The Auditor-General of South Africa ("AGSA") is established in terms of section 181(1) (e) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act No.108 of 1996) as a state institution supporting the constitutional democracy. The constitutional functions of the AGSA are set out in section 188 of the Constitution and sections 4 of the Public...
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- The purpose of this role is to provide a comprehensive strategic and administrative support to the executive leader thereby enabling the smooth running of the executive office. The incumbent is responsible for effective co-ordination, management, tracking, monitoring, and reporting on all tactical components of the office Furthermore the role would need to ensure a high quality of work of all functional components for the executive leadership in effectively achieving the organisational strategic objective as well as the portfolio strategic objectives as per the Balance Score Card (BSC) thereby promoting the Auditor General of South Africa mandate.
Roles & Responsibilities
Strategic Function
- To provide support and assistance to the executive leadership regarding the implementation and achievement of strategic objectives.
- To pro-actively track portfolio/organisational strategic alignment.
- To provide support and assistance to the executive leadership regarding the implementation and achievement of people management objectives.
- Consolidating the BU’s/portfolio progress on the people’s strategy.
- To provide support and assistance to the executive leader regarding the implementation and achievement of strategic objectives.
Product Management
Secretarial Function
- To provide support and assistance to the management of processes within the portfolio and own office to ensure efficiency thereby promote good governance.
- To monitor and ensure the achievement of deadlines in relation to the achievement of executive leader’s portfolio objectives.
- Managing and maintaining information from the BSC
- Co-ordinating and monitoring the flow of tasks and assignments between the executive leader and business unit leader’s office.
- Managing the executive leader’s diary.
- Scan all correspondence and emphasise priority to the executive leader based on the strategic objective of the portfolio/ organisation.
- Ensure that all visitors are received in an appropriate manner and taken care of.
- Ensure all incoming mail and documentation is handled confidentially.
- Assist with the preparation, proofreading and quality control of documents.
- Carrying out research and analyse the information to provide the executive leader with key information.
- Making travel and accommodation arrangements.
- Consolidating portfolio BU's quarterly reports with understanding into one report for the executive leader.
- Ensuring that all key controls are loaded and updated on a quarterly basis on the management information system (MIS),
- Assisting the executive leader in writing, preparing and proof-reading of all internal and external correspondence i.e. letters, memo's, e-mails, communiqués, presentations, including taking minutes when required.
- To read with understanding all the correspondence received by the executive leader and provide the executive leader with concise feedback on what the document entails.
- Proactive prepare documentation for meetings.
- Proactively co-ordinating and managing day-to-day activities in the office of the executive leader.
Portfolio Management:
- Ability to analyse and interpret data
- Manage projects within the portfolios in the portfolio by following project management principles.
- Provide a project management function for all strategic project deliverables.
- Manage the mapping and implementation of all key business processes, monitoring of systems, governance practices and standard operating procedures.
- Act as first line of review for proposals and requests for approvals presented in the executive’s office
- Act as first line of review for proposals and requests for approvals presented in the executive leadership’s office.
- Assisting the executive leader with review of internal reports
- Identify key project in the portfolio/organisation and bring these under the attention of the executive leader.
- Scan the internal and external environments with the focus of identifying key themes and bring the important matters under the attention of the executive leader. This will assist the executive leader to tackle what matters when preparing for strategic alignment sessions for the portfolio as well as identifying problematic audits/auditees.
- Monitoring of executive leader’s office performance against the Balanced Scorecard.
- Monitoring and ensuring the achievement of deadlines in relation to the achievement of the executive leader’s portfolio objectives.
- Ensure the effective and efficient management of processes within the portfolio and own office so that they promote good governance.
Administrative Support
- Providing quality and cost-effective administration services in accordance with the office policies and procedures.
- Overseeing the document management and electronic filing system.
- Coordinating and facilitating office infrastructural needs i.e. general maintenance, telephones, note books, computers and parking, etc.
- Managing the CSA Tool.
- Capturing Timesheets on behalf of the executive leader.
- Capturing Travel Claims on behalf of the executive leader.
- Capturing of leave on behalf of the executive leader.
- Ensuring Purchase Orders are approved timeously.
Stakeholder Management
- Must have a key understanding of the environment and succinctly summarise salient points, by way of reporting to the Executive
- To manage both internal and external relations to ensure growing relationships with internal and external stakeholders in relation to own and the executive relationships.
- Liaise with stakeholders on all level including but not limited to the secretaries, executive assistance, executive leadership and ministry offices.
- Build and maintain positive and value-adding relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Provide strategic support and guidance to key stakeholders.
People Management
- Manage own performance to drive productivity.
- Participate and/or take lead in the business unit transformation/culture plans.
- Provide support to the management team with regard to centre management and other people related tasks.
- Contribute to improving the Culture Index for the respective portfolios by monitoring ethical culture within the portfolio, reporting and highlighting emerging trends to the Executive.
- Provide support to the Corporate Executive in the implementation of the activities outlined on the office People Plan.
Financial management and operational management
- To provide support and assistance to the executive leader regarding the implementation and achievement of financial management objectives.
- Compile and monitor budget for the respective portfolio
- Monitoring of debtors and following up monthly on debtors submitted on the 15th of every month.
- Analyse debt collection report from Finance and bring under the attention of the executive leader on all concerns identified.
- Ensure that BUs that have debt collection strategies in place that strategy is implemented and is monitored.
