Senior Manager Geographical Information Systems at City Power Johannesburg

VACANCY BULLETIN : 001/2024 

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Appointment Minimum Requirements:

• National Diploma (NQF 6) in Geographic Information Systems
• 7 years’ experience, of which 3 years must be at middle management level

Added advantage:

• Experience in the Electrical industry
• Esri ARCGIS/Advanced Esri ARCGIS (SAQA Accredited) 

Primary Function

• The Senior Manager: GIS is responsible for managing and leveraging GIS resources and governance activities of City Power and is responsible in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of City Power’s geospatial and non-spatial data contained in various systems and documents.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide direction for an enabling environment to offer City Power best practices in the department.
• Drive the department to function as a collaborative, integrated organisation within the strategic mandate of City Power.
• Define a strategic framework for the department's operating model, aligning operations, organisational structure, people, processes, and technology with City Power's business strategy.
• Provide strategic oversight and guidance for integrating organisational performance.
• Direct the leverage of scale and reinforce cross-cutting synergies at a central level across the department.
• Lead and coordinate the GIS team.
• Ensure the appropriate delegation of authority schedules are in place.
• Maintain the GIS system, ensuring data integrity, security, and confidentiality.
• Acquire and handle data from various sources to populate geographical databases (e.g., GPS systems and raw satellite data).
• Align data with company standards and procedures, ensuring quality and integrity in line with policies.
• Contribute to the design of procedures to guide data capture and verification.
• Determine the performance measurement/management framework and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Manage department resources effectively, driving cost control activities to maximise efficiency.
• Drive safety initiatives to minimise injury and productivity loss due to safety incidents across the department.
• Initiate strategies to promote professional and customer-centric behaviours across the department.
• Represent the department at various forums, raising issues at appropriate governance structures.
• Provide direction for overarching conformance to customer Service Level Agreements (SLAs).