Assistant Director: Information Management and Governance at Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness

Experience:

• Appropriate experience in health information management.

Minimum Educational Qualification:

• Appropriate 3-year National Diploma or Degree in Information Management.

Duties

• Develop an operational plan aligned with the strategic plan and department imperatives and ensure implementation of it through project management. Ensure the effective development, implementation and management of national and provincial information policies and systems through standardized data collection, stakeholder engagement, cross-team collaboration, and the expansion of automation and digitization. Ensure departmental data meets quality criteria through standardized processes, timely submission, and robust audit support, including conducting internal audits, monitoring compliance, compiling feedback reports, training, supporting facilities and compliance teams during audits, and developing and implementing effective data quality tools and procedures. Provide strategic decision support through accurate and timely data, information, knowledge, performance monitoring and evaluation, analysis reporting. Supervise, manage, lead and upskill a cohesive team/unit according to the relevant policies and procedures integrated with the rest of the directorate/s and department.