Deputy Director

Deputy Director: Business Continuity Management
Directorate: Strategic Management
Salary: R434 505 per annum (Level 11) (Ref. 84292/3)
Pretoria

Requirements: • A relevant 3-year degree/National Diploma in Social Science, or Public Administration or equivalent qualification NQF level 6 • At least 5 years’ experience in Business Continuity Management • Experience in conducting Business Impact Assessment • Knowledge of policy development, analysis and management • Organisation and co-ordination skills • Communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills • Analytical thinking and problem solving skills • Research skills • Facilitation and presentation skills • Good computer literacy.

Duties: • Develop and maintain BCM policy, strategies and relevant documentation • Align the BCM strategy to the Presidency’s strategic objectives and operations • Co-ordinate the BCM arrangements and systems, including Incident Management, both within the Presidency and with external stakeholders • Ensure effective communication of the BCM standards, policies, and defined principles to the Heads of various business units within the Presidency • Produce guidelines for Business Continuity standards, resilience and disaster recovery arrangements • Facilitate, co-ordinate, manage and monitor the implementation of BCPs and DRPs • Coordinate the activities of the Business Continuity Team • Develop effective strategies for testing BCPs • Organise and conduct Business Continuity tests with respective Unit Heads • Manage the DRPs, BCPs and Incident Management Plans • Ensure BCM capability in the Presidency, including the development of appropriate BCM tools • Undertake a Business Continuity Risk Assessment and facilitate development of mitigating plans by Risk Owners should it be deemed necessary to treat the risks • Implement a Business Continuity change management process • Facilitate Business Continuity-related training for all relevant stakeholders • Maintain continuous development and maintenance of the business continuity management system for the Presidency. 

Enquiries: Mr Mike Msimango, tel. (012) 300-5548

The Presidency is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. It is our intention to promote representivity (race, gender and disability). The candidature of persons whose transfer/appointment will promote representivity will receive preference. Candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Candidates will be subject to a security clearance up to the level of “Top Secret”.

Applications must be submitted on a Z83 form (obtainable from any Government institution or on the website: http://www.dpsa.gov.za/dpsa2g/documents/forms/employ.pdf), accompanied by a comprehensive CV (maximum 5 pages) and an ID copy. Only short-listed candidates will be requested to submit certified copies of all qualifications. It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA). Short-listed candidates will be subjected to a screening to determine the suitability of a person for employment. Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only.

Failure to submit the requested documents will result in your application not being considered. No faxed or e-mailed applications will be considered. If you have not been contacted within 3 months of the closing date of this advertisement, please assume that your application was unsuccessful.

Please forward applications, quoting the relevant reference number, to the Presidency, Private Bag X1000, Pretoria 0001, for the attention of Mr K Futhane, or hand-deliver at 535 Proes Street, Arcadia, Pretoria.

Closing date: 17 February 2012 at 16:00