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Lead Programme Management Specialist

Closing Date
2025/05/28
Reference Number
DBS250325-1
Job Title Lead Programme Management Specialist
Job Grade 19
Job Type Classification Contract
Location – Town / City Midrand
Location – Province Gauteng
Location – Country South Africa
Job Profile (Downloadable) Lead Programme Management Specialist_Job Profile March 2025.pdf (0.57 Mb) – 3/25/2025 12:41:33 PM
Job Description
The Infrastructure Fund (IF) announced by the President in September 2018 addresses the need for a dedicated blended financing facility for infrastructure programme projects. The aim of the IF is to transform public infrastructure financial provisioning using “blended” finance – combining capital from the public and private sectors and Development Finance Institutions (DFIs)/Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). This will be dedicated to meeting the financing requirements for hybrid projects.
The mandate of the Infrastructure Fund has been captured in a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the National Treasury, Infrastructure South Africa (ISA), and the DBSA entered into on 17 August 2020.
The Lead Programme Management Specialist will be responsible for designing and implementing multiple programmes leading to funding opportunities for the IF. These programmes, amongst others, are large-scale infrastructure projects and programmes that involve public-private partnerships.

Key Responsibilities
Strategic Outputs

Support the IF’s strategic intent and progressively contribute to its annual disbursement through project and programme management activities.
Enable IF to participate in a robust portfolio of projects, leading to improved funding and implementation opportunities.
Work with other business units to promote IF’s role as the project developer or sponsor in selected priority sectors and programmes.
Work with other business units to prepare investment proposals and feasibility studies for consideration by management, governance structures and key stakeholders.
Participate in the processes of leveraging local, international and regional partners to provide capital for new business investments.
Provide project preparation support to projects/initiatives that require further enhancement or de-risking to achieve bankability. This includes assisting project owners in refining project structures, addressing risks, and ensuring readiness for financing and implementation.
Enhance the IF’s financial sustainability by preparing projects to be bankable through the project preparation fund, ensuring a return on investment, crowding in financers and securing rights of first refusal for IF to participate as a lender.
Contribute to a steady flow of deals and efficiently execute and manage deals within the financing division’s pipeline by:
Supporting other business units in identifying and structuring project opportunities from a project developer / sponsorship perspective.
Defining project concept and scope.
Developing deal execution implementation plans.
Technical Responsibilities

Support efficient risk management of programmes, provide opportunities for investments in projects and improve the quality of the IF loan book by:
Mitigating the technical and commercial risk associated with projects.
Facilitating a better understanding, evaluation and valuation of project risks.
Collaborating with the Head of Strategic Partnership and Origination, perform initial technical reviews and appraisals of projects or initiatives for potential inclusion in the IF pipeline.
Prepare projects to ensure that they are bankable by mitigating the technical and commercial risks associated with projects.
Overseeing the implementation of technical aspects and coordination of programme oversight functions.
Engaging with multidisciplinary teams within IF and with project owners/sponsors, including technical, legal and financial experts, to facilitate projects reaching financial closure.
Examining and authorising all technical documentation to ensure solutions are viable, investment ready, and sustainable.
Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of proposed solutions and analysing alternative approaches to determine the most efficient solution that supports the national socio-economic priorities.
Providing technical inputs into financing agreements, negotiations, and closure-related activities while ensuring that all technical prerequisites are met.
Providing technical input to support the development of contractual and regulatory frameworks, ensuring alignment with project design, structuring, execution, and governance requirements.
Defining the technical parameters, criteria, and specifications necessary for inclusion in the procurement strategy outlined in the Project Information Memorandum.
Preparing investment proposals and feasibility studies for management and the Board of Directors to consider.
Programme Management

Monitor a portfolio of large-scale infrastructure projects and programmes involving multiple stakeholders from cradle to completion.
Engage project stakeholders and align roles of key players.
Manage the procurement of resources to achieve programme objectives within planned timeframes and manage the respective contracts.
Design, develop and implement complex project/programme plans, budgets, resources and dynamic scope and deliverables according to the clients and funders’ agreements. Effectively providing investor with the assurance that their investment in agreed projects/programmes will be successfully and timeously completed.
Identify and implement measures to prevent project/programme delays by actively engaging and managing multiple project/programme offices.
Prepare/develop project costing and cost control methodologies and procedures to ensure that projects/programmes are completed within budget and time.
Design and review the implementation of projects/programmes as agreed. These would include:
The preparation estimates and detailed programme plans for all phases of the programme.
Implementation plans with outputs, activities, responsibilities and time frames.
Programme budget and report against budget.
Resource plan and allocation of responsibilities.
Supporting and aligning if programmes and work plans.
Provide status reporting regarding programme milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership and identified stakeholders.
Perform other strategic duties as assigned.
Oversight & Compliance Monitoring

Support the Asset Management and Treasury (AMT) Unit in monitoring the projects’ implementation to ensure compliance with facility agreements and contractual obligations (Construction, O&M, etc.) by conducting technical reviews and risk assessments to identify and mitigate potential project execution issues.
Provide regular technical and programme management reports to AMT on project progress, potential risks with mitigation strategies, and compliance gaps to assist in tracking project milestones, disbursements, and performance indicators to ensure timely execution.
Engage with project owners, contractors, and other stakeholders to address technical and programme-related challenges.
Resolving contractual disputes or deviations related to project execution.
Managing change requests and ensure alignment with financial and contractual commitments.
Provide technical insights to enhance project monitoring frameworks and contribute to the development of best practices for programme and asset management within the IF.
Key Measurements of Outputs

Value of bankable projects.
Successful management and implementation of agreed projects / programmes:
Percentage of performance targets met as per business plan
Quality of delivery of projects / programmes
Investor satisfaction of invested projects / programmes
Clean audit
Expertise & Technical Competencies
Minimum Requirements:

Postgraduate qualification in Engineering.
A minimum of 10 years’ experience in infrastructure projects/programmes funding and financing with a proven track record.
A track record in sourcing viable and bankable projects, structuring and closing investments in SA.
Proven ability to oversee and manage large-scale infrastructure projects and programmes and PPPs.
Demonstrated ability to work on new or innovative projects/programmes and the ability to bring ideas from conception to completion.
Managing projects and programmes involving multiple stakeholders.
Comprehensive knowledge of the complex legal and regulatory environment for infrastructure and infrastructure procurement in SA.
Proven track record of leading and preparing good quality reports, documents and presentations for Executive Management, the Board and high-level stakeholders.
Sound knowledge and good grasp of the infrastructure landscape, financial markets, political economics, macroeconomics as well as socio-economic development issues, challenges and opportunities in South Africa and the rest of Africa.
Comprehensive knowledge of the complex regulatory environments of municipalities/metros, state-owned enterprises and other government entities in South Africa including a good understanding of the PFMA.
Proven ability to put yourself in the client’s / funders shoes and understand the motivations that underlies behaviours of interest.
Demonstrated ability to lead complex strategic initiatives and projects to successful execution.
Desirable Requirements:

