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

• Develop and implement a project risk management framework, methodology and templates to ensure a standard approach to managing project risks across the SARB Group.
• Develop project risk quality criteria and perform quality reviews on project risk assessments done for projects outside of the executive portfolio.
• Provide project risk management input into the enterprise-wide project management framework and to the project management system(s).
• Facilitate comprehensive risk assessments regularly for wide cross-cutting portfolio risks and ensure that risk response plans are executed.
• Facilitate risk assessments for strategic initiatives and tier 1 in the executive portfolio, and ensure that risk response plans are executed.
• Monitor and ensure that risk response plans are executed by the risk owners at the appropriate time.
• Analyse and understand the SARB’s environment (internal and external) in order to support and guide the identification of risks and opportunities to enable decision making.
• Prepare presentations and reports on portfolio, programme and project risks for the relevant governance forums and committees (applies to both hub and spoke).
• Conduct onboarding training for the project management community on related risk frameworks.
• Develop risk awareness campaigns to educate stakeholders and to influence behaviour, and drive the importance of effective risk management practices within the project management community.
• Identify and coordinate project risk management training needs across the SARB Group and conduct related training.
• Analyse risk data and information on the various project risk registers to identify trends and commonalities, create qualitative risk reporting, and derive reliable business intelligence/insights for management to enable decision making.
• Communicate risk management strategies and the importance of adhering to risk management policies throughout the SARB Group.
• Work closely with project management stakeholders to provide support and information for the various project-related forums, meetings and steering committees.
• Consolidate, maintain and report on project risk issues for the SARB Group.
• Research and benchmark leading risk management processes and developments, and propose improvements accordingly.
• Drive a positive culture within the division and department.

Qualifications

Job requirements

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

• at least an Honours degree in Auditing, Project Management or Risk Management, or any other relevant NQF 8 degree; and
• at least 8–10 years of relevant and practical experience in the auditing, project management or risk management field.

Additional requirements include:

• sound knowledge of risk management frameworks, processes, standards and practice;
• thorough knowledge of the ISO 31000 Risk Management Framework;
• thorough knowledge of the King Code of Governance Principles for South Africa;
• process and/or project risk management skills;
• experience in the use of relevant risk management computer software applications;
• good working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite (e.g. Word, Excel and PowerPoint);
• proven facilitation and presentation skills;
• strong leadership and management skills;
• excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written), including report writing;
• stakeholder engagement and management skills; 
• proven scribing or minute-taking skills;
• the ability to function independently (being a ‘self-starter’);
• the ability to conduct research, analysis and benchmarking;
• attention to detail;
• good time management skills;
• flexibility to initiate or adopt new ways of working, adapting approaches as appropriate to changing business requirements;
• the ability to multitask and prioritise tasks; and
• being delivery-orientated.