Job Description

The main purpose of this position is to facilitate and advance business resilience discipline within Business Solutions and Technology Department (BSTD) and Information and Technology (I&T) ecosystem throughout the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Group by building appropriate resilience capability.

Detailed description

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

• Develop, influence and maintain I&T operational resilience procedures, checklists, models, frameworks and templates that address third- and n-th party dependencies, concentration risks and geopolitical exposures in line with the SARB’s resilient policies, frameworks and relevant legislation.

• Facilitate and drive the implementation of the SARB’s I&T operational resilience framework.

• Provide subject-matter expertise to relevant entities and stakeholders to embed a business resilience culture and create adequate awareness.

• Analyse and understand the BSTD business environment and I&T ecosystem to guide the identification of resilience requirements, including risks related to supplier concentration, geopolitical instability and emerging technologies.

• Prepare and run strategic and operational resilience assessment workshops and compile workshop outcomes, including risk and opportunity treatment plans and strategies.

• Manage the implementation of I&T strategic and operational resilience treatment action plans and report on their progress and impact on risks to the Strategic and Operational Resilience Division (SORD) within the Risk Management and Compliance Department (RMCD) and relevant stakeholders.

• Coordinate and facilitate the process of validating, maintaining and reviewing business resilience capabilities across BSTD and I&T ecosystem throughout the SARB Group.

• Coordinate and facilitate the process of developing and implementing business resilience response strategies across BSTD, I&T operations and services or third- and n-th parties.

• Develop new I&T approaches, methods, analytical techniques, models and procedures to manage risk across BSTD and I&T ecosystem, in collaboration RMCD.

• Oversee coordination between business resilience and related integrated risk management, cyber and information technology resilience, crisis management and response activities while promoting an adaptive governance culture across BSTD and I&T ecosystem.

• Identify training needs, conduct and coordinate operational resilience training to develop skills and capabilities across BSTD.

• Research and benchmark against I&T resilience and risk management best practices and participate in related working groups to support SARB Group initiatives.

• Act as a business continuity management (BCM) coordinator for BSTD, participating in disaster recovery tests to ensure resilience of I&T operations.

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• an Honours’ degree in Information & Technology Risk Management or any other relevant NQF 8 qualification;

• ITIL/BCI certification;

• 8−10 years of experience in the relevant environment (BCM, IT and Risk).

Additional requirements include:

• industry, organisational and business knowledge;

• quality assurance knowledge;

• continuous improvement knowledge;

• business continuity management knowledge;

• Continued learning and/or professional development knowledge

• risk management principles, tools, methodologies, frameworks, policies and

  processes knowledge;

• risk management strategy and planning knowledge;

• risk identification, analysis and assessment knowledge;

• risk mitigation and management knowledge;

• risk monitoring and reporting skills;

• project management;

• international BCM best practice guidelines knowledge;

• risk management knowledge;

• basic audit knowledge;

• fintechknowledge;

• operational resilience;

• cyber security and information and communications technology;

• drive for results;

• impact and influence;

• building and managing complexity;

• conceptual thinking;

• attention to detail; and

• presentation and facilitation skills.

In line with the SARB’s commitment to diversifying its workforce, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups. People with disabilities are welcome to apply.

The SARB offers remuneration and benefits commensurate with the level of the position and in line with the market. The level at which the successful applicant will be appointed will depend on his/her competence and experience.

Human Resources Department