Fresh Vacancies at South African Reserve Bank

Brief description 

The main purpose of this position is to deliver a food service at the serving area and provide a tea service in the tea pause areas, boardrooms and meeting rooms.

Detailed description 

The successful candidate will be responsible for, among other tasks, the following key performance areas:

• Organise self to ensure that the work allocated is completed within a set time and defined standards. 
• Perform routine and well-defined tasks under direct supervision, including with dining rooms set-ups, refreshment preparations, serving of guests/customers, setting up for tea pause areas, boardrooms and meeting rooms, and clearing of a buffet area.
• Record, open and close the inventory.
• Apply basic rules of courtesy when in contact with other employees and visitors to the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), displaying a strong service orientation at all times. 
• Engage with own team members in a manner that reflects a sound and effective working relationship. 
• Proactively understand the impact of output in own environment in relation to a wider service delivery context and proposition.
• Willingly and enthusiastically make useful and meaningful changes to the manner in which you (the candidate) work.

QUALIFICATIONS

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must have:

• Grade 12 or an equivalent qualification;
• an NQF4 certificate in the handling of food and beverages would be an added advantage; and
• one to two years’ experience in a hospitality environment, specifically in the area of waitering. 

Additional requirements include: 

• written and verbal communication skills;
• flexibility;
• a drive for results;
• learning focus;
• teamwork;
• service and stakeholder focus;

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Brief description

The main purpose of this position is to provide comprehensive and effective legal advice relating to the legislative, regulatory and litigious issues within the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Group, including the Prudential Authority (PA), with a special focus area on financial sector laws as defined in the Financial Sector Regulation Act 9 of 2017. This includes banking, insurance, financial market infrastructure and other related areas. The incumbent may also be required to lead a team of legal consultants in the provision of legal advice and to contribute proactively to the mitigation of legal risk within the SARB Group and the PA.

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Proactively identify,address and managepotential legal risks within the SARB Group, including the PA.
• Contribute to, and take responsibility for, the development of appropriate legislative and regulatory frameworks that have an impact on the SARB Group, including the PA.
• Take responsibility for monitoring and reviewing local and international legislation, regulation and policies that have an impact on the mandateof the SARB Group, and advise the Head of the Legislation and Financial Sector Law, senior management in the Legal Services Department and others across the SARB Group on any developments.
• Conduct and integrate research on issues relating to the legislative, regulatory and policy frameworks that have an impacton the SARB Group and the financial sector,and advise on their impact on the current frameworks.
• Steer legal processes for internal clients on complex legal challenges and disputes affecting their operations.
• Draft legislation and regulations as well as opinions to address specific concerns of the SARB Group, including the PA.
• Participate in negotiations to conclude agreements and agree on relevant positions, policies, principles, litigation matters and regulatory action matters, in consultation with senior management in the Legal Services Department.
• Participate in internal and external forums, and present and/or defend informed positions that are in the interest of the SARB Group, including the PA.
• Lead special projects to ensure that mandated and informed positions are developed and presented to stakeholders.
• Manage the projects related to legislative, regulatory and policy issues in the SARB Group, including the PA, to ensure that mandated and informed positions are developed and presented to stakeholders.
• Manage stakeholder relationships in relevant areas (internal and external) to enhance the operations of the SARB Group, including the PA, and to facilitate the required co-operation and concurrence between financial sector regulators.
• Manage litigation affecting the SARB Group, including the PA, by managing the litigation process with external counsel.
• Provide regular updates and progress reports on all instructions for the purpose of management information, consistency of application of legislation/opinions to manage reputational and legal risk.

QUALIFICATIONS

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• at least an LLB degree (NQF 8) or an equivalent qualification; and
• at least 5–7 years of relevant work experience.

The following would be an added advantage:

• admission as an Attorney or an Advocate of the High Court; and/or
• banking, insurance and/or financial market infrastructure regulation industry experience.

Additional requirements are as follows:

• good written and verbal communication skills;
• professional ethics;
• acute judgement skills;
• listening skills;
• assertiveness;
• problem-solving skills and analysis;
• decision-making skills;
• relationship management;
• being a self-starter;
• attention to detail;
• presentation skills;
• organizational awareness; and
• project management skills.

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Brief description

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is looking to employ seasoned professionals with expertise in enterprise architecture, solutions architecture, domain architecture, integration architecture, data architecture, technology architecture, business architecture, cloud architecture and/or security architecture to augment its Enterprise Architecture team. 

This team is focused on technical principles converging with imaginative problem solving and can be seen as the ‘glue’ that aligns the strategies of the SARB with the other aspects of the organisation, such as maintaining and managing an optimal information technology (IT) systems landscape, developing and managing business processes, data and appropriate technology investment and providing guardrails for safety.

Detailed description

• Various roles are available. The successful candidate(s) for each position will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

Solutions Architect

The main purpose of this position is to develop and implement the architectural design of solutions to support the business goals and ensure the alignment of business and IT at a solution level within the SARB.

• Experience in application analysis/architecture and/or design and/or enterprise architecture and/or solutions architecture is required for this position. Experience in the payment ecosystem for interbank transfers, SWIFT and ISO 20022 would be an advantage.

