Post: Business Analyst

Centre: Chief Directorate: Information Communication Technology, Head Office

Reference No: HR 4/19/09/11 HO

Salary: All inclusive: R 733 257 per annum

Enquiries: Mr. E Nowosiad, Tel :( 012) 309 4990

Requirements: Three (3) year tertiary qualification in Information Communication Technology.  Certified Tester foundation level certification. Five (5) years experience in ICT environment with System Testing Methodologies and System delivery cycle.  Knowledge: Public Financial Management Act ● Prescribed technical standards and procedures ● HR policy ● Public Service Act● Public Service Regulations● Basic Conditions of Employment Act● Labour Relations Act ● Project Management Principles● Database design. Skills: ● Analytical thinking ●Competent to work at the highest technical level of most phases of systems analysis ● Excellent verbal and written communication ● Coaching, Mentoring and training ●Team player ● Problem solving ● Ability to work under tight deadlines and handle multiple assignments● Ability to influence at all levels of the organization● Sound knowledge of Service Orientated Architecture● Negotiation.

Duties: ●Elicit and analyse business, system and date requirements to compile documentation for business solutions ● Consolidate, verify and facilitate the approval of business and system requirements ●Participate and provide inputs during solution delivery life cycle ●Identify training and development requirements of end users ●Assess and resolve or reassign incident and problem management support of existing applications. 

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 01 October 2019 at 16:00

Applications must be submitted on form Z83, obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the internet at www.gov.za/documents. The fully completed and signed form Z83 should be accompanied by a recently updated, comprehensive CV as well as recently certified  copies of all qualification(s) including a Senior Certificate and ID-document [Driver’s license where applicable]. Non-RSA Citizens/Permanent Resident Permit Holders must attach a copy of their Permanent Residence Permits to their applications. Should you be in possession of a foreign qualification, it must be accompanied by an evaluation certificate from the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA). Applicants who do not comply with the above-mentioned requirements, as well as applications received late, will not be considered. The Department does not accept applications via fax or email. Failure to submit all the requested documents will result in the application not being considered. Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only. If you have not been contacted within eight (8) weeks after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Suitable candidates will be subjected to a personnel suitability check (criminal record, citizenship, credit record checks, qualification verification and employment verification). Where applicable, candidates will be subjected to a skills/knowledge test. All shortlisted candidates for SMS posts will be subjected to a technical competency exercise that intends to test relevant technical elements of the job, the logistics of which be communicated by the Department. Following the interview and technical exercise, the selection panel will recommend candidates to attend generic managerial competencies using the mandated DPSA SMS competency assessment tools. Successful candidates will be appointed on a probation period of 12 months. The Department reserves the right not to make any appointment(s) to the above post. The successful candidate will be expected to sign a performance agreement. The Department of Labour is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer. The employment decision shall be informed by the Employment Equity Plan of the Department. It is the Department’s intention to promote equity (race, gender and disability) through the filling of this post(s) with a candidate whose transfer / promotion / appointment will promote representativity in line with the numerical targets as contained in our Employment Equity Plan. 

Applications: Chief Director: Human Resources Management: Private Bag X 117, Pretoria, 

0001 Or hand deliver at 215 Francis Baard Street.

For Attention: Sub-directorate: Human Resources Operations, Head Office

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