Senior Advisor: ICT Services

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

JOB PURPOSE

To design and develop programs aimed at improving municipal ICT capability maturity i.r.o of platform applications.

ROLE CONTEXT

To provide advice and guidance to municipalities on how to improve their capabilities iro line of business applications, collaboration systems, data and systems integration, data warehousing and business intelligence

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

Stakeholder Engagement and Business Relationship Management

• Identify opportunities for partnerships and collaboration between the organisation, local government and ICT Industry players
• Facilitate and negotiate business partnerships necessary for enhancement of ICT capacity and capability in local government
• Galvanise support for the development of a Municipal ICT development agenda
• Solicit and obtain funding for Municipal ICT related programmes
• Give presentations at various forums on position in relation to Local Government ICT development

Support and Advisory for Business Productivity and Process Automation

• Define and map process improvement initiatives to be used by Municipalities in organisational development and modernisation efforts
• Promote and advice municipalities on the use of Business Intelligence and analytics to ensure line of sight (dash board) in business operations
• Support Municipalities in aligning IT solutions architecture to organisational strategy
• Assist municipalities with the implementation of an Information Systems (IS) Demand Management Process to govern, review and approve investments and programmes
• Assist municipalities with the development of a Systems development methodology and IS project management framework

Applications Platform Optimisation

• Support and guide Municipalities in the implementation ERP systems
• Assist Municipalities with software audits on ERP systems
• Promote and facilitate enterprise change and identify gaps and associated risks in the implementation of ERP systems
• Assist Municipalities with systems and data integration programmes

Innovation, Research and Analysis

• Identify trends within the specific area of speciality through data collection, literature reviews, networking and participation in learning platforms
• Analysing and interpreting data and the impact of trends in Local Government
• Utilising available data and researching findings to benchmark and continuously improving practices, processes and standards within Local Government ICT
• Researching and identifying tools/ models/ methodology to simplify and enhance the practices, processes and standards within Local Government ICT
• Adapting and influencing the attitude of Municipalities with regard to new developments in improving service delivery
• Monitoring and interpreting legislative requirements related to the area of Local Government ICT and determining the impact and actions required from municipalities

Establishment of Enterprise Architecture Capability

• Drive and position a standardised vision for Enterprise Architecture, which includes the alignment of current and future solutions
• Design, document, evangelise and govern an Enterprise Architecture that is viable, sustainable and aligned to the needs of Local Government

Minimum qualifications and experience

Qualifications:

• The successful candidate must be in possession of a relevant Honours’s degree

Experience:

• At least 7 years work experience of which 4 must have been in a role responsible for strategic planning, implementation and or driving strategic programmes
• Experience in Local Government and/or the public sector will be an added advantage
• Knowledge of financial management & budgeting process

Required skills & competencies

• ICT Governance and Compliance Frameworks
• Governance and Enterprise architecture processes
• Business and process modelling
• Presentation & Public Speaking skills
• Coordination, planning & organising skills
• Communication (Verbal and written including report writing and minutes taking)
• Data modelling
• Requirements management
• Extensive knowledge fundamental analysis methodologies, including BPMN, UML, Use Cases, Process and Information flows
• Knowledge of ITIL
• Knowledge of the Corporate Governance of ICT framework (but national government)
• Understanding of COBIT
• Exposure to work of ICT Steering Committees
• Understanding of Business Analysis, Data Governance,
• Knowledge of Cyber/Information security management frameworks
• Exposure to Digital Transformation projects and developing Digital Strategies
• Experience working in Management Consulting firms, ICT Audit advisory, and/or for the Auditor General