Specialist: Risk Finance at City of Johannesburg

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree/NQF level 7 in Risk Management/Insurance;
• 5 - 7 years’ experience in enterprise risk management/insurance claims management;
• Knowledge and understanding of the legal requirements for insurance underwriting;
• Knowledge and understanding of the regulatory requirements on insurance and claim management;
• Excellent verbal & written communication, interpersonal, facilitation/presentation skills;
• Must have a valid driver’s license.

Primary Function:

• To implement the City-wide risk finance strategy underpinning the strategic objectives as defined by the professional standards to protect the City’s assets and public image.

Key Performance Areas:

• Ensuring that the City’s Assets and Liabilities are adequately insured.
• Ensure that the City’s insured events are timeously reported to the insurers and within the acceptable timeframes in line with the policy documents.
• Ensure the fulfilment of risk finance commitment to the Unit’s stakeholders.
• Implement both claim and underwriting management processes.
• Guide the City’s risk champions on how to minimise losses from potential claims.

Leading Competencies:

• Business acumen;
• Customer Relationship Management;
• Fairness and transparency;
• Work independently;
• Assertive and accurate intellectual capacity.

Core Competencies:

• COJ values,
• Batho Pele principles,
• Ethics and Integrity,
• Confidentiality of staff personal information to be maintained at all times, and Loyalty,
• People management.

CLOSING DATE: WEDNESDAY, 26 NOVEMBER 2025