(1877) Senior Information Management Specialist

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Take responsibility for business-as-usual (BAU) resource planning and management to ensure effective delivery and business continuity by balancing demand and supply across projects.

• Develop secure lifecycle management, storage and processing pipelines for national statistical assets by coordinating and integrating information management practices and business processes.

• Develop standards, frameworks, guidelines, processes and procedures for the various data management capabilities within the department, the economic statistics domain and the National Statistical System (NSS).

• Drive the implementation of data management standards, data definitions and access rules to ensure consistent application across the department, the economic statistics domain and the NSS.

• Establish data management indicators to monitor and track logged data- and economic statistics-related issues.

• Manage and coordinate the overall data management maturity assessment within the department, the economic statistics domain and the NSS.

• Identify deliverables, resource and skills requirements, and data-related technologies for data management frameworks and standards to meet business demands.

• Provide input into the development of business continuity and recovery plans for implementation during outages and disasters.

• Partner closely with the compilers of related frameworks and standards, including GSIM, GSBPM, SASQAF and DMBOK, to ensure alignment with relevant statistical and data management related standards and practices.

• Provide integrated reporting on enterprise information management (EIM) operations, including governance structures, projects, demand management and BAU activities.

• Manage the performance and development of direct reports and support the career development of employees in the unit.

To be considered for this position, candidates must have:

• at least an honours degree (NQF level 8) in computer engineering, computer science, informatics, management information systems or a related field;

• a relevant data management certification, such as Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) Practitioner certification;

• at least eight to ten years’ relevant experience in data and information management; and 

• at least two to three years’ experience in supervising or managing a team.

Additional requirements include:

• knowledge and skill in:

  • industry, organisational and business awareness;

  • continuous learning and/or professional development;

  • quality assurance;

  • continuous improvement;

  • business continuity planning;

  • information management strategy;

  • enterprise information management legislation, governance, risk and compliance;

  • enterprise information reporting;

  • enterprise information management project management;

  • change management;

  • information management;

  • enterprise information management skills development; and

  • business intelligence software such as MicroStrategy, Pyramid, OBISS, MicroSoft Power BI.