Senior ICT Manager at Council on Higher Education (CHE)

Reporting to the Director: Corporate Services, the successful candidate will have to perform at the level of a Senior ICT Manager while leading and overseeing the establishment of the CHE’s Information Technology infrastructure including leading the development of the product roadmap, deployment, maintenance, ICT governance and managing the provision of all Information Technology related services including: 

• Providing overall leadership to the ICT function. 
• Developing IT strategies and operational plans to support CHE initiatives. 
• Developing, implementing and managing IT policies and procedures. 
• Monitoring and managing performance to ensure successful implementation of plans and achievement of targets. 
• Reporting periodically on the performance of the function. 
• Managing that all external communications are aligned with the strategic objectives. 
• Identifying potential threats to progress and proactively implement corrective action as necessary. 
• Identifying risks, develop and implement risk mitigation measures in the area of responsibility. 
• Developing and maintaining the ICT’s Risk Register. 
• Managing and monitoring ICT projects implementation and compliance thereof. 
• Managing contracts and service level agreements in the area of responsibility. 
• Producing progress and information reports according to requirements. 
• Attending Management meetings, provide input to problem resolution and take steps to break down barriers that hinder progress. 
• Managing the development and implementation of the CHE’s IT Cyber Security system. 
• Designing and managing a Disaster Recovery system. 
• Managing the resolution of IT Security audit findings. 
• Manage the mapping of the CHE's knowledge management architecture. 
• Ensuring proper IT Security and Governance Management. 
• Managing the mapping of the CHE's knowledge management architecture; and 
• Manage the establishment of CHE’s technological needs and the implementation of appropriate ICT support systems. 

The successful candidate should have: 

• Honours Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or relevant NQF level 8 qualification. 
• ITIL and COBIT experience. 
• At least 6 years’ relevant experience in Information Management, of which 2 years should have been at a management level.  

Computer Skills: 

• Advanced IT skills (Software, Hardware) 
• MS Office 365 
• Sound knowledge of ICT Frameworks, COBIT framework