Qualification in Project / Programme Management and certification with Project Management Institute (PMI) or South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP).
A project/programme management experience in the public infrastructure sector.
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Detail Orientation
Planning and Organising
Adaptability
Written Communication
Project Management
Commercial Business Acumen
Legal and Regulatory Policy Knowledge
Presentation Skills
Procurement Services
Risk Identification & Assessments
Solution Focused
Knowledge of Contracts
Business Development
Deal Origination
Negotiation Skills
Financial Acumen
Reporting & Communication
Required Personal Attributes
BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

Teamwork and cooperation

Promotes a friendly climate and good morale, and resolves conflicts
Creates opportunities for cross-functional working.
Encourages others to network outside of their own team/department and learn from their experience.
Strategic and Innovative Thinking

Experiments with new approaches, tests scenarios, questions assumptions and challenges conventional thinking.
Creates new concepts that are not obvious to others, leveraging internal and external sources of information, to build incremental revenue and growth opportunities.
Decisiveness

Makes timely decisions about complex issues even when some information is missing
Makes decisions and stands by them even when they are controversial or unpopular
Grasps critical business opportunities when they arise by making timely decisions
Driving delivery of results

Identifies and implements a business opportunity that will have long term impact on the business
Monitors progress and adapts plans if necessary to ensure optimal benefit to the programme
Makes decisions, sets priorities, or chooses goals on the basis of inputs and outputs makes explicit considerations of potential profit, return on investment, or cost benefit analysis.
Based on cost benefit analysis, makes decisions of entrepreneurial risk nature
Goal Oriented and Solution Driven

Has an understanding of how immediate tasks contributed towards broader goals and structures activities accordingly.
Focuses on solutions and goes beyond merely recognising a problem.
Systems Thinking

Views legal matters as an integral part of broader operations and avoids addressing matters in isolation.
Is able to recognise patterns and interconnectivity between various matters which are seemingly disconnected.
Self-Awareness & Self-Control

Ignores angering actions and continues a conversation or task. May leave temporarily to withhold emotions, then return immediately to continue
Feels strong emotions in the course of a conversation or other task, such as anger, extreme frustration, or high stress; holds the emotions back, and continues to act calmly.
Avoids egotistical behaviour
Welcomes positive confrontation as necessary; and avoids negative confrontation.
Decisiveness

Acts promptly to address urgent needs, quickly taking those decisions which need to be taken.
Assesses available information to reach a clear view of key options and selects the best option at the time.
Thinks on their feet when necessary.
Changes his/her perception, ideas or alters normal procedures to fit a specific situation to get a job done and/or meet company goals.
Impact and Influence

Includes careful preparation of data for presentation.
Makes two or more different arguments or points in a presentation or a discussion.
Achievement Orientation

Focuses on new or more effective ways of improving own work and meeting targets.
Focuses on raising quality, customer satisfaction and revenues.
Makes specific changes to systems and processes in order to improve efficiency and quality.
Formulates own objectives and action plans in order to achieve a measurable improvement in the future.

Programme Manager: Water Reuse (Water Partnerships Office)

Closing Date
2025/06/03
Reference Number
DBS230920-3
Job Title Programme Manager: Water Reuse (Water Partnerships Office)
Job Grade 17
Job Type Classification Permanent
Location – Town / City Midrand
Location – Province Gauteng
Location – Country South Africa
Job Profile (Downloadable) WPO Programme Manager – Water Reuse.pdf (396.45 kb) – 9/20/2023 12:02:29 PM
Job Description
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is mandated by the National Water Act, 1998 and Water Services Act
1997 to be responsible for national water resource infrastructure and supporting municipalities with the provision of water
services. To support the implementation of the National Water & Sanitation Masterplan, DWS has designed and
implemented the National Water Partnerships Programme (NWPP) comprising of several sub-programmes within the
water sector that will address specific challenges facing the sector.
The DWS has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the South African Local Government (SALGA) and the
Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) to jointly implement the programme. To give effect to the NWPP, the
parties have established the Water Partnerships Office (WPO) which includes the following:

• The development of a standardised programme for the preparation, funding and implementation of projects within the water sector.
• Providing support to municipalities and water boards to prepare, fund and implement projects according to a standardised approach.
• The development of innovative and blended finance funding solutions, that will unlock and enable private sector investment in the water sector.
• Facilitating partnerships with the private sector and other key stakeholders

The role of the Programme Manager: Water Reuse (WR) is to manage the development of a pipeline of municipal WR projects to be prepared, financed and implemented.

Key Responsibilities
Programme Development and Establishment

• Develop strategies and plans for the execution of the programme and to optimise the support provided to municipalities and water boards.
• Develop and establish the WR Programme as a standardised programme within the WPO, to support municipalities to address water reuse challenges.
• Develop a “toolbox” of standardised documentation, best practice approaches, methodologies, models and mechanisms to support the preparation, funding and implementation of projects.
• Engage with municipalities and water boards to introduce the programme and the Unit/Team as the “centre of excellence” for municipal WR interventions in the country.
• Conduct a needs analysis to identify project opportunities and develop a pipeline of projects to be prepared, financed and implemented.
• Identify sources of project preparation funding for WR projects and work with the Head: WPO to secure the funding.
• Manage the preparation, design, development and structuring of projects according to the clients and funders agreements.
• Design and review the implementation of projects / programmes including:

o the preparation estimates and detailed programme plans for all phases of the programme.
o implementation plans with outputs, activities, responsibilities and time frames.
o programme budget and report against budget.
o resource plan and allocate responsibilities.