- Assist the executive leader by monitoring the monthly variance explanations of portfolio BU's and facilitate proper feedback from the BU’s.
- Ensuring that creditors are being paid on a monthly basis i.e. Diners statement reconciliation and creditors are captured and vouchered 3 days after invoice reception.
- Support the executive leader by ensuring that Audit Business Unit's CWC requests is managed effectively and efficiently as per the guidelines provided by the strategic audit project BU (STRAP).
- Providing support and assistance to the executive leader regarding the implementation and achievement of financial management objectives. Ensuring Purchase Orders are captured and approved timeously.
Other responsibilities (Applicable to All JD’s)
- Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required.
Skills, Experience & Education
- The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date. To successfully upload documents on the career site, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters. This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment. We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organisation. Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities.
Closing date: 5 February 2026
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- Responsible for the management of a portfolio of audits (including sector audits) to ensure that the audit process (planning, execution, reporting etc.) is managed in an effective and efficient manner with the allocated resources and completed on time and according to relevant audit standards and legislation.
Roles & Responsibilities
Strategic function
- Participate/provide inputs into the BU strategy and VA/OA
- Support the Senior manager in the implementation of BU strategy
- Manage teams by ensuring that they are aligned with the vision, mission and organisational strategic objectives of the AGSA.
Managing audits
- Research and development of new audit themes
- Allocation of resources within the audit.
- Submission of audit plans for approval
- Provide guidance to audit team during the audit
- Execute audit procedures, including diagnostic/ investigative procedures
- Provide critical analysis of the evidence, identify management measures/processes that are root causes and make appropriate recommendation
- Source and interrogate data/information
- On request, assist the RA team, by sharing insights, risks, knowledge of the auditee
- Produce high quality impact report within the specified timeframe.
- Provide inputs into best practices/guidelines on request
- Detail and timely review of audit working papers and TeamMate files
- Exercise project management principles throughout the audit to ensure timely and high quality product/s
- Work with RA to identify and follow up Material Irregularity (MI’s) and calculate financial loss
Administrative matters
- Attend to requests of the Senior Manager relating to strategic and operational issues
- Attend to administration matters
- Ensure compliance with internal controls
- Approval of timesheets, overtime and leave
- Report progress on audits and BSC implementation and any other projects that they are responsible for.
People matters
- Addressing any people matters that may arise from the team in partnership with relevant People Support BUs
- Responsible for the development of staff through training, on the job training and coaching
- Support the implementation of the People plan initiatives within the team and centre/BU.
- Maintain and enhance employee motivation and engagement.
- Manage audit teams’ performance and implement a culture of performance management.
- Provide mentorship and coaching as required.
- Implement relevant Employment relations processes when employees do no not comply with AGSA policies and values
Stakeholder engagements
- Build strategic and value adding partnerships with key stakeholders both internally and externally that promotes the value of performance audits and integration initiatives
- Liaise with management of the auditee on a regular basis
- Liaise with private audit firms relating to contract out audits
Financial management
- Assist in identifying revenue growth opportunities within the component and optimise its operational expenditure.
- Assist with the formulation of audit budgets.
- Monitor and attain own and team recoverability targets
Ad-hoc duties (Applicable to All JD’s)
- Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the job description as and when required
Skills, Experience & Education
Formal Education
- CA (SA) or ACCA or RGA or CIA qualification
Professional Registration
- Registration with relevant professional body is mandatory.2
Knowledge
- Knowledge about PFMA and MFMA
- Accounting and Auditing legislation and standards or principles
- Knowledge of ISSAI 300 and 3000 is required
Experience
- Completed articles (3 years)
- Minimum 5 years’ experience with at least 2 years’ experience operating at an assistant/junior management level.
Closing Date: 23 January 2026
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- Implement audit initiatives to promote the secure, effective and efficient implementation of IT architectures and services within the government sector.
- To be a highly knowledgeable subject matter expert in the evaluation of the design and effectiveness of information systems controls and processes. Further, to develop and implement the IT audit plan to review technical system controls, identify deficiencies, communicate control and compliance risks, advise leadership on status of technology-related controls and compliance concerns within the government sector, and provide meaningful and effective recommendations.
