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POST 09/282 : DEPUTY DIRECTOR: IT GOVERNANCE, PROJECTS AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT

🏒 PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION: NORTH-WEST πŸ“ Mmabatho ⏳ Closes: 27 Mar 2026 🧾 Post: 09/282 # Ref: NWP/OOP/2026/14 Job Purpose: To implement corporate governance and manage IT Projects and policy development

Key details

Salary
R896 436 β€’ per annum β€’ package
Centre
Mmabatho
Reference
NWP/OOP/2026/14 Job Purpose: To implement corporate governance and manage IT Projects and policy development
Closing date
27 Mar 2026
Apply email
ooprecruitment7@nwpg.gov.za

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Overview
Lead the development and management of IT governance, policies, and projects to ensure effective ICT service delivery and compliance within the department.

Requirements

Competencies

  • Public service Act and regulations
  • Project management principles
  • International best practices
  • IT Policy development
  • ICT corporate governance frameworks. IT Audits
  • Total Quality Management
  • ICT contract management
  • vendor relationship management
  • Strategic Management and Risk Auditing. Computer literacy skills in MS Teams
  • MS SharePoint
  • MS Outlook
  • MS AZURE AD
  • Excel
  • Word
  • power point. Technical Reporting
  • Presentation
  • Project management skills. Quality control and assurance skills. IT Support and service delivery
  • Problem solving
  • Interpersonal relationship
  • Strategic and financial planning
  • Report writing
  • good communication. Ability to apply and interpret policy
  • Research
  • and ability to work independently and as a team leader.

Duties

Drive the development of departmental technology standards, policies, procedures to ensure compliance with DPSA/Government-wide ICT prescripts customised according to departmental requirements.

Manage governance processes and performance metrics to ensure ICT delivers value to the department; Develop and define the IT Service Management policy to implement and manage the quality of ICT Services that meets business needs and serves as the ICT functional commitment to the departments.

Manage, ICT contracts and service level agreements with service providers: Manage all ICT- related business risks, including findings; Enable the department to achieve its strategic mandate (current and future capabilities) and objectives by aligning business, and IT plans; Enable the department to achieve all ICT investments’ predetermined value and benefits; Manage financial, human resources, business plans, and reporting processes; Manage the departmental ICT assets; Optimise expenditure and eliminate duplication of ICT solutions and associated technologies; Manage Enterprise agreements, Business Agreements (BA) and Services Level Agreements with SITA and Microsoft.

The implementation and monitoring of Change Controls.

Manage and report on All ICT related projects, portfolio and programmes.

Participate in the Office of the Premier ICT structures e.g. budget committee, GITO council, ICT Steering Committee, etc.


How to apply

Email: ooprecruitment7@nwpg.gov.za

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