Chief Director: Information Technology

7 months ago

Stellenbosch, South Africa Stellenbosch University Full time

Duties/Pligte
- Developing and aligning the digital ICT strategy with SU's strategy in collaboration with executive management;
- Overseeing institution-wide ICT operations, reporting to the institutional management and governance structures, and managing the IT Division with its large staff complement;
- Aligning SU's ICT policies, regulations and practices with the relevant and proven national and international best practices;
- Identifying, developing and implementing appropriate ICT frameworks, standards, best practices in the ICT and HE sectors, policies and regulations;
- Overseeing the development and management of technology policies and procedures to comply with legislation in respect of data management;
- Operational and tactical planning and management to ensure effective and efficient delivery of ICT services for information systems related to human resource management, financial management, student information management, research information management, learning and teaching management, enterprise content management, facilities management, access control and various electronic communication facilities, such as communication networks, data centres and cloud platforms;
- Planning, implementing and maintaining standard industry practices, such as ICT Architecture, ICT Service Management, ICT Programme and Project Management, IAM and ICT Security Management, ICT Risk Management, Business Analysis, ICT Infrastructure Change Management, Information Systems Life-cycle Management, and ICT Business Resources Management;
- Operational, tactical, and strategic planning and management of cyber security, including cyber risk assessment and mitigation, acquiring and sharing threat intelligence, and disaster preparedness and recovery;
- Overseeing the long-term operating strategy for the IT Division in support of effective and efficient service delivery;
- Operational and financial management and responsible for cost effectiveness;
- Maintaining and developing a professional ICT support staff complement to enhance SU's effective employment of ICT systems;
- Providing ICT-related project management support across the University;
- Representing the University at appropriate internal and external forums.

Die pos bied strategiese inligtings
- en tegniese leierskap aan die Universiteit, in samewerking met ander ondersteuningsafdelings, wat die Universiteit se personeel en studente deur innoverende toepassing van inligting
- en kommunikasietegnologieë in 'n gedigitaliseerde konteks van hoëronderwys bemagtig.
- Ontwikkel en belyn die digitale IKT-strategie met die US se strategie in samewerking met die uitvoerende bestuur;
- Toesighouding die instansie-wye IKT-bedryfspraktyke, rapporteer aan die institusionele bestuurs
- en oorsigstrukture, en bestuur die IT-afdeling met sy uitgebreide personeelkomponent;
- Belyning van die US se IKT-beleid, regulasies en praktyke met die toepaslike en bewese nasionale en internasionale beste praktyke;
- Identifisering, ontwikkeling en implementering van toepaslike IKT-raamwerke, standaarde, beste praktyke in die IKT- en hoëronderwys-sektore, beleide en regulasies;
- Toesighouding oor die ontwikkeling en bestuur van die tegnologiebeleid en -prosedures om aan wetgewing ten opsigte van databestuur te voldoen;
- Operasionele en taktiese beplanning en bestuur om effektiewe en doeltreffende lewering van IKT- dienste te verseker vir inligtingstelsels wat verband hou met menslike hulpbronbestuur, finansiële bestuur, studente-inligtingsbestuur, navorsingsinligtingsbestuur, leer
- en onderrigbestuur, bedryfsinhoudsbestuur, fasiliteitsbestuur, toegangsbeheer en verskeie elektroniese kommunikasiefasiliteite, dit wil sê, kommunikasienetwerke, datasentrums en wolkplatforms;
- Beplanning, implementering en instandhouding van standaard bedryfspraktyke, met inbegrip van IKT-argitektuur, IKT-diensbestuur, IKT-program en Projekbestuur, IAM- en IKT-sekuriteitsbestuur, IKT-risikobestuur, Besigheidsanalise, Bestuur van IKT-infrastruktuurverandering, Lewensiklusbestuur van Inligtingstelsels, en IKT-besigheidshulpbronbestuur;
- Operasionele, taktiese en strategiese beplanning en bestuur van kuberveiligheid, met inbegrip van die assessering en mitigasie van kuberrisiko, die insamel en deel van bedreigingsintelligensie, en ramp-paraatheid en -herstel;
- Toesighouding oor die langtermynbedryfstrategie vir die IT-afdeling ter ondersteuning van effektiewe en doeltreffende dienslewering;
- Operasionele en finansiële bestuur en verantwoordelik vir koste-effektiwiteit;
- Onderhou en ontwikkel 'n professionele IKT-ondersteuningspan om die US se effektiewe gebruik van IKT-stelsels uit te bou;
- Bied IKT-verwante projekbestuursondersteuning regoor die Universiteit;
- Verteenwoordig die Universiteit by toepaslike interne en eksterne forums.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes
- A relevant Master's degree;
- At least ten years' relevant experience in an ICT environment;
- At least five years' experience in ICT sys

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