Roles & Responsibilities
Product
- Participate in audit committee/steering committee meetings with Business Unit (BU) management as and when required
- Conduct audit covering the three audit phases:
- Planning
- Execution
- Reporting
- Plan the audit:
- Define the objectives of the audit
- Define the scope of the audit
- Identify benchmarks to be utilised
- Assess the risks from source documentation
- Compile the audit plan
- Conduct a walk through process with the relevant role players
- Execute tests, inclusive of:
- Compliance to policies, procedures, standards and specifications
- Adequacy on goals
- Reliability of information
- Efficiency and effectiveness of operations
- Safeguarding of assets
- Generate audit reports indicating:
- Audit findings
- Recommendations
- Conduct a meeting, where appropriate, to discuss:
- Accepted recommendations to be implemented and timelines applicable
- Rejected recommendations and internal actions to be implemented
- Target dates for implementation and review
- Supervise subordinates in the execution of the three audit phases
- Supervise team meetings regarding the direction and progress on the audits
- Provide guidance to auditors on audit related matters
- Conduct the field work in accordance with policies and procedures
- Communicate to Manager and Senior Manager on progress or obstacles during the audit
- Submit the audit report for publishing and archiving
- Finalise the audit file and submit for archiving in accordance with policies and procedures
- Provide support in the review of contract work and quality assurance
- Provide inputs to Information Systems Audit strategic plans
- Provide guidance on AGSA audit approach
- Promote and manage sound internal controls within the Business Unit
- Keep abreast of the latest development at the AGSA
- Manage audits within the allocated time frame
- Manage audits in adherence to internal processes, policies and procedures
Stakeholder Relationships
- Maintain internal stakeholder relationships:
- Participate in debriefing sessions with regularity audit on the previous year’s audits performed
- Engage with team members during the audit process
- Liaise with colleagues within the Business Unit
- Maintain external stakeholder relationships:
- Liaise with audit firms
- Liaise with Auditees with regards to Audit requirements
- Participate in interviews/ recruitment process
People Management
- Monitor staff performance to implement a culture of performance management:
- Participate in the compilation of IPC’s and PDP’s
- Conduct coaching sessions of staff members
- Provide constant feedback to subordinates
- Provide mentorship to subordinates
- Conduct performance reviews in accordance with policies and procedures and take corrective action where necessary
- Create a conducive environment to maintain and enhance employee motivation
- Participate in transformational initiatives inclusive of change, organisational culture, CSI, diversity, etc
- Continually improve own competence through personal development as per PDP and commitment:
- Participate in learning and development programmes
- Participate on programmes for purposes of Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
- Manage Human Resources in accordance with policies, procedures and legal requirements
- Complete Human Resource Management actions within the allocated time frames
- Support the Manager to ensure the delivery of high quality, accurate and cost effective audits through effective planning and resource management
- Ensure effective and efficient management of projects in
- terms of time, cost and quality
- Providing input to manager on:
- Planning of audits under her/his control
- Budgeting requirements
- Organisational reporting needs
- Ensure that hours and expenses booked are in accordance with the allocated budget
- Achieve own recoverability target
- Manage budget in accordance with policies, procedures and legal requirements
- Complete budget management actions within the allocated time frames
Ad-hoc duties
- Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required
Skills, Experience & Education
Formal Education
- B Degree in Auditing or Computer Science or Informatics
The following will be an added advantage:
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
- ERP Certificate (Oracle, PeopleSoft, and/or JD Edwards)
- State Security agency or Defence Intelligence Top Secret Clearance certificate
Knowledge
- Knowledge and understanding of the principles of finance and the components involved in finance; must be able to apply PFMA and MFMA principles and adhere to due dates
- Knowledge of Auditing
- In-depth knowledge and skills in ERP environments
- Should have knowledge of Oracle SysAdmin and Oracle business process reviews
- Knowledge of GCR, ACR and project review
Experience
- Minimum 4 years IS auditing experience
- Minimum of 1 year supervisory experience
- Experience on one or more ERP environments, such as Oracle, JD Edwards and PeopleSoft
- Experience in Cyber Security environment would be beneficial
Closing Date: 23 January 2026
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- To utilise the specialist expertise / knowledge to plan, execute and report on a range of audits (both integration and stand-alone performance audits) in an effective and efficient manner and ensure that the audit work is executed in compliance with the applicable quality standards.
Roles & Responsibilities
Audit functional areas
Planning
- Assist in the planning of audit plans for both integration and performance audits
Execution
- Execute audit / technical procedures according to principles and applicable auditing standards
- Collect and analyse data and information for audit and other assignment purposes
- Analyse budgets and annual financial statements
- Obtain appropriate and factually correct audit evidence
- In collaboration with audit team, execute technical audit procedures on selected audits either in the infrastructure field or other relevant areas
- Consistently update the manager on the status of the selected audits
- Complete audit working papers
- Attend steering committee meetings (at least two per audit; first and final steering committee meetings) with departments and related senior management
- Assessing tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities on infrastructure projects (applicable to infrastructure field)
- Assessing cost analysis for infrastructure projects
- Review risk assessments, value management and cost control reports on selected projects
- Analyzing the costings for tenders awarded by government departments on selected projects
- Analyzing outcomes and writing detailed and high impact audit reports on audited projects
Reporting
- Identify and draft audit findings, problems and challenges with government systems, programmes and service delivery areas
- Identify root causes and effects of audit findings, problems and challenges with government systems, programmes and service delivery areas
- Knowledge sharing (audit insights, key risks from research and general knowledge)
- Contribute to compiling high-quality impactful reports
- Contribute to compiling high-impact and relevant recommendations on government programmes or audit focus areas
- Contribute to developing best practices/guidelines
Research and Development
- Conduct research on audit themes arising from government priorities/programmes
- Analyse the data and provide a report on identified themes
Stakeholder engagements
- Build and maintain an effective relationship with auditors, auditees and other internal / external stakeholders
- Assist with the integration of performance audit procedures at regularity audit
- Maintain visibility at regularity audit for effective interaction
- Support initiatives of sharing insights, risks and experiences
- Support initiatives within the BU to market performance audit products
Financial management
- Manage own productivity and recoverability
- Account accurately for own expenditure
- Manage budget effectively for audit that they are specifically assigned to
Ad-hoc duties (Applicable to All JD’s)
- Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required
Skills, Experience & Education
Qualifications:
- Degree/BTech in Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or any approved built environment
- Post graduate qualification will be an added advantage
Professional registration:
- Registration (as candidate) with a relevant professional body will be an added advantage
Experience:
- Minimum 3 years of experience required in infrastructure/built environment field
- Public sector knowledge or exposure to government infrastructure projects will be advantageous
The following Requirements are Mandatory:
- Valid drivers licence
- Travelling and overnight stay when necessary
Closing Date: 25 January 2026
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- Implement audit initiatives to promote the secure, effective and efficient implementation of IT architectures and services within the government sector.