• Manage, coordinate and monitor a portfolio of WR infrastructure projects and programmes involving multiple stakeholders from cradle to completion in line with the overarching policies, frameworks and master plans in the
  Local Government structures and the Department of Water and Sanitation’s strategy.
• Facilitate project costing and cost control methodologies and procedures to ensure that projects are completed within budget.
• Map key programme dependencies and the interfaces between projects and facilitate cohesive project interfaces and collaboration.
• Manage challenges, risks and programme change requests and implement risk mitigating measures to prevent adverse impact on the project deliverables.
• Provide status reporting regarding programme milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership and identified stakeholders.
• Develop and support the implementation including improvement of project management methodologies, tools and standards.
• Provide inputs to contracts, agreements, MOA’s and other legal documents with partners/ service providers and manage the enforcement of agreements.
• Ensure implementation of safety, health and environmental standards by contractors in compliance to the requirements and guidelines of the DBSA.
• Prepare monthly progress reports that is required by the WPO (for purposes of reporting to the Oversight Committee as well as to the DBSA.

1. Procurement

• Establish and maintain service provider panels to ensure there are adequate resources to achieve programme objectives in planned timeframes.
• Procure, appoint and manage service providers for the preparation, funding and implementation of projects.
• Support the procurement of contractors and operators for the implementation and operation and maintenance of projects, potentially on a Performance Based Contracting model.

1. Stakeholder Management

• Establish parentships with private sector role players in the WR environment.
• Build and manage relationships at various levels with the project stakeholders, partners in accordance with the NWPP and WR development objectives and stakeholder relations and communication strategy.
• Establish and maintain strategic partnerships, networks and alliances aimed at enhancing the WPO’s mandate and role.
• Coordinate efforts and work with the WR teams within the DWS, City Support Programme, SALGA, Water Research Commission) WRC and others.
• Participate in structures created to support the WR such as a Water Reuse committee, Water Reuse Community of Practice, etc.

1. People Management

• Establish, lead and manage a team of specialist resources in the Water Reuse Unit/Team.
• Provide direction and guidance to the direct reports to enable the execution and management of their portfolios and responsibilities effectively.
• Facilitate team development while holding teams accountable for their commitment to ensure strong team delivery.
• Conduct performance management for all direct reports, managing their performance in relation to quality standards and agreed benchmarks and objectives, in line with sound performance management principles.
• Provide transferable skills, frameworks and toolkits to promote empowerment of the team.
• Promote DBSA values and a culture of High Performance within the areas of responsibility.
• Manage, coach and mentor project management resources.

Perform other strategic, operational and other duties as assigned.

Key Measurements of Outputs:

1. Successful establishment of the Water Reuse Programme and Unit/Team within the WPO.
2. Approved WR short-, medium- and long-term plan/s.
3. Number of water reuse projects identified, prepared/developed and implemented.
4. Value of funding sourced for the design, preparation and implementation of the WR from relevant and applicable local and international institutions.
5. Number of catalysed opportunities resulting in a robust pipeline of bankable projects.
6. Successful oversight, management and implementation of agreed water reuse projects: a. Percentage of performance targets met as per business plan. b. Quality of delivery of projects / programmes.
7. Investor satisfaction of invested water reuse projects / programmes.
8. Accuracy and quality of presentations and reports.
9. Effective performance management and strong culture of performance and delivery in WWT Unit/Team.
10. Good governance and ethical behaviour.
11. A clean audit.

Expertise & Technical Competencies
Minimum Requirements

1. A Degree in Engineering (preferably civil engineering).
2. A professional engineering registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ESA).
3. A minimum of 10 years demonstrated technical work experience (planning, design, implementation) in the field of water reuse (reuse from municipal sewerage effluent), both Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC)
   and Operation and Maintenance (O&M).
4. A minimum of 5 years’ post-accreditation experience in a similar job function as well as the skills and experience to manage teams of professionals.
5. Experience and understanding of the project preparation cycle and requirements to prepare bankable projects.
6. Knowledge and understanding of all legislation relevant to the business of DBSA/WPO as well as the water sector (i.e., PFMA, MFMA, PPPFA, NWA, WSA, etc.).
7. Strong knowledge and experience in working with local government planning cycle and processes.
8. A strong knowledge and experience in Public Private Partnerships (PPP).
9. A strong knowledge and experience of climate change.
10. Demonstrable track record of working with high level government stakeholders.
11. Comprehensive knowledge of the complex regulatory environments of municipalities / metros, state-owned enterprises and other government entities in South Africa.
12. Demonstrated ability to lead complex strategic initiatives and projects to successful completion.

Desirable Requirements

1. A qualification in Project/Programme Management.
2. Experience in the related fields of full resource recovery (energy generation from biogas and sludge beneficiation)
   will be an added advantage.
3. TECHNICAL
   a) Business Acumen

• Reviews own actions against the organisation’s strategic plan; includes the big picture when considering possible opportunities or projects or thinks about long-term applications of current activities.
• Understands the projected direction of the industry and how changes might impact the organisation.
• Deep understanding of commercial drivers and can take decisions based on an assessment of alternatives concerning complex business situations.
• Deep understanding of DBSA/WPO economic priorities and how they can be implemented to meet DBSA’s/WPO’s strategic objectives.
• Deep understanding of DBSA’s/WPO’s core sector role in achieving DBSA’s/WPO’s strategic objectives.
• Deep understanding of the need to coordinate efforts with many government entities, private sector, community groups and individuals to ensure effective implementation of new policies and regulations.

b) Project Management

• Ability to plan, initiate, execute, control and close projects related to a relevant function as well as to track and manage resources, timelines, costs, deliverables and performance, and implement contingency plans, if
  necessary, to ensure projects are successfully.
• Defines, plans and manages large and/or strategic projects, including those with a high degree of technical complexity, with impacts across the organisation and/or with national implications.
• Assembles and leads diverse and multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring maximum effective resource utilisation.
• Successfully manages substantial project budgets and reports directly to senior managers on the progress and results of projects.
• Identifies complex issues that need escalation and proposes appropriate corrective action by maintaining a respected profile with relevant external organisations and the research community in general.

c) Solutions Focused

• Identifies complex problems based on a broad range of factors, many of which are ambiguous or difficult to define.
• While remaining guided by organisational values, identifies optimal solutions, thinking first in terms of possible approaches and flexibilities in the system vs. blind adherence to rules or procedures.
• Evaluates the effectiveness and efficiency of solutions after they have been implemented and identifies needed changes.

d) Planning and Organising

• Coaches’ others on advanced planning and organising skills.
• Plays a role in transferring advanced planning and organising skills and knowledge to others.
• Identifies and acts on opportunities to partner with other units in the department to achieve desired results.
• Develops partnership agreements that ensure win-win outcomes for all parties. Develops integrated plans for the work unit and others that interfaces with the function’s budget.
• Uses effectively advance time management processes to deal with high workload and tight deadlines.
• Organises, prioritises and schedules tasks so they can be performed within budget and with the efficient use of time and resources.
• Achieves goals in a timely manner, despite obstacles encountered, by organising, reprioritising and re-planning.

