About the position
In addition to a market related salary, they offer:
- Flexible working options;
- Various types of leave benefits per annum;
- Great opportunities for professional growth through Personal Development Plans, Training, Coaching and Mentorship to help you reach your career goals;
- Pension and Provident Fund contributions;
- Medical aid contributions;
- Life Cover for you and spouse;
- Death benefits;
- Funeral Benefits for you, spouse and children;
- Yearly developmental or study allowance;
- Yearly performance incentives (Not guaranteed);
- Cell Phone allowance (where applicable);
- Standby allowance (where applicable);and
- Employee Assistance Program (24/7 access to multidisciplinary health, legal, and wellness care or support for you and your family members).Requirements for the ideal candidate:
Qualifications
- A relevant ICT university degree is required, relating specifically to Information Technology and Information Systems.
- A relevant post graduate degree is desirable, relating to business administration or other business management
Experience
- A minimum of fifteen (15) years' experience in the ICT field of which five (5) years are in a similar role as a senior manager of an ICT department/ operations department is
- Proven experience of successful strategic ICT planning and
- Demonstrated ability to apply IT in solving business
- Experience with systems design and development from business requirements analysis through to day-to-day management.
- Proven track-record of successful implementation of ICT projects and management of service
- In-depth experience in the use of Microsoft systems, Microsoft software and mobile technology is
- Relevant experience in the perishable produce export industry or a regulatory environment is
- Proven experience and knowledge of cloud technologies, SaaS solutions, outsourcing including negotiating and managing such contracts with
Skills
- The position requires a strategic individual with a hands-on, operational approach that can effectively manage ICT projects to their successful
- To achieve this, the Chief Information Officer should demonstrate:
- Advanced project management, change management and strategy development
- Proficiency in information and communication
- Substantial exposure to data processing, hardware platforms, software applications, and outsourced
- Adept at high-level
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Ability to set and manage priorities
- Ability to lead and manage a high-performance ICT
- Able to manage diversity in a fast-changing
- Well-developed cognitive competence:
- Superior analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving
- ability to apply creative and innovative problem-solving to complex
- ability to sustain big-picture thinking, while maintaining keen attention to
- Negotiations and vendor management
- Well-developed emotional
- Ability to work under
- Highly self-motivated and self-directed.
- Well-developed interpersonal
- Strong influencing and negotiating
- Good listening
- Advanced relationship-management
- Strong service
Knowledge
- Excellent understanding of project management
- Considerable knowledge of business theory, business processes, management and business office operations.
- Fully conversant with principles relating to compiling, analyzing, managing and reporting on a variety of
- Sound understanding of computer systems characteristics, features, and integration
- Familiarity with all mainstream technology products and services will be
- Sound understanding of the workings of national government, e-government, the perishable products industry and the export logistics chain is important.
- Knowledge of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) will also assist towards ensuring good corporate governance, especially in regard to procurement and risk management in the
- In-depth knowledge of applicable laws and regulations as they relate to
- Strong understanding of human resource management principles, practices, and
- Superior understanding of the organization's goals and
Desired Skills:
- Business Strategy
- Strategic Vision
- Innovation
- Leading Change
- Senior Stakeholder Management
- Decision Making
Desired Work Experience:
Desired Qualification Level:
About The Employer:
Our client in the Northern Suburbs of the Western Cape is looking for a Chief Information Officer (CIO) to join the company established in 1926.
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