Assistant Director: Bas & Logis Operations

National Treasury · Gauteng

Stop applying one at a time.

JobAlertsZA auto-applies to South African jobs like this one for you, overnight. Upload your CV once — we do the applying.

Qualification/s Requirements

A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum National Diploma equivalent to NQF Level 6 or Bachelor's. Degree equivalent to NQF level 7 in Information Technology or Information Systems or Business Analysis;
A certification in Project Management will serve as added advantage;
A minimum of 3 years' experience obtained in an application, system support, or operations environment;
Experience in transversal financial management systems operations and support processes incident, problem solving, change and release management;
Experience in Project Management IT Systems Implementation; and
Knowledge and experience of the public-sector financial framework and end-user support in a multi-stakeholder environment.

Key Performance Areas

Systems Operations & Modernisation

Assist in the evaluation of policy requirements and user specifications for National and Provincial Government Departments;
Assist with planning and implementation of proposed and new initiatives, e.g. modernisation, configuration, patching and upgrade for the enhancement of financial system capabilities e.g., General Ledger, Reporting and Analytics;
Validate that implemented functionalities meet business requirements prior to deployment;
Coordinate change and release activities for new system enhancements and support user access user provisioning, role/profile maintenance and access reviews in accordance with security and segregation-of-duties requirements; and
Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, user guides, knowledge articles and support documentation to promote consistent, high-quality service delivery.

Assist in conducting policy research in conjunction with stakeholders, e.g. Office of the Accountant General, CPO and DPSA, etc;
Assist in collaborating policy initiatives with other technical experts and evaluate inputs in alignment with system requirements;
Log, coordinate and monitor incidents, service requests and problems; support root-cause analysis and implement approved corrective and preventive actions; and
Provide functional and operational support for transversal financial management systems in accordance with agreed service levels and governance processes.

Assist in providing percentage availability of the system during peak processing times;
Assist in integrating measure to enable system to recover data lost during operations downtimes; and
Assist in conducting policy research in conjunction with stakeholders, e.g. Office of the Accountant General, CPO and DPSA, etc .

Assist in developing communication circulars regarding new system functionalities, updates and implications to users;
Assist in coordinating Annual User Forums and attend other Stakeholder Forums when necessary;
Support business readiness, stakeholder engagement, defect resolution and post-implementation validation;
Ensure stakeholder communication, implementation readiness and successful deployment within approved timeframes; and
Assist in developing intervention strategies and assist users.