- To be a highly knowledgeable subject matter expert in the evaluation of the design and effectiveness of information systems controls and processes. Further, to develop and implement the IT audit plan to review technical system controls, identify deficiencies, communicate control and compliance risks, advise leadership on status of technology-related controls and compliance concerns within the government sector, and provide meaningful and effective recommendations.
- Conduct specialised security reviews independently or in support of the allocated teams within the Business Unit in accordance with ISA standards and AGSA policies and procedures.
Roles & Responsibilities
Manage strategic alignment
- Assist with the development and implementation of an IT effectiveness audit strategy in accordance with policies, procedures and legislation.
- Assist with the alignment of the IT Effectiveness strategy to the strategic objectives of the business unit.
- Manage teams to ensure alignment to the vision, mission, strategic goals and values of the AGSA.
- Provide feedback on the implementation/ achievement of strategic objectives to the relevant stakeholders.
Manage audits
- Manage Network Security audits within the allocated time frame.
- Manage Network Security audits in accordance with policies, procedures and legislation requirements.
- Lead, direct and coordinate the portfolio of Network Security audits covering the three audit phases:
- Planning
- Execution
- Reporting
- Liaise with auditees on the provision of advice/ recommendations, setting up meetings, etc.
- Initiate and lead meetings with the audit team regarding the direction and progress of the audits.
- Provide guidance to managers and assistance on audit-related matters.
- Ensure that all risks for the specific audit engagements are addressed. For example:
- Appointment of specialist staff
- Contract in and out
- Conduct audit team visits to:
- Review Work
- Finalise The Audit
- Conclude Working Papers
- Prepare Audit Report
- Attend meetings with the team and auditees.
- Provide motivational talks and training to team members regarding auditing matters.
- Facilitate the transfer of specialised skills for Network Security audits to the IT General Controls teams within the business unit.
- Engage with contracted-out partners.
- Manage all projects to ensure timeous delivery on milestones and the required quality of delivery.
- Perform functions as required by an engagement manager in accordance with the policies of ISA and the AGSA.
- Prepare and take responsibility for presentations.
- Report back to the audit steering committees and audit committees on the planning, execution and reporting of the audits.
Manage Human Resources
- Analyse the business plan to determine the applicable deliverables and targets
- Participate in securing the human resource requirements to ensure that deliverables will be met in accordance with the expected targets
- Manage staff performance to implement a culture of performance management:
- Compile IPC’s and PDP’s
- Conduct coaching sessions to ensure subordinates perform at the optimum level
- Provide constant feedback to subordinates
- Provide mentorship to subordinates
- Conduct performance reviews in accordance with policies and procedures and take corrective action where necessary
- Manage the development of staff and ensure each staff member has a Personal Development Plan
- Create a conducive environment to maintain and enhance employee motivation
- Participate in transformational initiatives inclusive of change, organisational culture, CSI, diversity, etc
- Continually improve own competence through personal development as per PDF and commitment:
- Participate in learning and development programmes
- Participate on programmes for purposes of Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
- Manage Human Resources in accordance with policies, procedures and legal requirements
- Complete Human Resource Management actions within the allocated time frames
Financial Management
- Ensure the delivery of high quality, accurate and cost effective audits through effective planning and resource management.
- Assist with negotiating budgets with regularity audit and ensure that RFAs are signed and submitted on time
- Ensure effective and efficient management of projects in terms of time, cost and quality
- Review and approve timesheets, S&T and advances in line with the allocated budget
- Monitor staff leave, training, non-recoverable activities and recoverability reports to ensure achievement of annual recoverability targets.
- Provide input on the centre income budget
- Assist with the review invoices of CWC before submission for approval
IT effectiveness
- Assist in maintaining industry, information technology and audit knowledge, skills and abilities relating to cyber security, cloud computing, enterprise mobility operating systems, network environments, applications and database management systems, programming languages, LAN / WAN communication concepts, and system development processes.
- Monitor trends within the information technology and government sectors to identify emerging areas of risk facing government.
- Assist with the coordination of the portfolio of IT effectiveness audits covering:
- Value-for-money IT audits
- Effective and efficient deployment of IT infrastructure and services
- Compliance with ECT and PoPI (Protection of Personal Information) acts
Skills, Experience & Education
Qualification
- B Degree in Auditing, Computer Science or Informatics
The following will be an added advantage:
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) or equivalent
Knowledge
- Knowledge of Auditing
- Knowledge and understanding of the principles of finance and the components involved in finance; must be able to apply PFMA and MFMA principles and adhere to due dates
- In-depth knowledge and skills in Informatics
- In-depth knowledge and skills in assessing/ auditing the security on a networked environment, i.e.:
- Knowledge/ skills in assessing the management and technical configuration of various types of firewalls.
- Knowledge of various types of vulnerability detection tools, how to use them to enumerate vulnerabilities, and how to interpret outputs using the respective tool.
- Knowledge/ skills in assessing the security and configuration of various operating system and database types.
