Senior Specialist : Risk and Compliance Management at Council for Geoscience (CGS)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and implement the Risk strategy and annual enterprise risk management plan.
• Development, implementation and maintenance of an enterprise risk management framework and supporting policies and procedures.
• Develop and implement the Fraud Prevention policy.
• Develop and update strategic and operational risk registers.
• Facilitate annual risk assessment workshops (Strategic and Operational).
• Facilitate the operationalisation of risk management within the organisation, support business units in the undertaking of risk assessments as well as the development and deployment of risk mitigation strategies.
• Challenge and validate risks identified and assessed by the Business Units.
• Assists Executive management to set and implement risk tolerance levels for the organisation.
• Work with Business Units to drive Business Continuity Management (BCM).
• Chairing of the Operational Risk and Business Continuity Committees.
• Monitor and report on operational and strategic risk management issues in collaboration with business units.
• Guide and monitor accurate reporting on control effectiveness, status of the risks and progress of corrective action implementation.
• Reporting progress on implementation of risk action plans to the Audit and Risk Committee.
• Assist business units in developing and monitoring Key Risk Indicators.
• Facilitate and guide scientific operations with regards to project risk management
• Facilitate the sourcing and deployment of the enterprise risk management information system (database) across the organisation.
• Be the custodian of the electronic Risk Management tool.
• Analyse and report risk incidents and propose mitigating strategies.
• Develop and roll out risk management training plans.
• Develop and maintain reports for operational risk management training.
• Identify critical risks facing business units and the organisation.
• Propose appropriate strategies and interventions to achieve the organisational goals.
• Ensure efficient management, control and compliance with all national legislation and organisation specific policies, procedures and regulations.
• Keep abreast of changes in the risk management field and share new and improved methodologies with the organisation.
• Assist the organisation on ad hoc duties as they may arise.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Grade 12; and
• B-degree in Risk Management or equivalent qualification. 
• Post Graduate Degree will be an added advantage.
• Registration with relevant Risk Management body will be advantageous.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• 5 – 7 years Risk Management experience preferably within the public sector.
• Experience in the development of the risk policy, strategy and risk register.
• Practical knowledge of risk management methodologies.
• People management experience.
• Computer literacy.
• Report writing skills.