The Individual will primarily be responsible for, but not limited to the following:

• Develop an integrated Risk Management framework with primary purpose to help the NHBRC to mitigate risks and obtain both the positive and negative potential risks involved.
• Strategically & effectively position enterprise risk management ensuring governance, legal and regulatory compliance.
• Monitor changes within the statutory provisions and national standards to ensure strategic organisational legal and regulatory compliance.
• Direct the necessary activities to ensure compliance with corporate governance – PFMA, King III and other legislative provision.
• Assists the Council and Executives to establish and communicate NHBRC’s ERM objectives and direction.
• Implements appropriate risk reporting to the Council, ARMCO, CEO, Executive Committee, and Senior Management.
• Facilitate managers to develop reporting protocols, including quantitative and qualitative thresholds, and monitor the reporting process.
• Establish and manage enterprise-wide information Security risk management programme by instituting on-going risk assessment, strategic planning, implementation, communication, training and awareness activities in response to identified risk areas.
• Monitor, report and analyse risk, legal and compliance management processes, exposures and trends – Guide and facilitate Risk, Legal and Compliance related Committees, attendance and charter adherence.
• Monitor and analyse risk, legal and compliance trends within business environment – Monitor the resolution status and effectiveness of risk, legal and compliance actions – Independently monitor management of all risk, legal and compliance – Represent the organisation in communicating risk, legal and compliance issues to the business and stakeholders – Ensure that indicators and reports map to the NHBRC Corporate Strategy and Performance Plan – Ensure that all internal and external reporting and monitoring requirements are maintained.
• Executive oversight of Budgets and Capital Expenditures.
• Strategic Stakeholder Relationships Management.
• Encouraging and creating a risk awareness culture within NHBRC and communicating the Risk Management policy, strategy and methodology.
• Ensure compliance to Public Finance Management Act, Corporate Governance and other relevant Treasury regulations requirements; and
• Provide executive oversight of Human Capital Management for the Risk Management team.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• An appropriate Honours B degree or equivalent (NQF 7) preferably in Risk Management, Commerce, LLB, or Administration.
• Certification in Risk Management, CA, CIA will be highly advantageous.
• Minimum 5 years’ risk management, audit or compliance auditing in a larger organisation with at least 3 years’ experience in a senior management position.
• Proven leadership experience and has managed risk management teams.
• Strong exposure in investments and insurance business.
• Hands on and practical experience in applying risk management tools and techniques such as modelling, stress tests, predictive and statistical analysis.
• An up-to-date understanding of and a strong commitment to good corporate governance and other regulatory reporting requirements.
• Effective organizing and management skills.
• An understanding of the PFMA, National Treasury Regulations, Labour Relations Act.
• Understanding of Global and National Treasury Risk Management Frameworks.
• Membership to the Institute of Risk Management will be an added advantage.
• Sound understanding and working experience with Enterprise Risk Management practices and philosophy.
• Strategic planning skills that involve setting up ERM.
• Strong negotiation, project management, analytical, decision making and interpersonal skills dealing with diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.