Enterprise Security Architect

• The main purpose of this position is to manage the security architecture domain and landscape, develop reference content and ensure the application thereof in the strategic and operational environment for a safer SARB.
• Experience in risk analysis, security architecture, design, enterprise architecture or solutions architecture is required for this position.

Enterprise Architect

• The main purpose of this position is to enable business and IT leaders to make investment decisions that balance and prioritise current operational demands, disruptions and opportunities with a longer-term strategic vision of the organisation. The Enterprise Architect would also have to provide technology guidance, roadmaps, principles, standards and best practices that support the strategic goals of the SARB, ensure business and IT alignment and guide Solution Architects.
• Experience in at least three architecture domains such as business architecture, data architecture and application architecture, with at least five years’ enterprise architecture experience is required for this position.

QUALIFICATIONS

Job requirements

To be considered for these positions, candidates must be in possession of:

• a Bachelor’s degree in Informatics, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field (a postgraduate qualification would be an added advantage);
• industry-specific certifications such as TOGAF 9.1 and SABSA Foundation or security industry certifications such as CISSP-ISSAP, GSE and CGEIT; and
• a minimum of eight years’ working experience in any of the specialisation fields.

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Brief description

To provide specialised technical expertise and recommendations on Microsoft 365 products and services and provide third level support for Microsoft 365 while ensuring their optimum availability and performance, troubleshooting problem areas in timely and accurate manner.

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• To design, configure, test, and deploy Microsoft 365 products and services. 
• To provide maintenance and 3rd level support services on all Microsoft 365 products and services to ensure continued availability and performance of the technologies.
• To troubleshoot and perform root-cause analysis related to Microsoft 365 products and services
• To manage technology lifecycle on all Microsoft 365 products and services
• To implement and maintain the governance and security model for the platform as developed by Cyber and Information Security Unit. 
• To proactively monitor and report on Microsoft 365 products and services availability and reliability
• To provide periodic reports on the health, usage, performance, lifecycle status of the platform 
• To develop, maintain and document technical standards, procedures, user guides, SOP’s, instructional documents etc. relating to the Microsoft 365 products and services according to best practice to ensure continuity.
• To collaborate and engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the functionality of the deployed technologies
• To remediate security vulnerabilities identified on the platform 
• To stay abreast of new development in Microsoft technologies.

QUALIFICATIONS

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• A minimum of a Diploma (NQF 6) in IT OR equivalent; 
• Microsoft 365 certified: Engineer Speciality; 
• ITIL v3/4 and COBIT 2019; and
• A minimum of 5-7 years’ experience in an IT support environment and in managing and administering Microsoft 365 environment.

Additional requirements include knowledge and skill in:

• industry, organisational and business awareness;
• continued learning and/or professional development; 
• Effective communication;
• Conceptual thinking;
• Building and Managing relationships;
• Flexibility;
• Drive for results;
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment;
• Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment;
• Judgement and decision making;
• Analysis and problem solving;
• Resilience;
• Service and stakeholder focus; and
• Ability to function independently (self-starter).

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Brief description

The main purpose of this position is to provide administrative and business coordination support for all strategic projects-related deliverables in support of the Supply Chain Management (SCM) Division within the Currency Management Department (CMD).

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Provide project technical coordination to optimise project scope, costs and execution schedules. 
• Coordinate the development and review of the project governance requirements (e.g. charter, scope document, quality standards, budget/cost estimates and schedules) and the updating thereof.
• Schedule meetings, draft minutes, consolidate information for meetings for SCM-related projects to ensure that actions are executed by business stakeholders. 
• Collate and maintain risk management information and provide evidence of mitigation plans to the Compliance and Records Coordinator within CMD.
• Collate, integrate and coordinate the project execution plan documentation (i.e. tracking sheets, presentations, financial spreadsheets, change requests, etc.) tailored for each project to ensure the effective and efficient execution by business stakeholders.
• Coordinate cost control measures.
• Coordinate and report on the project schedules, project performance and progress to the project stakeholders and sponsor on a monthly basis and when required.
• Coordinate an appropriate finalisation of the projects for the Divisional Head as per the Project Management Office (PMO) framework. 
• Contain and follow up on project activities to ensure project continuity within business. 
• Coordinate all lessons learnt documentation and workshops to implement best practices gained from past experiences into systems, tools and guidelines for use in future projects to improve the overall project management effectiveness and efficiencies within business.
• Provide administrative services to the relevant section within the SCM Division to ensure business continuity.

QUALIFICATIONS

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• a minimum of a National Diploma (NQF 6) or an equivalent qualification in project management; and 
• a minimum of three to five years’ broad cross-functional experience in project co-ordination and process management as well as supply chain management project exposure. 

Additional requirements include:

• service and stakeholder focus;
• effective communication (writing and drafting communication briefs, documents and information guides);
• building and maintaining relationships;
• impact and Influence;
• interpersonal sensitivity;
• analysing and problem solving;
• planning and organising; and
• judgement and decision making.