e) Detailed Oriented

• Quickly identifies relevant and irrelevant information to support accurate decision making.
• Maps out all the logistics and details of a situation to ensure smooth and flawless implementation.
• Consistently identifies all relevant details that are not obvious in complex situations.
• Requires the highest standards for accuracy and quality for their work.
• Establishes processes to ensure accuracy and quality of services delivered by the team.

f) Reporting & Communication

• Designs, reviews and improves reporting processes and provides guidance.
• Leads production of complex environment reports, takes an editorial role, determines content and level of detail, and ensures consistent messaging and branding.
• Is relied on by others to help them write complex technical and non-technical documents and briefs.
• Can determine which aspects of this knowledge area need to be transferred to others in order to achieve organisational goals.
• Coaches’ others and transfers communication skills and knowledge to others.
• Able to communicate complex problems or concepts, by making them simple and understandable for others.
• Adapts language to the level of the audience in order to ensure that the message has a positive impact and is interesting to the audience.
• Is articulate, demonstrates a wide range of vocabulary, and is confident when talking to large/high level audiences.

g) Presentation Skills

• Knows how to deliver arguments persuasively by employing a range of advanced presentation techniques (e.g., the appropriate use of body language, how to close a presentation so that the audience continues to think about
  the subject matter etc.).
• Has knowledge of various feedback mechanisms to check levels of audience understanding.

Required Personal Attributes

1. BEHAVIOURAL

a) Customer Service Orientation

• Tries to understand the underlying needs of customers and matches these needs to available or customized products and services.
• Adapts processes and procedures to meet on-going customer needs.
• Utilises the feedback received by customers, in order to develop new and/or improve existing services/ products that relate to their on-going needs.
• Thinks of new ways to align offerings with future customer needs.

b) Self-Awareness and Self Control

• Withholds effects of strong emotions in difficult situations.
• Keeps functioning or responds constructively despite stress.
• May apply special techniques or plan of time to manage emotions or stress.

c) Strategic and Innovative Thinking

• Experiments with new approaches, tests scenarios, questions assumptions and challenges conventional thinking.
• Creates new concepts that are not obvious to others, leveraging internal and external sources of information, to build incremental revenue and growth opportunities.

d) Driving Delivery of Results

• Sets challenging goals that will have a significant impact on the business or support the organisational strategy.
• Commits significant resources and/or time to ensure that challenging goals are achieved, while also taking action to mitigate risk.

e) Teamwork and Cooperation

• Acts to promote a friendly climate and good morale and resolves conflicts.
• Creates opportunities for cross-functional working.
• Encourages others to network outside of their own team/department and learn from their experience.

General Assistant

Closing Date
2025/05/29
Reference Number
DBS250515-1
Job Title General Assistant
Job Grade 8
Job Type Classification Contract
Location – Town / City Centurion
Location – Province Gauteng
Location – Country South Africa
Job Profile (Downloadable) Role Profile General Assistant May 2025.pdf (131.96 kb) – 5/15/2025 10:21:32 AM
Job Description
The General Assistant role is a support function located within the Facilities Unit of the Independent Power Producer Office (IPPO).

The IPPO was established in 2010 to provide rapid solutions to South Africa’s severe electricity supplyconstraints, by procuring new energy generation capacity from Independent Power Producers (IPPs). The IPPO was created as a project office hosted by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) under a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA)between theDepartment of Mineral Resources and Energy(DMRE), National Treasury and the DBSA. The mandateof the IPP Office is to provide specialised services to government, including a) IPPEnergy ProcurementManagement, b) Monitoring,Evaluation and ContractManagement, and c)Professional AdvisoryServices. The IPPO’s skills,expertise and success in mobilising and delivering ontime is recognised domestically and globally.

The Facilities Unit ensures that the working environment of the IPP Office is serviced and maintained for optimal working conditions. The General Assistant role withing the unit has been necessitated for the purpose of providing efficient and effective general support in a customer centric manner to the IPP Office buildings ensuring that housekeeping standards in the buildings are maintained in accordance with the required standards. This is a contract poistion until the 31 March 2028.

Key Responsibilities
The General Assistant will be responsible for the following (but not limited to):

1.Providing a maintenance and support service to the IPP office as per required standards

Set up workstations as per relevant Head of department’s request.
Ensure that all equipment, furniture and furnishings are maintained, checked and kept in good working condition in accordance with housekeeping procedures.
Daily floor-check of all buildings and fixing any problems encountered if able to.
Reporting and logging faults/problems to the relevant department or head of department as and when necessary; following up on reports to ensure faults have been fixed and problems resolved timeously.
Collect all paper to be shredded from the IPP Office and deliver to shredding room always accompanied by Security to separate paper from other materials and shred the paper
Preparation of Bid Windows which includes but is not limited to:
Collection of all paper to be shredded
Preparation of rooms to Bid Window specifications
Filling all water and stationery requirements
Assisting at Bid Window Receiving

2.Internal delivery of supplies and/or equipment to IPP office

Collect stationery at Receiving and check that the invoice is correct against the order
Deliver stationery to relevant recipient or pack it in stationery room
Attend to specific requirements associated with the movement of office furniture by:
Locating the furniture/ equipment for re-location and checking or
removing connectivity to power sources and/ or securing loose shelving to avoid damage during movement in accordance with safety requirements
Lifting and placing item onto mobile trolley or carrying to designated location and setting up (work station / shelves and accessories) in accordance with requirements.

3.Accurate & continuous recording and relocating of assets and keys

Tagging assets by placing bar-coded sticker on relevant asset
Recording of asset information on database- the location of asset and asset numbers
Relocation and/or packing of assets as per instructions from relevant authority
Assisting staff with key requests by logging receipt and return of keys ; ensuring that keys match locks on doors and are returned when rooms/offices are not utilised.

