Remuneration: Market related
Location: Sandringham
- Inspire a sense of vision, purpose and direction.
- Build organizational capability to deliver greater results. Exemplifies personal drive and integrity by adhering and promoting NHLS values and aligning processes accordingly.
- Understand organisation’s direction and role within government and align activities with NHLS strategies.
Closing date: Monday, 31 December 2024
- Master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related. OR
- MBA with Honours in Information Technology, Computer Science or related.
- Fifteen (15) years of IT experience with a proven track record.
- Of which five (5) years must have been spent at an executive management level within the IT environment.
- Professional certification such as CISA (certified information systems auditor), CISM (Certified Information Security Manager), CGEIT ( certified in governance of enterprise IT), ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) will be advantageous.
- Evidence of experience in implementation of IT best practices in areas of Service Management. IT Governance, Software Development Life Cycle and Enterprise Architecture.
- Evidence in managing a large departmental or unit budget.
- Aware of the client’s needs and expectations and how this informs internal processes and deliverables.
- Well versed on the marketplace and aware of how strategies and tactics may be applied to optimize business success.
- Business acumen and understanding of health care environment.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with problem solving and decision making.
- Strategic thinking ability.
- To contribute as a member of the Executive Management Team.
- Formulating and directing the Company’s IT strategy and ensure implementation.
- Aligning IT with Business initiatives with business objectives.
- Communicate and market the value of IT and manage the value perceptions.
- Manage IT economics to drive down operational costs, creating capacity for initiatives and innovation (both business and IT).
- Drive technology effectiveness and efficiency to improve information management and enable rapid response to changing business requirements.
- Transforming business processes for automation and adaptability, modernizing business applications for services re-use, and providing a cost-efficient, flexible IT infrastructure.
- Manage risk through ensuring IT continuity, resilience, compliance and security (including cyber-security) to safeguard assets and help minimize negative financial exposure.
- Create an information platform that becomes the powerhouse of the organization providing updated and comprehensive data management.
- Responsible for establishing the organization’s information technology vision and leading all aspects of technology development, according to NHLS strategic direction and objectives.
- Responsible for the databases and applications across the enterprise the interpretation and/ implementation thereof.
- Set key performance indicators for technology delivery and introduce progressive measurement opportunities and tools.
- Responsible for IT Governance and Management Framework.
- Position the organization competitively as a leading healthcare data powerhouse through the development of innovative and progressive IT strategies and business solutions.
- Responsible for IT best practices and ensure IT systems availability, incident and problem management, capacity and configuration management, maintenance and support.
- Manage IT sourcing, vendor management and ensure cost efficiency and value add. Manage and maintain optimal relationships with all stakeholders.
- Stay a breast of IT changes and developmental work with other members of the executive team to ensure implementation of new technologies in line with specific business needs.
- To develop and oversee the management of operational and capex expenditure and budgets within IT, to ensure the most effective utilisation of financial resources in accordance with the PFMA.