Experience
- Minimum 5 years IS auditing
- Minimum 2-3 years managerial experience
- Extensive experience in vulnerability assessments and penetration testing. Candidates with managing / conducting purple team exersises will be preferred.
Closing date: 25 January 2026
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JOB PURPOSE
- To lead and support the delivery of strategic projects and processes, ensuring the successful implementation of resource management initiatives including but not limited to resource management, pre-issuance and section 4(3).
Roles & Responsibilities
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS (KPA’s)
Strategic Function
- Drive organisational initiatives that ensure sustainable revenue margins such as resource pooling
- Support business unit initiatives to maintain high Quality management practices within the business unit.
- Maintain good governance, compliance with relevant regulations and standards, high ethical standards and diligent risk management.
- Support and champion digital transformation by identifying and piloting new technologies and solutions including resource management tools
- Foster a culture of continuous learning, adaptability, and innovation within the business unit.
- Provide support in the implementation of the business unit (BU) balance score card (BSC) projects and implementation plans
Product Management
Pre Issuance review
- Manage and monitor the annual update of Pre-Issuance reviewer information and allocations.
- Manage the loading and approval of Pre-Issuance reviewer’s contracts,
- Evaluate and assess requests from business units.
- Drive the effective use of digital tools and solutions for supplier allocations and budget monitoring.
- Support the senior manager to drive change management initiatives in the automation of PIR processes
- Drive the implementation of Implement PIR accountability and supplier performance management frameworks, including enforcement of contractual penalty clauses.
- Facilitate the development, update, ongoing implementation of PIR standard operating procedures,
- Facilitate the approval of PIR MOAs before each audit cycle and ensure ongoing consultation and monitoring.
- Organize PIR workshops and training sessions for internal and external PIR stakeholders.
- Implement system of quality management requirements to enhance PIR audit quality and oversee internal PIR processes, including training and allocations.
- Prepare and update PIR guidelines annually, facilitate PIR tender refresh procedures, and collaborate with relevant teams for guideline approval.
- Provide regular reports to the senior manager on PIR process status and ensure all changes and developments are communicated and managed effectively.
Resource management
- Manager and implement resource management plans and initiatives, including developing and managing PFMA and MFMA resource pooling strategies for the organization.
- Develop and implement Standard Operating Procedure and Service Level Agreements to clarify roles in resource allocation
- Support the senior manage in implementing initiatives to determine and the optimal staff mix.
- Lead initiatives to establish additional delivery centre streams and oversee the use of audit portfolio management tools for effective resource allocation.
- Coordinate and oversee all assigned strategic projects, including pooling and delivery centres, ensuring governance structures and operational specifications are maintained.
- Compile business cases for project approvals, manage project plans, and provide timely progress reports on issues, risks, and achievements to relevant authorities.
- Drive project budgeting and financial controls, establish best practice procedures, and manage regular reporting cycles (monthly, quarterly, annual).
- Assess projects for weaknesses or bottlenecks, introduce solutions, and provide long-term support for project implementation.
- Monitor the institutionalization of new projects, suggest responses to emerging threats and opportunities, and conduct industry benchmarking to enhance processes.
- Recommend business development initiatives to improve operational effectiveness and business processes and evaluate industry rends for potential organizational impact.
- Facilitate effective resource utilization through pooling activities, ensuring resources are allocated efficiently before audit cycles begin.
Section 4(3)
- Drive the establishment of and update the Section 4(3) repository to ensure all relevant information is current and accessible.
- Identify and drive automation opportunities within Section 4(3), collaborating with stakeholder business units (BUs) to define scope, requirements, and implement automated solutions.
- Oversee the regular review and updating of policies and procedures, ensuring compliance.
- Assess operations to identify weaknesses or bottlenecks, introducing solutions to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- Monitor and ensure compliance with the Public Audit Act and relevant directives.
- Initiate and track governance enhancements entities, ensuring progress and alignment with organizational standards.
- Organize and coordinate the annual Section 4(3) workshop, ensuring all objectives are met and outcomes are reported.
- Participate in PAA amendment processes, offering insights and input on Section 4(3) matters.
- Oversee the annual update and dissemination of Section 4(3) information to both internal and external stakeholders.
Stakeholder Management
- Build and maintain effective relations with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Support initiatives of sharing insights, risks, and experiences.
- Manage the feedback process to stakeholders by tracking all queries received, getting the relevant information and formulating appropriate responses according to the approved protocol.
People Management
- Provide input in the process to attract, develop, and retain talent, building future-ready teams.
- Drive a high-performance culture within the BU aligned to the values of the AGSA.
- Support the implementation of the activities outlined in the BU People Plan, transformation/culture plans.
- Manage team performance to drive productivity.
- Motivate, coach and mentor staff to ensure maximum productivity and development of the staff to their full potential.
Financial Management
- Oversee the compilation of budgets for the BU. Ensure that all variances are reported to the SM are followed up timeously.
- Contribute to the compilation of centre budget and manage project expenditure related to functional area.
- Ensure compliance to the organisation’s governance processes, policies, and processes.
Other responsibilities (Applicable to All JD’s)
- Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required.
- Review the work of peers assisting in the execution of work.
Skills, Experience & Education
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Formal Education
Experience
- At least 3 years post articles experience
- 3 years’ experience in an assistant manager role
- Project Management basic knowledge experience would be an added advantage.
BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
- Emotional Maturity
- Empowerment
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Integrity
- Authenticity
- Performance Excellence
- Innovation and Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Courageous and Ethical Leadership
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
- Technical skills
- Service Level Agreement
- Problem Solving
Applications closing date: 25 January 2026
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Requirement Overview
- To provide support to management in managing audit initiatives that promotes the secure, effective and efficient implementation of IT architectures and services within the government sector.
Roles & Responsibilities
Product
- Participate in audit committee/steering committee meetings with Business Unit (BU) management as and when required
- Conduct Network security audits covering the three audit phases:
- Planning
- Execution
- Reporting
- Plan the network security audit:
- Define the objectives of the audit
- Define the scope of the audit
- Identify benchmarks to be utilised
- Assess the risks from source documentation
- Compile the audit plan
- Conduct a walk through process with the relevant role players
- Execute tests, inclusive of:
- Compliance to policies, procedures, standards and specifications
- Adequacy on goals
- Reliability of information
- Efficiency and effectiveness of operations
- Safeguarding of assets
- Internal and External vulnerability assessments
- Firewall and Router assessments
- Web application reviews
- Generate audit reports indicating:
- Audit findings
- Recommendations
- Conduct a closure meeting, where appropriate, to discuss:
- Accepted recommendations to be implemented and timelines applicable
- Rejected recommendations and internal actions to be implemented
- Target dates for implementation and review
- Supervise subordinates in the execution of the three audit phases
- Supervise team meetings regarding the direction and progress on the audits
- Provide guidance to auditors on audit related matters
- Conduct the field work in accordance with policies and procedures
- Communicate to Manager and Senior Manager on progress or obstacles during the audit
- Submit the audit report for publishing and archiving
- Finalise the audit file and submit for archiving in accordance with policies and procedures
- Provide support in the review of contract work and quality assurance
- Promote and manage sound internal controls within the Business Unit
- Keep abreast of the latest development at the AGSA
- Manage audits within the allocated time frame
- Manage audits in adherence to internal processes, policies and procedures
Stakeholder Relationships
- Maintain internal stakeholder relationships:
- Participate in debriefing sessions with regularity audit on the previous year’s audits performed
- Engage with team members during the audit process
- Liaise with colleagues within the Business Unit
- Maintain external stakeholder relationships:
- Liaise with audit firms
- Liaise with prospective employees
- Liaise with Auditees with regards to Audit requirements
People Management
- Monitor staff performance to implement a culture of performance management:
- Participate in the compilation of IPC’s and PDP’s
- Conduct coaching sessions of staff members
- Provide constant feedback to subordinates
- Provide mentorship to subordinates
- Conduct performance reviews in accordance with policies and procedures and take corrective action where necessary
- Manage the development of staff and ensure each staff member has a Personal Development Plan
- Create a conducive environment to maintain and enhance employee motivation
- Participate in transformational initiatives inclusive of change, organisational culture, CSI, diversity, etc
- Continually improve own competence through personal development as per PDF and commitment:
- Participate in learning and development programmes
- Participate on programmes for purposes of Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
- Manage Human Resources in accordance with policies, procedures and legal requirements
- Complete Human Resource Management actions within the allocated time frames
Budget Management
- Support the Manager to ensure the delivery of high quality, accurate and cost effective audits through effective planning and resource management
- Ensure effective and efficient management of projects in terms of time, cost and quality
- Providing input to manager on:
- Planning of audits under her/his control
- Budgeting requirements
- Organisational reporting needs
- Ensure that hours and expenses booked are in accordance with the allocated budget
- Achieve own recoverability target
- Manage budget in accordance with policies, procedures and legal requirements
- Complete budget management actions within the allocated time frames
IT Effectiveness
- Assist the Manager in maintaining industry, information technology and audit knowledge, skills and abilities relating to cyber security, cloud computing, enterprise mobility operating systems, network environments, applications and database management systems, programming languages, LAN / WAN communication concepts, and system development processes.
- Monitor trends within the information technology and government sectors to identify emerging areas of risk facing government.
- Assist the Manager with the coordination of the portfolio of IT effectiveness audits covering:
- Value-for-money IT audits
- Effective and efficient deployment of IT infrastructure and services
- Compliance with ECT and Protection of personal information (PoPI) acts
Ad-hoc duties
- Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required
Skills, Experience & Education
Formal Education
- B Degree in Auditing, Computer Science, Informatics or equivalent
- CISA will be preferrable
- CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) or equivalent will be preferrable
Knowledge
- Knowledge of Auditing
- In-depth knowledge and skills in assessing/ auditing the security on a networked environment, i.e.:
- Knowledge/ skills in assessing the management and technical configuration of various types of firewalls.
- Knowledge of various types of vulnerability detection tools, how to use them to enumerate vulnerabilities, and how to interpret outputs using the respective tool.
- Knowledge/ skills in assessing the security and configuration of various operating system and database types.
- Knowledge and understanding of the principles of finance and the components involved in finance; must be able to apply PFMA and MFMA principles and adhere to due dates would be preferable
Experience
- Minimum 4 - 5 years Information Systems auditing experience
- Minimum of 1 - 2 years’ supervisory experience
Closing date: 25 January 2026
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Requirement Overview
- The purpose of this position is to deliver the portfolio of audits, lead multiple teams responsible for the audit during the audit process (planning, execution and reporting) to ensure delivery of quality and value adding audits in compliance with auditing standards and relevant legislation in line with the AGSA strategy
Roles & Responsibilities
Strategic function:
- Contributes to the development of the BU BSC initiatives.