4.Effective self-management and team-work

Maintain a professional image in all aspects of personal and work presentation
Deadlines met; relevant parties are informed of deadlines not met – able to provide appropriate resolution for tasks or deadlines not met
Actively seeks and is able to accept constructive feedback; Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
Continuously drive to develop own skills and knowledge – Take ownership for driving own career development
Apply knowledge of the organizational systems, structures, policies and procedures to achieve results
Demonstrate initiative in follow through to ensure that personal quality and IPP Office standards are consistently and accurately maintained
Show commitment to teamwork and a willingness to go the extra mile to achieve team objectives

Expertise & Technical Competencies
The role requires:

Qualification: Matric or Matric equivalent

At least 2-3 years’ experience providing customer service to senior executives
At Least 4-5 year’s proven experience in successful general maintenance e.g. fixing loose cabinets and door handles, changing light bulbs, fixing leaking taps etc.
Basic Level computer Literacy – MS Word, Excel, Outlook
At least 2-3 years’ experience in basic administration functions – preparing and maintaining basic stock spreadsheets accurately

The physical attributes required for the performance of tasks associated with specific key performance areas in this post necessitates that the incumbent be physically fit and able-bodied

Required Personal Attributes
The successful candidate should display the follwing behavioural attributes:

Excellence Orientation
Investigative Orientation
Customer Responsiveness
Planning and Prioritising Interpersonal skills
Communication Skills
Verbal and written skills
Problem Solving skills

Investment Controller

Closing Date
2025/05/26
Reference Number
DBS250116-1
Job Title Investment Controller
Job Grade 16
Job Type Classification Permanent
Location – Town / City Midrand
Location – Province Gauteng
Location – Country South Africa
Job Profile (Downloadable) Job Profile Investment Controller_7 January 2025.docx.pdf (477.98 kb) – 1/16/2025 12:09:10 PM
Job Description
Support the back-office team to achieve financial strategy and vision by ensuring alignment of the Bank’s Financial Strategy, through conducting financial modelling, scenario planning and forecast and reviewing and amending financial policies to support the business.

Key Responsibilities
Key Performance Areas:

Strategic Reporting and Investment Support:

Facilitating the alignment of the financial strategy with the business strategy as far as the asset and liability portfolio of the Bank is concerned.
Review the asset and liability performance to confirm alignment between the DBSA corporate strategy with the Bank’s operating model.
Preparation of reports encompassing financial modelling, scenario planning, and forecasting in support of the strategic direction for the DBSA Asset and Liability portfolio.
Provide assistance and guidance in developing supporting systems and procedures.
Provide financial and statistical reports for executive decision making.
Review and amend financial policies and procedures to support the business and ensure alignment with procedures, strategies and financial rules and regulations.
Provide proactive and regular forecasting and scenario planning for corporate and divisions.
Interpret and analyse key financial information current and forecast and ratios to assist in financial decisionmaking.
Implement expense-management strategy to be utilised for financial analysis, decision-making and cost savings.
Escalate any deviations and challenges to management, with recommended remedial and mitigating actions.
Implement financial control processes and ensure effective management of working capital, margin management, risk management and disciplined financial best practice.
Management Reporting and Information systems:

Preparation and review of the notes to the financial statements and ensure accurate quality and timeliness of the quarterly and annual results.
Review of financial processes and systems and ensuring regular updates.
Prepare financial plans and budgets for executive decision-making.
Preparing balance sheet and cash flow projections with accuracy, reliability, and on time.
Impairment assessments and review of the asset portfolio for adequacy of provisions on the credit portfolio and reasonableness of fair values of the unlisted equity investments
Provide proactive and regular forecasting and scenario planning for corporate planning for assets and liabilities.
Assess processes and recommend continuous improvements on back-office support operations.
Review own actions against the organisation plan (Balance Score Card) and look at the “big picture” when considering opportunities.
Evaluate functions against the organisational plan (Balanced Scorecard) and ensure achievement of targets while considering the broader strategic perspective and identifying opportunities.
Keep abreast of the DBSA’s business functions, business developments and trends.
Maintain ongoing compliance in terms of legislative (Treasury, PFMA), financial, tax and related matters.
Provide information and insights in the preparation of annual and interim financial reports.
Review payments to ensure protection against or early detection of fraudulent activities.
Conduct research and analyse complex and diverse information to gather insights and market data.
Support in the design of workflows and procedures.
Stakeholder Management:

Provide direction and management to colleagues where applicable.
Build relationships with stakeholders across the organisation to ensure open communication and to obtain a deep understanding of the Bank’s operations.
Key Measurements of Outputs:

1. Understanding of core operations: accurate interpretation of DBSA’s core operations.
2. Initiative through active contribution to new initiatives.
3. Accuracy, quality and timeliness of quarterly and annual accounts.
4. Accuracy, quality and reliability of financial reports.
5. Effective implementation processes with detailed procedural manuals as well as policies and documentation of business processes.
6. Effective execution and quarterly updates of financial processes.
7. Budget and forecast accuracy: precision in balance sheet and cash flow projections.
8. Management of client relationships and key internal and external Stakeholders.
9. Continuous learning through new finance skills acquired.
10. Active participation in working groups and committees.
11. Clean Audit

Key Internal Liason Relationships:

1. Group Executive: Risk
2. All DBSA Divisions
3. Overall DBSA management
4. Audit & Risk Committees

Key External Liason Relationships:

1. DBSA Suppliers and Vendors

Expertise & Technical Competencies
Qualifications and Experience:

Minimum Requirements:

A Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce or Finance or Accounting.
A minimum of 5 years’ experience in investment banking within the banking environment.
A minimum of 2 years’ experience in relevant treasury accounting, assets and liability portfolio management and experience.
A strong career track record in the back office in a large, complex organisation with multi-dimensional businesses within the banking sector for a minimum period of 4 to 5 years, preferably in an investment banking environment.
Strong, current understanding of and a strong commitment to good corporate governance and specifically international reporting standards including IFRS 9, IFRS, Basel, GAAP and other regulatory requirements including the PFMA.
Understanding of key financial markets.
Knowledge of the relevant legislative framework, i.e. King IV, MFMA, PPPFMA and other relevant legislation etc.
Strong understanding of the integration of back, middle and front office.
Desirable Requirements:

A CA(SA) or CFA qualification.
Exposure to African global markets.
Equity valuation experience.
Good understanding of SAP, quantum and other accounting tools.
Technical Competencies:

a) Financial Accounting

Thorough understanding of relevant accounting principles for DBSA and ability to guide others in their application.
Implements controls for and monitors accounting transactions to ensure legal/regulatory compliance, and accuracy and timeliness of accounting information.
Ability to apply credit/collection concepts independently, and able to adapt or develop new procedures as needed within DBSA and professional guidelines.
Identifies bottlenecks and areas for improvement within the organisation’s Financial Services concerning the efficiency and accuracy of the existing financial systems and
processes.

b) Costing and Budgeting

Able to prepare and input budget information for various departments.
Able to produce standard monthly cost/variance reports for distribution to line management.
Provides analytical support to the Finance function in the preparation of financial proposals, submissions and projected costs to be included in budgets and allocations.
Understands DBSA monthly close/trial balance procedures.
Understands DBSA cost/revenue centre structure.

