Salary Package: R 911 385 – R 1 367 077 TCTC p.a. (including all benefits)
Purpose of the position: Reporting to the Senior Manager: Strategy, Performance, Risk & Administration the role will formulate and implement risk strategies, frameworks and mitigation plans to manage risk exposure across the JDA and facilitate the provision of organisational risk and integrity management services.
Key Responsibilities: Risk Management & Governance: • Develop the risk management strategy • Design and manage the implementation of risk initiatives across the various functional units of the JDA to ensure a culture of compliance and risk management in our environment • Develop frameworks to identify, measure and mitigate all JDA corporate and development risks • Develop and implement Business Continuity Management (BCM) Programme (i.e. BCM Policy, BCM Framework, Business Impact Assessment, Business Continuity Risk Identification and Assessment, Business Continuity Management Plans).
Compliance Management: • Develop, initiate, maintain, and revise policies and procedures for the general operation of the Ethics and Compliance Program and its related activities to prevent illegal, unethical, or improper conduct •Report to governance structures (Exco, ARC, Social & Ethics, HR & Remco, CoJ Governance) on risk, compliance, fraud and ethics • Provide leadership and guidance on potential areas of risk and compliance management and ethics related matters to the JDA management and all officials of JDA •Manage day-to-day operations of the Compliance Management Program • Act as an independent reviewer and evaluation body to ensure that compliance Issues/ concerns within the organisation are being appropriately evaluated, investigated and resolved •Provide employee training on compliance related topics, policies, or procedures •Provide timeous updates of applicable legislative and regulative compliance obligations and communicate such to affected departments.
Anti-Fraud & Anti Corruption Programme Management: • Develop the Fraud Risk Management Policy, Whistle-Blowing Policy, Fraud Prevention Plan and Response Strategy • Implement the Fraud Prevention Plan and Response Strategy and evaluate the effectiveness of implementation • Represent the Entity in Anti-Corruption Structures within the City-Wide governance structures and Province •Report all incidents of fraud and corruption •Liaise with relevant stakeholders (e.g. other investigative units -GRAS, specialists, etc.) • Create awareness of the Legislative Framework regulating anti-corruption and fraud prevention, Fraud prevention and anti-corruption to internal stakeholders, including Management, Board and committees, and also external stakeholders (i.e. service providers) • Establish proper information systems for reporting and recording corruption cases •Provide guidance to managers and staff in reporting fraud risk information •Foster and serve as catalyst of good governance practices at all levels of the JDA.
Education and experience required: • Post graduate / Honours Degree in Risk Management or related; • Minimum 5-7 years experience in Experience in Risk Management, Anti-fraud, Anti-corruption and Compliance management; Minimum 2-3 years of Supervisory or Management experience; Sound Knowledge in Knowledge of Corporate Governance Principles; Sound Knowledge of relevant legislation i.e.Companies Act, MFMA, King IV, Prevention and Combating Corruption Act; Sound Knowledge of ISO 31000 and COSO framework; Sound Knowledge of best practices in compliance management.
Please email a detailed CV in MS Word format to: RiskMgr@jda.org.za.
This is a permanent employment contract. JDA offers a market-related salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Closing date: 05 August 2023
Correspondence will be with short-listed candidates only. Should you not hear from us within 30 days of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful. Johannesburg Development Agency is an equal opportunity employer and position will be filled in line with its EE targets