Chief Information Officer Position `
REFERENCE NUMBER: ADAHRM02/2025
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Job Title |
Chief Information Officer |
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Location |
5 Cascades Crescent, Pietermaritzburg |
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Salary Level |
12 (DPSA Salary Scale) |
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Type of Employment |
3 Years (Fixed Term Contract) |
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Reporting Line |
General Manager |
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Unit |
Corporate Services |
Minimum Requirements:
- Must have completed Matric.
- Bsc in Computer Science or relevant IT qualification.
- 3-4 years related IT experience.
- Valid driver’s license.
Knowledge, Skill & Competences
- Information Technology support.
- Manage the technical aspects of the website,
- Hardware and Software Support
- Data management and recovery
- Development and implementation of IT Disasters Recovery Plan
- Implementation of Electronic Document and Record Management System (EDRMS)
- Development and Implementation of IT security policy and IT controls, access, general and application controls.
- Development of Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) System for ADA.
- Manage network security LAN and WAN (firewall, Servers switches and desktop)
Key Performance Areas:
· To Lead IT strategic and operational planning to achieve ADA goals by fostering innovation, prioritizing IT initiatives, and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future IT systems across organization.
- Develop and maintain an appropriate IT organizational structure that supports the needs of the business.
- Establish IT departmental goals, objectives and operating procedures.
- Identify opportunities for the appropriate and cost-effective investment of financial resources in IT systems, and resources, including staffing, sourcing, purchasing and in-house development.
- Develop, track and control the information technology annual operating and capital budgets.
- Development business case justifications and cost/benefit analyses for IT spending and initiatives.
- Direct development and execution of an enterprise of an enterprise-wide disaster recovery and business continuity plan.
- Ensure continuous delivery of IT services through oversight of service level agreements with end users and monitoring of IT systems performance.
- Assess and make recommendations on the improvement or re-engineering of the IT organization.
- Design and implement Information Management System for ADA;
- Develop reporting formats (including maps based on internal and external needs);
- Establish and manage internal information management systems;
- Provide accurate and timeous reports to the Board, senior management and other relevant stakeholders
- Support other organizational functions, like Monitoring and Evaluation and Organizational Performance Management processes;
- Establish and manage the physical and digital registries;
- Manage outsourced services
- Establish strategic partnerships with service providers;
- Align Information Technology risk management with enterprise wide risk management;
- Define and adjust Information Technology standards and technologies;
- Optimise costs of services through a mix of internal and external resources;
- Review all computerised and manual systems, information processing equipment and software for acquisition;
- Provide overall management of all computer and communication activities within ADA; and interact with senior management to monitor and validate ADA’s compliance with its security policies.
- Adhoc duties required by the incumbent’s supervisor.
Suitable candidates will be selected with the intention of promoting representativity.
Note:
- All applicants are subject to the signing of performance agreement;
- ADA reserves the right not to appoint any applicant to the above position.
- Preference will be given to members of designated group
- Females and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply
- Applications must be submitted in the following manner:
- A covering letter indicating the reference number and the post that you are applying for, together with a brief motivation
- NB:A Comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (Previous experience must be comprehensively detailed
- NB: Certified copies will be requested once shortlisted.
- Failure to submit the requested documents will result in the application being disqualified.
- Full names, addresses and telephone numbers of three work related referees.
- If you are applying for more than one post, please submit a separate application for each post.
NB: Failure to comply with the above instructions will disqualify applicants
Enquiries: Mr Jerry Mfusi Closing Date: 20 November 2025
Telephone: 033 347 8600
Should you not hear from ADA 8 weeks after the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful
Interested applicants are requested to submit their applications exclusively via the email address provided: admin@tamdeco.co.za
Please note that all applications must be submitted electronically to this designated email address. Physical or hard copy submissions will not be accepted.