c) Detail Orientation

Identifies multiple sources/approaches of information to ensure that details are addressed.
Reviews the work of others for accuracy and thoroughness.
Follows up to ensure tasks are completed and commitments met by others.

d) Financial Analysis

Basic general knowledge of applicable statutes, regulations, entity/company practices and concepts.
Interprets and applies laws and regulations, analyses information and evaluates the impact of policies/procedures and practices.
Accumulates data; summaries information into pertinent, understandable, and presentable form; discerning valid from invalid comparisons of data; and seeking explanation for
variations in the data.
Initiates and maintains working relationships with stakeholders.

e) Financial Acumen

Possesses sufficient expertise to establish and manage income and expenditure monitoring systems for own area of the business.
Understands cost/revenue drivers within own area and is able to take actions to control resources and expenditure to meet financial targets.
Understands basic management accounting reports and the processes by which financial resources are identified, obtained, allocated, managed, and accounted for.
f) Planning and Organising

Is relied on to helps another plan and organise their workload.
Uses effectively advance time management processes to deal with high workload and tight deadlines.
Organises, prioritises and schedules tasks so they can be performed within budget and with the efficient use of time and resources.
Achieves goals in a timely manner, despite obstacles encountered, by organising, reprioritising and replanning.

g) Solutions Focused

Identifies optimal solutions based on weighing the advantages and disadvantages of alternative approaches.
After implementation, evaluates the effectiveness and efficiency of solutions.

h) Detail Orientation

Reviews all relevant information or aspects of a situation before taking action or making a decision.
Pays close attention to details that are important to others to make sure they are right.
Verifies that work has been completed according to the standards and procedures.

i) Negotiations Skills

Is able to state own case, leaving some room for negotiation.
Is well-versed with negotiation protocol and etiquette.
Is able to successfully conclude simple negotiations on a factual basis.
Knows when to seek advice/guidance during a negotiation.

j) Written Communication

Understands that different writing styles are required for different documents or audiences.
Write effective correspondence, prepares questions and reports, statements of circumstance and briefing notes.
Reviews others’ documents for clarity and impact.
Has a solid mastery of writing principles such as grammar, sentence construction etc.
Required Personal Attributes
Behavioural Competencies:

a) Customer Service Orientation

Tries to understand the underlying needs of customers and matches these needs to available or customised products and services.
Adapts processes and procedures to meet on-going customer needs.
Utilises the feedback received by customers to develop new and/or improve existing services/products that relate to their on-going needs.
Thinks of new ways to align DBSA’s offerings with future customer needs.

b) Self-awareness and Self Control

Withholds effects of strong emotions in difficult situations.
Keeps functioning or responds constructively despite stress.
May apply special techniques or plan of time to manage emotions or stress.

c) Strategic and Innovative Thinking

Experiments with new approaches, tests scenarios, questions assumptions, and challenges conventional thinking.
Creates new concepts that are not obvious to others, leveraging internal and external sources of information, to build incremental revenue and growth opportunities.
d) Driving Delivery of Results

Sets challenging goals that will have a significant impact on the business or support the organisational strategy.
Commits significant resources and/or time to ensure that challenging goals are achieved, while also taking action to mitigate risk.
e) Teamwork & Cooperation

Acts to promote a friendly climate and good morale, and resolves conflicts.
Creates opportunities for cross-functional working.
Encourages others to network outside of their own team/department and learn from their experience.
f) Information Seeking and Analysis

Investigates the problem or situation beyond routine questioning.
Breaks down problems into simple lists of tasks or activities.
g) Flexibility

Changes his/her perception, ideas or alters normal procedures to fit a specific situation to get a job done and/or meet company goals.
h) Decisiveness

Acts promptly to address urgent needs, taking quickly those decisions which need to be taken.
Assesses available information to reach a clear view of key options and selects the best option at the time.
Thinks on their feet when necessary
i) Interpersonal Skills

Understands emotion (by reading body language, facial expression, and/or tone of voice) and what the other person explicitly says about a business or other issue (the other person’s explicit content that goes beyond labelling their emotions).
j) Analytical Thinking

Analyses and interprets multiple complex causal links: several potential causes of events, several consequences of actions, or multiple-part chains of events in order to prioritise and develop a plan of action.
k) Achievement Orientation

Undertakes challenging assignments and strives to complete them.
Sets priorities and chooses goals on the basis of calculated costs, anticipated benefits and improvement of performance.
Aims at exceptional performance; setting out to achieve a unique standard.
Constantly analyses outcomes to ensure the achievement of business goals.
Identifies short-term opportunities or potential problems aiming to achieve better outcomes.

IT Support Technician

Closing Date
2025/05/29
Reference Number
DBS250514-1
Job Title IT Support Technician
Job Grade 13
Job Type Classification Contract
Location – Town / City Centurion
Location – Province Gauteng
Location – Country South Africa
Job Profile (Downloadable) Role Profile – IT Support Technician (26.05.2022) -signed.pdf (305.82 kb) – 5/14/2025 7:48:37 AM
Job Description
The IT Support Technician role is an ICT support function located within ICT Unit of the Independent Power Producer Office (IPPO).

The IPP Office was established in 2010 to provide rapid solutions to South Africa’s severe electricity supply constraints, by procuring new energy generation capacity from Independent Power Producers (IPPs). The IPPO was created as a project office hosted by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) under a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) now the Department of Electricity and Energy (DEE), National Treasury and the DBSA. The mandate of the IPP Office is to provide specialised services to government, including a) IPP Energy Procurement Management, b) Monitoring, Evaluation and Contract Management, and c) Professional Advisory Services. The IPPO’s skills, expertise and success in mobilising and delivering on time is recognised domestically and globally.

The IT Support Technician role is a vital support function responsible for providing efficient technical assistance and support to IPP Office staff users of computer systems, networks, and software, always with the focus on the effective functioning and maintenance of IT systems and tools which support and enahnce the achievement of the deadlines and strategic operations of the IPP Office.

Reporting to the IT Manager, the IT Support Technician will be resposible for providing effective technical support to end users by maintaining, installing, configuring and repairing computer systems and other technologies in the business. The incumbent will ensure relevant accurate record-keeping of IT related tasks, assets and procedures while maintaining an excellent customer service oriented approach to all tasks. This is a contract position until 31 March 2028.