- Implement the BSC initiatives within the BU.
Product Management:
- Audit planning, execution and reporting in line with the audit methodology and standards within the agreed upon timelines (take full responsibility and supervision of the audit teams)
- Lead audit engagements, which include planning executing, directing and reporting on audits.
- Review the teams’ work in line with audit methodology and standards.
- Conduct quality control reviews of the work of the audit teams.
- Ensure the timely completion of auditing engagements
- Report audit outcomes.
- Signing of audit reports based on the delegations.
- Implement the status of records review for the portfolio of audits as planned
Stakeholder Management:
- Scanning the environment to ensure clear understanding of auditees business requirements and to translate this into clear deliverables for the execution team and continuously getting feedback from stakeholders.
- Formulate and report on the portfolio stakeholder engagement plan
- Liaise and interact with key stakeholders & management to share information, resolve challenges and make recommendations for improvements.
- Manage stakeholder information on MIS
People Management:
- Implement the activities outlined on the BU People Plan.
- Manage team performance to drive productivity.
- Contribute to transformation/culture plans.
- Motivate, coach and mentor staff to ensure maximum productivity and development of the staff to their full potential.
- Participate in initiatives to attract talent.
- Contribute to effective administration of the BU training office.
- Cascade Vision achievement/ organisation alignment messages and commitments.
Financial management and operational management:
- Responsible for compiling the portfolio budget.
- Manage the portfolio budget, income and cost to ensure adherence to the required financial performance standards for the portfolio
- Manage debtor’s collection.
- Ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures
- Manage supply chain processes.
- Conduct centre risk assessment.
Other Responsibilities:
- Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required.
Skills, Experience & Education
Minimum Requirements:
- Qualifications - CA (SA) or ACCA or RGA
- Experience - Minimum of 6 years’ experience post qualification with at least 4 years’ experience operating at a manager/middle manager level
The following will be added advantage:
- Top secret security clearance
- Experience with IFRS and SOE’s experience
- Working with sector audits
Closing Date : 29 January 2026
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Requirement Overview
- Responsible for the management of a portfolio of audits (including sector audits) to ensure that the audit process (planning, execution, reporting etc.) is managed in an effective and efficient manner with the allocated resources and completed on time and according to relevant audit standards and legislation.
Roles & Responsibilities
Strategic function
- Participate/provide inputs into the BU strategy and VA/OA
- Support the Senior manager in the implementation of BU strategy
- Manage teams by ensuring that they are aligned with the vision, mission and organisational strategic objectives of the AGSA.
Managing audits
- Research and development of new audit themes
- Allocation of resources within the audit.
- Submission of audit plans for approval
- Provide guidance to audit team during the audit
- Execute audit procedures, including diagnostic/ investigative procedures
- Provide critical analysis of the evidence, identify management measures/processes that are root causes and make appropriate recommendation
- Source and interrogate data/information
- On request, assist the RA team, by sharing insights, risks, knowledge of the auditee
- Produce high quality impact report within the specified timeframe.
- Provide inputs into best practices/guidelines on request
- Detail and timely review of audit working papers and TeamMate files
- Exercise project management principles throughout the audit to ensure timely and high quality product/s
- Work with RA to identify and follow up Material Irregularity (MI’s) and calculate financial loss
Administrative matters
- Attend to requests of the Senior Manager relating to strategic and operational issues
- Attend to administration matters
- Ensure compliance with internal controls
- Approval of timesheets, overtime and leave
- Report progress on audits and BSC implementation and any other projects that they are responsible for.
People matters
- Addressing any people matters that may arise from the team in partnership with relevant People Support BUs
- Responsible for the development of staff through training, on the job training and coaching
- Support the implementation of the People plan initiatives within the team and centre/BU.
- Maintain and enhance employee motivation and engagement.
- Manage audit teams’ performance and implement a culture of performance management.
- Provide mentorship and coaching as required.
- Implement relevant Employment relations processes when employees do no not comply with AGSA policies and values
Stakeholder engagements
- Build strategic and value adding partnerships with key stakeholders both internally and externally that promotes the value of performance audits and integration initiatives
- Liaise with management of the auditee on a regular basis
- Liaise with private audit firms relating to contract out audits
Financial management
- Assist in identifying revenue growth opportunities within the component and optimise its operational expenditure.
- Assist with the formulation of audit budgets.
- Monitor and attain own and team recoverability targets
Ad-hoc duties (Applicable to All JD’s)
- Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the job description as and when required
Skills, Experience & Education
Formal Education
- CA (SA) or ACCA or RGA or CIA qualification
Professional Registration
- Registration with relevant professional body is mandatory.2
Knowledge
- Knowledge about PFMA and MFMA
- Accounting and Auditing legislation and standards or principles
- Knowledge of ISSAI 300 and 3000 is required
Experience
- Completed articles (3 years)
- Minimum 5 years’ experience with at least 2 years’ experience operating at an assistant/junior management level.
