Assistant Director: Business Continuity Management at National Treasury

Qualification/s Requirements

• A minimum of Grade 12 and Bachelor’s degree (equivalent to NQF level 6) in: Risk Management/Internal Auditing/ Auditing or Financial Management or Public Administration or Security Management. 
• Professional accreditation with the Business Continuity Institute or equivalent professional body. 
• A minimum of 3 years’ working experience in Business Continuity Management and Compliance Management; and
• Knowledge of the broader risk management framework.

Key Performance Areas

Development, review and maintenance of Business Continuity Policy and standards: 

• Assist in researching the regulatory environment and best practice governing business continuity in the public service; 
• Determine the identity and role of key stakeholders for consultation on the business continuity policy. 

Develop continuity and recovery strategies: 

• Consult the draft business continuity strategy with key stakeholders;
• Prepare the draft annual business continuity management implementation plan;
• Monitor progress on the business continuity management implementation plan. 

Conduct Business Impact Analysis and Risk Assessment: 

• Maintain records of business impact analysis information (tools, workbooks, minutes of meetings and reports);
• Identify and convene Divisions/Chief Directorates that are due for business impact analysis from operational changes or lapse of time.

 Develop, review and test the business continuity plan:

• Maintain records of business continuity plan information (version control, annexures, etc.). Consult with key stakeholders on the overlaps across the business continuity plan and other NT contingency plans;
• Maintain records of business continuity plan test information (minutes of test meetings, test results, reports etc.).

Embedding BCM in the NT culture: 

• Convene business continuity management awareness workshops and prepare draft business continuity awareness material;
•  Assist in the provision of awareness initiative to the business continuity management team and the crisis management team (EXCO);
•  Coordinate incident management: Maintain records of the NT incident management system (version control, annexures, etc.);
•  Assist in the provision of advice on the effective response to disruptive and potentially disruptive incidents. 

Compile monthly and quarterly reports to management and oversight structures: 

• Prepare reports on implementation of business continuity management to a Deputy Director: Business Continuity Management.