Key Responsibilities
The Key Responsibilities of the IT Support Technican role include but are not limited to:

Provide effective support to end users at the IPP Office:

Will assist all users with any logged IT related incident when called upon
Will diagnose and resolve software and hardware incidents, including operating systems (Windows)
Analyse and Assess the information
Take ownership of issues by carrying out problem analysis to implement temporary or permanent fixes with the aim of restoring service to the customer as soon as possible; escalating incidents to other support teams where necessary.
Documentation/Record Management

Accurately record, update and document requests using the IT service desk system
Accurately record, update and document asset management changes
To create, maintain and publish relevant support documentation in order to assist all staff in the quick resolution of their incidents and service requests and enable users to become more self-sufficient
Customer Communication

Maintain excellent verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues at all levels of the organisation.
Continuously update users on progress of logged tickets until resolution.
Ensure required escalation is done timeously
Effective self-management and team work

Apply knowledge of organisation systems, structures, policies and procedures to achieve results.
Demonstrate initiative in follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained.
Provide appropriate resolution for tasks or deadlines not met.
Act in a customer centric manner.
Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
Expertise & Technical Competencies
Minimum Qualification and requirements:

MCSA or equivalent
CompTIA A+ Hardware & Software
CompTIA N+ Networking is advantageous
ITIL Foundations certificate is advantageous
Experience:

3 years Helpdesk/IT Administrator experience with technical support and troubleshooting abilities
Experience with DHCP, LAN/WAN and Endpoint Management
Good working knowledge of Windows 7/8/10/11, Windows Server 2008/2012/2016/2019, active directory
Must have excellent people, telephonic and written communication skills.
Required Personal Attributes
Excellent IT Skills and computer literacy
Ability to communicate effectively with people in a professional manner, face to face, on the phone and in writing.
Ability to demonstrate practical troubleshooting and problem analysis techniques
Excellent knowledge of customer service best practice.
Ability to prioritise, manage and perform under pressure to meet Service Level Agreements
Strong verbal and written skills
Problem Solving skills
Excellence Orientation
Investigative Orientation
Customer Responsiveness
Planning and Prioritising
Attention to detail

Head: SCM Lending

Closing Date
2025/05/26
Reference Number
DBS240903-1
Job Title Head: SCM Lending
Job Grade 17
Job Type Classification Permanent
Location – Town / City Midrand
Location – Province Gauteng
Location – Country South Africa
Job Profile (Downloadable) Job Profile Head SCM Lending_August 2024 1.docx.pdf (387.24 kb) – 9/3/2024 7:28:40 PM
Job Description
The role is responsible for tactical and operational supply chain planning, sourcing, and category management. Oversees governance and risk management, as well as execution and delivery. Develops capabilities to effectively plan and lead supply chain operations and excellence, supporting the development and implementation of appropriate supply chain practices, enablers, and measurement tools. Manages and mitigates commercial risks associated with the tender award and contract management process, maintaining oversight of an estimated pipeline of work.

Key Responsibilities
Strategic Planning and Standards

Formulate, review and implement the lending strategy, framework, policies and procedures in line with applicable legislation and regulations.
Conduct operations assessments with auditors and other regulatory bodies and recommend improvement opportunities to optimise SCM operations.
Manage research on emerging best practices, methodologies and tools and benchmark against industry leaders to enable optimisation of the DBSA practices.
Develop and enhance standards and templates for effective SCM and Procure to Pay operations.
Establish appropriate procurement metrics and targets.
Implement and promote awareness of procurement policies, procedures, processes, templates, delegations, and performance metrics.
Negotiate and implement service-level timelines with different transaction types, including clear role definitions and control requirements.
Provide relevant business information and intelligence to inform business planning and sourcing strategies.
Value Management

Contribute to achieving departmental targets for goods/services, ensuring business continuity, value for money, competitiveness, and service levels.
Liaise with internal customers to determine business requirements and develop the sourcing pipeline.
Embed robust demand planning and management practices to inform sourcing pipeline and category management plans.
Research market conditions relative to business requirements and support business unit decision-making with credible market research and industry practices.
Collaborate with Finance Heads and Business Unit Heads to understand budget statuses and savings.
Assist business units in drafting specifications/requirements for tenders.
Support and participate in the SCM Committees as needed.
Promote the supply chain operating model and strategy within the organization, highlighting its benefits and value.
Demand and Performance Management

Draft the annual procurement plan and develop SCM key performance indicators and track progress on deliverables.
Provide input to the development of a demand management plan that includes all commodities procured in the business and transversal contracting.
Provide input to the supplier performance management plan, monitor implementation and report on supplier performance.
Guide the development and utilisation of status dashboards related to SCM performance and provide monthly reports to track progress on the demand and performance management.
Procurement Execution

Manage the procurement of goods and services to meet user requirements and agreed service levels (RFI, RFPs, RFQs, Orders), including expediting and managing order fulfilment.
Ensure management of service levels as per the SLA.
Incorporate supplier performance management practices across the organization and with contract owners.
Oversee the development of item masters (catalogue and supplier).
Address non-conformances in procurement processes.
Monitor price increases and communicate changes as necessary.
Facilitate integration and support to internal Business Units, decentralized operations, and related partners/agencies.
Build positive relationships with internal customers and suppliers.
Ensure effective system functionality and fit, particularly with SAP, to enable smooth transactional performance.
Maintain full compliance with Procurement policies and procedures.
Implement, monitor, report, and manage the attainment of procurement metrics.
Deliver service levels as per the SLA.
Manage effectively supply chain governance, sourcing, and commercial risks.
Implement and oversee sound contract management practices.
Governance and Reporting

Manage the SCM audit process by liaising with internal and external auditors and consolidating responses to audit queries and findings.
Institute preventative and corrective action when irregularities within the tender process are identified.
Report process performance against SLA.
Provide updates on open lead-time (Requisitions, Orders, and Payment).
Generate monthly reports on procurement metrics (divisional scorecard).
Prepare reports for the SCM Committees.
Issue exception reports to the governance structure.
People Management

Provide direction and management to direct reports to enable them to execute their functions effectively – managing deadlines, team workload and the work of outsourced providers.
Manage the performance management for all direct reports, managing their performance in relation to quality standards and agreed benchmarks and objectives, focusing on all aspects of sound people management.
Develop the skills and abilities of all team members, with the result that they perform to at their highest potential and optimize their current and future job performance.
Promote DBSA values and a culture of High Performance within the team.
Conduct career discussions and identify opportunities for future development and continuous improvement.
Identify employees with high potential and develop career paths in line with the succession plan.
Build team capability through on-the-job opportunities, talent acquisition, training and facilitating skills and knowledge transfer.
Key measurements of outputs

