Company:
The South African Revenue Service (SARS)
Industry: Government
Deadline: Not specified
Job Type: Contract
Location: Gauteng
State: Pretoria
Field: Law / Legal
Job Purpose
- To be responsible for coordinating the activities of vetting, screening and conflict of interest functions, in order to optimise compliance to SARS moral and ethical standards through the identification and mitigation of people risks, investigation of non-compliance and execution of the security vetting function as well as assessing and managing conflicts of interest in SARS.
Education and Experience
Minimum Qualification & Experience Required
- Higher Certificate in Human Resources, Business Administration, Social Science and Legal (NQF 5) AND 2 years’ experience in administration, ethics and conflict-of-interest analysis.
#Alternative
- Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 3 years’ experience in administration, ethics and conflict-of-interest analysis.
The alternative qualifications and experience refers to internal minimum requirements
Minimum Functional Requirements
- Exposure to vetting, screening and conflict-of-interest analysis
Job Outputs:
Process
- Ensure quality of work content, quick turnaround, prioritise, minimise mistakes and continuously improve quality, service and standards.
- Communication of transactional outputs and queries in area of work.
- Deliver on contracted performance objectives according to set procedures and agreed service level agreements.
- Embrace change initiatives and positively contribute to the success thereof within area of accountability.
- Identify problems, apply known solutions in line with procedures or guidelines and escalate unresolved problems.
- Plan and organise own work in an effective and efficient manner to reach agreed performance objectives.
- Report on transactional activity progression within set guidelines to provide timely information for decision making in area of accountability.
- Carry out integrity and ethics compliance assessments, report on identified gaps and recommend corrective actions.
- Conduct vetting on the creditors and make recommendations on the approval or denial of the credit limit to the creditors.
- Maintain a control log and actively follow up on information requested from internal and external parties to ensure timeous delivery.
- Ensure smooth external liaison and coordination with other government departments and third parties.
- Create and maintain a confidential filing system, control and retrieval of documents for the Office of the Commissioner and/or Chief Officer.
- Planning and scheduling of interviews with relevant references, as per individual vetting need.
- Conduct interviews in accordance with State Security Agency (SSA) standards and SARS Vetting Policy and Standard Operating Procedure
- Collect all applicable vetting information related to integrity and risk profile of an individual.
- Complete vetting report in accordance with the prescribed standards.
- Perform a preliminary analysis of data collated and identify issues for review.
- Assist with the communication initiatives to improve data quality awareness and acceptance by stakeholders.
- Conduct regular follow up of functional performance/progress against agreed deliverables.
- Conduct mathematical and statistical analysis on data quality to discover patterns indicating potential data quality issues.
- Conduct daily, weekly and monthly planning and monitoring against functional and divisional plans.
- Analyse cleaned data using review and feedback tool and scan all relevant sources of data.
- Ensure protection and security of files and records.
- Assist business with the enforcement of data quality requirements through the monitoring of data quality trends.
Governance
- Comply with and adhere to identified governance and compliance standards and escalate problems for investigation and resolution.
- Comply with data validation, integrity and governance processes and produce reports, monitor results and take appropriate action as needed.
People
- Drive own performance and development to achieve and improve on work outputs in line with required response time, quality and service delivery standards.
- Continuously assess own performance, seek timely and clear feedback and request training where appropriate.
Finance
- Adhere to specified policies, standards, legislation and procedures to prevent wastage on resources, unauthorised expenditure and wasteful expenditure and report violations.
- Ensure the recording and safe keeping of all functional assets in accordance with set policy and process.
Client
- Contribute to a culture of service excellence, which builds positive relationships and provides opportunity for feedback and exceptional service.
- Ensure own understanding and adherence to customer service delivery to meet or exceed customer expectations.
Behavioural competencies
- Honesty and Integrity
- Fairness and Transparency
- Accountability
- Trust
- Respect
Technical competencies
- Functional Policies and Procedures
- Governance, Ethics and Values
- Standard Operating Procedure Compliance
