits
· Provide guidance to stakeholders through sharing insights, risks, and knowledge of the business and industry to improve their understanding of technical matters in the infrastructure field
· Market the value of performance audits and develop initiatives for sharing insights, risks and experiences with regularity audit Business Units.
· Regularly engage with team members through centre meetings to discuss relevant audit work
External
· Build and maintain strategic and value adding partnerships with key stakeholders at the auditees, in line with the Business Unit stakeholder engagement plan
· Assist in preparing for interactions with the Executive Authorities on key findings/outcomes.
· Ensure impactful, quality and meaningful engagements with external stakeholders
Financial Management
· Provide inputs on the formulation of a budget
· Manage own and team recoverability
· Effective project management (time, hours and costs) of the audit and relevant resource planning, to drive audit efficiencies
Administration
· Responsible for effective management of all administrative matters relating to the role. (e.g. timeous approvals, compliance with internal controls, etc.)
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
Minimum requirements
Skills, Experience and Education
Formal Education
· Degree/BTech in Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or any approved built environment etc.
· Post graduate qualification will be an added advantage
Professional Registration
· Registration as a candidate Engineer/technician with the ECSA or SACQSP is mandatory.
· Professional registration with a Professional Body as required in the built environment will be advantageous e.g. ECSA, SACQSP, SACPCMP etc.
Experience
· At least 5 years’ industry specific experience in the infrastructure/ built environment.
· Experience in construction of buildings such as schools, clinic, hospitals, office buildings, etc. is essential
· Experience in infrastructure projects e.g. roads and storm water, sewer reticulation, water reticulation, social infrastructure (housing, health and education facilities) and bulk earthworks for municipal, provincial or national projects will be advantageous
· Experience in implementation of bulk services &/or internal reticulation
Knowledge
· Public sector knowledge or exposure to government infrastructure projects will be advantageous
PROJECT MANAGER DIGITAL BUSINESS ENABLERS
Listing reference: agsa_000176
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 2 November 2026
Position summary
Industry: IT & Internet
Job category: Technical Project Management
Location: Pretoria
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Yes
Introduction
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.
Job description
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.
Minimum requirements
Skills, Experience & Education
• This position requires a minimum qualification of a Bachelor`s Degree(NQF level 7) in IT
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 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 organization. Auditor General welcomes applications
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NB: Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from the us within four weeks, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.
