New Job Opening: Business Intelligence Development in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality

1. Systems & Platform Development

• Plans and develops a single, automated platform for Business Intelligence across Merchants


• Analyses business requirements to ensure the database platform is stable, functional, and available


• Equips all operations to effectively use the system and interpret the information provided


• Documents all system processes, policies, and procedures related to databases and statistical information to ensure standardisation across Merchants

2. Reporting

• Develops and automates reports that reflect Merchants’ organisational performance


• Creates reports that support effective decision-making across Merchants


• Facilitates information analysis and report development for business units


• Identifies best practices in report design and automation


• Researches appropriate business intelligence tools for Merchants


• Provides business intelligence support to enable business improvement

3. People Management

Leadership

• Leads by example and lives the organisational values


• Ensures the department is fully equipped to handle workload and distributes work effectively


• Coaches team members to understand the consequences of errors


• Creates a collaborative environment that fosters teamwork and cooperation


• Builds awareness of Merchants’ strategic objectives and ensures alignment within the department


• Communicates effectively and builds strong working relationships


• Ensures consistent compliance with company policies, procedures, corporate governance, and relevant legislation

Attraction & Selection

• Ensures appropriate staffing and takes action where required


• Identifies the need for new positions and makes recommendations to management and HR


• Selects and places candidates in line with agreed recruitment and selection processes

Retention

• Develops and empowers employees, recognising and rewarding value-added performance

Training & Development

• Continuously upskills and motivates staff through leadership, mentoring, coaching, and performance improvement


• Implements individual development plans and monitors training needs

Career Pathing & Succession Planning

• Identifies, manages, and develops talent

Performance Management

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  • Sets quantitative and qualitative performance objectives for direct reports
  
  
  • Ensures individual performance objectives are aligned, documented, and reviewed regularly
  
  
  • Conducts bi-annual performance reviews and addresses underperformance with corrective action where required
  
  
  
  

Qualification and Experience:

• B.Comm in Information Systems or BSc in Computer Science


• 5–8 years’ experience in Business Intelligence design


• Minimum 2 years’ experience in data warehousing and automation


• Minimum 3 years’ experience working with SQL