Approved strategy and policies implemented and kept relevant to corporate strategy.
Management of SCM performance in line with agreed SLA’s with Business.
Risk management status and performance.
Overall contract management accountability i.e. performance management of all suppliers in line with set objectives and agreed SLA’s.
Improved supplier and commercial arrangements for the DBSA.
Effective individual and team performance.
Compliance with BBBEE initiatives and objectives.
Compliance with regulations, policies and processes that govern DBSA supply chain activity.
Improved management information and master data management and practices.
Technology platforms enabled to automate processes and make available real-time customer, planning and production data.
Clean Audit.
Expertise & Technical Competencies
Minimum Requirements:

Postgraduate degree in Supply Chain Management or Finance or relevant.
A minimum of 10 years of experience in supply chain/procurement, which includes a minimum of 5 years of managerial-level experience within the supply chain unit leading strategy formulation and implementation.
Working experience with SAP Procurement module or a similar ERP system.
Strong understanding of and a strong commitment to good corporate governance, SCM regulations and laws and other regulatory requirements including the PFMA.
Knowledge of procurement best practices including sourcing strategies and the different mechanisms for procurement in various categories.
In-depth working knowledge of the PPPFA, and supply chain regulations from the National Treasury and BBBEE.
Demonstrate thought leadership with the ability to drive, lead, and manage organisational change and effectively engage with stakeholders in a demanding and complex business environment.
Desirable Requirements:

Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply(CIPS).
Strong technical expertise in Finance.
Qualification or certification in Risk and Compliance (Governance), Financial Management and Data Analytics.
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Project Management

Demonstrates a practical knowledge of project management principles and techniques.
Plans, defines and manages projects within a department or area. Identifies resources required and their appropriate role and skills.
Assists in the management of projects where the objectives, milestones and time scales have been defined.
Planning and organising

Plans and manages multiple priorities and deadlines.
Uses effectively advance time management processes to deal with high workload and tight deadlines.
Organises, prioritises and schedules tasks so they can be performed within budget and with the efficient use of time and resources.
Achieves goals in a timely manner, despite obstacles encountered, by organising, reprioritising, and re-planning.
Financial Acumen

Possesses sufficient expertise to establish and manage income and expenditure monitoring systems for own area of the business.
Understands cost/revenue drivers within own area and is able to take actions to control resources and expenditure to meet financial targets.
Understands basic management accounting reports and the processes by which financial resources are identified, obtained, allocated, managed, and accounted for.
Negotiation

Understands and can apply basic negotiating skills and techniques, e.g. obtaining a full understanding of the other party’s agenda and needs before disclosing own perspectives.
Possesses an understanding of various unspoken communications from other parties and can decipher hidden agendas.
Is able to successfully conclude negotiations which require the development of an emotional as well as factual argument.
Is able to develop mutually beneficial potential solutions.
Procurement Services

Based upon a thorough understanding of user requirements, can research alternative sources that will fulfil internal customer needs with favourable commercial terms.
Identifies the needs of the user departments and advise on appropriate sourcing and selection approaches and processes.
Articulates and prepares requirement documents and related elements of the procurement request including terms and conditions for the sourcing, selection and award process.
Receives, safeguards, opens, records, tracks, assesses compliance with terms, and summarises bids/quotations.
Evaluates bids including identifying and resolving mistakes, and award contracts.
Develops relationships by effective resolution of complaints and concerns.
Knowledge of Contracts

Through a broad and deep understanding of contracting best practice, is able to define DBSA contracting policy.
Develops contract award documents ensuring DBSA’s interests are protected.
Drafts, monitors and ensures performance of special terms of contract.
Ability to apply remedy to protect DBSA’s rights.
Ability to enforce compliance.
Monitors contractor compliance to identify, document and resolve potential or actual problems.
Determine which contractual remedy, if any, applies and employ that remedy.
Conducts post-award orientation, monitors contract performance and takes necessary action related to delays in contract performance.
Analyses and negotiates modification and termination of contracts.
Evaluates the impact of selected issues to determine the need for top management involvement.
Data Management

Studies the organisational data management requirements and plans accordingly.
Recommends policies, procedures and standards relating to organisation’s data management.
Defines an overall file management policy with file storage procedure and policy.
Defines a backup strategy and related policies.
Ensures compliance by users with file storage procedures.
Ensures regular data backup and storage.
Tests the backed data and assures backup quality.
Risk Identification and Assessments

Diagnoses significant, unusual and emerging risks to which the business is exposed.
Risk Response and Reporting

Develop and implement appropriate risk mitigation for significant and unusual risks to which the business is exposed.
Provide advice on business continuity management mechanisms, define appropriate risk responses for reasonably foreseeable emergency scenarios and events.
Design and implement risk reporting systems and communicate to executive management risk processes and results including recommendations for improvement.
Required Personal Attributes
BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

Teamwork and cooperation

Promotes a friendly climate and good morale, and resolves conflicts
Creates opportunities for cross-functional working.
Encourages others to network outside of their own team/department and learn from their experience.
Decisiveness

Makes timely decisions about complex issues even when some information is missing
Makes decisions and stands by them even when they are controversial or unpopular
Grasps critical business opportunities when they arise by making timely decisions
Driving delivery of results

Identifies and implements a business opportunity that will have long term impact on the business
Monitors progress and adapts plans if necessary to ensure optimal benefit to the programme
Makes decisions, sets priorities, or chooses goals on the basis of inputs and outputs, makes explicit considerations of potential profit, return on investment, or cost benefit analysis.
Based on cost benefit analysis, makes decisions of entrepreneurial risk nature
Leading and Empowering Others

Identifies long-term goals for the team and communicates them to team members, ensuring their buy in
Sets a good example by personally exercising desired behaviour, acts on values and beliefs
Communicates a vision for the team and future success that inspires team members
After assessing others competence, delegates full authority and responsibility to others to do the task in their own way
Ensures that competent employees are given opportunities to further their careers
Leading & Managing Change

Gives teams responsibility to analyses, impact and execute change and to sustain it independently
Anticipates the need for change when not obvious and influences others to gain support
Builds sustainable business capacity to embrace change
Strategic and Innovative Thinking

Creates new concepts that are not obvious to others, leveraging internal and external sources of information, to build incremental revenue and growth opportunities
Understands connections and trade-offs of strategic choices to evaluate which ideas are practical and possible by considering business and/or scientific implications
Develops innovative business and/or customer solutions that shape industry practices

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