Closing Date: 30 January 2026
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Requirement Overview
- The purpose of this role is to support the Business Unit Leader in managing the reputation of the AGSA and enhancing its image and brand. The incumbent must provide support to the BUL in leading and managing the implementation of the stakeholder strategy to support the strategic aspirations of the AGSA. The DBU’L must lead the strategic coordination, monitoring, and reporting of communication related functions. This role involves facilitating stakeholder engagements, and providing leadership in driving the implementation of key communication objectives and ensuring continuous improvements. To support the BUL in enhancing the brand and position the AGSA as leader in South Africa and as an employer of choice and as an organisation that upholds and reflects its mandate with all its stakeholders, in particular its employees, the public sector, the general public, the media, opinion leaders and other relevant stakeholders.
Roles & Responsibilities
Strategic Function
- Provide strategic support the development of the communication strategy of the AGSA.
- Support the development and implementation of the communication functions of the strategy.
- Drive execution and implementation of communications strategic initiatives.
- Promote and manage institutional cooperation within the AGSA and its stakeholders.
- Lead the development of quality content and oversee quality control efforts.
- Support direct reports in the coordination and proactive communication activities of the AGSA.
- Monitor performance against strategic objectives and provide continuous feedback to ensure alignment with organisational goals.
- Manage the reporting of the BU and development of the BSC that aligns with the strategic aspirations of the AGSA and the objectives of the BU.
- Coordinate and provide guidance to senior managers on the implementation of the BU BSC and monitor the implementation of the centre's operational strategies and plans.
Product management
- Contribute to the creation, implementation and measurement of the external communications, stakeholder strategy and programme to promote and protect the image and reputation of the AGSA.
- Design and implement a reputation management programme, identifying key stakeholders and developing a stakeholder engagement programme.
- Lead the implementation a marketing strategy to enhance the AGSA brand.
- Lead the implementation of the content development strategy and ensure its implementation across platforms
- Ensure processes and capacity are built to develop high-quality content for various stakeholder groups
- Quality assure all official AGSA communication products and materials
- Create, manage and measure the success of the content of the AGSA digital platforms
- Lead and deliver service excellence keeping with the AGSA brand
- Negotiate agreements with 3rd party service providers to ensure the lowest cost and highest quality of service
- Develop an understanding and awareness of the internal communications needs within and across the AGSA and its provincial offices
- Design, implement and coordinate all internal communication initiatives, delivering timely and effective communications across the AGSA
- Promote knowledge exchange in the AGSA and employee engagement
- Develop and maintain a calendar of events and implement a system that enables long-term planning and effective event management for the AGSA’s events
- Conduct comprehensive environmental scans that include media and stakeholder issues
- Drive the knowledge and information architecture that facilitates the sharing of information internally and, where appropriate, with external stakeholders
- Monitor spending and ensure effective use of the financial resources of the unit
- Conduct surveys and manage the response to the insights to ensure good maintenance and improvement of the baseline
- Lead and manage strategic projects ensuring that all initiatives align with the AGSA’s vision and are delivered on time and within scope
- Provide project management support for critical initiatives, ensuring successful completion in line with stakeholder expectations
- Track and report on progress on Communications initiatives, providing regular updates to BUL Communication and other Business Unit Leaders
Stakeholder Management
- Coordinate, monitor and report on the implementation of the Business Unit and organisational stakeholder engagement plan in line with the AGSA Accountability Ecosystem Policy Framework
- Lead and support the DAG in his stakeholder management efforts
- Lead the reporting and monitoring, and provide guidance on the influence goal initiatives and ensure adequate application of the framework
- Develop and execute in collaboration with ABUs the thought leadership programme that promotes the work of the AGSA
- Engage with internal and external stakeholders as per the engagement plan
- Research the level of stakeholder satisfaction with both internal and external stakeholders
- Develop relations with all ABUs to ensure free flow of information for management of internal communication, marketing initiatives and content development
- Identify new stakeholders and introduce them to ABUs, and outline the business imperative that mobilises them to be active participants in the accountability ecosystem
People Management
- Lead the development and facilitation of an employee culture plan that promotes employee wellness and encourages productivity
- Manage together with BUL the performance of senior managers and ensure that they implement innovative and proactive communication that enhances the AGSA's reputation
- Coordinate and monitor the implementation of BU transformation strategies
- Implement and drive a strong ethical culture, champion awareness, also deal with ethical breaches in a decisive manner
- Create an inclusive culture and greater cooperation in which all individuals can contribute and perform
- Contribute to the AGSA realising the people strategy strategic aspirations
Financial Management
- Monitor budget spending and ensure effective use of resources
- Ensure that BU deliverables are executed economically, efficiently and effectively in terms of recoverability and productivity
- Inspire, motivate and empower staff to be accountable for decisions and actions that impact the BU’s performance
- Communicate balanced scorecard requirements during vision achievement/organisation alignment and other sessions
- Address and guide team members on matters affecting the BU's reputation and performance
- Facilitate and monitor the implementation of a BU transformation plan
- Ensure an effective training programme is maintained for staff members
- Monitor and track team performance and talent
Other responsibilities (Applicable to All JD’s)
- Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments delegated by the Business Unit Leader not stipulated in the role profile description as and when required
Skills, Experience & Education
Formal Education
- This position requires Minimum qualification of a Bachelor’s Degree/ Post Graduate Diploma in Communication/ Marketing/ Public Relations. Registration with a Relevant Professional body will be an added advantage
Experience
- Minimum 8 to 10 years’ experience in public relations and marketing, of which at least 5 years should have been at a senior management/ higher level. Proven track record and experience in communications, content development, marketing campaigns, and internal communication as an added advantage.
Closing Date: 31 January 2026
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