• To apply architecture principles and practices to guide the organisation through the business, information, process, and technology changes necessary to execute on their strategies.
• Responsible for enterprise architecture including ensuring that the hardware and software architecture plans for the organisation are consistent with the AGSA strategy and ICT strategy.
• Provide strategic inputs to the strategy of the business unit (BU) and manage the output of the centre to ensure implementation of the BU balance score card (BSC) initiatives.
• Aligning IT with business objectives, while effectively managing risk and meeting compliance requirements.

• Obtains organisational commitment to innovation.
• Develops organisational capabilities to drive innovation.
• Leads and plans the development of innovation capabilities and implementation of innovation processes, tools and frameworks.
• Leads the communication and an open flow of creative ideas between interested parties and the set-up of innovation networks and communities.

• Develops organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for business process improvement which allow the organisation to quickly improve and implement business processes to meet business requirements.
• Sets direction and leads in the introduction and use of techniques, methodologies and tools, to meet overall business requirements, ensuring consistency across all user groups.
• Leads and plans business process improvement activities to analyse business processes; identify alternative solutions, assess feasibility, and recommend solutions which exploit new technologies and automation.
• Leads the development of organisational capabilities for business process improvement and ensures adoption and adherence to policies and standards.

• Leads the creation and review of a systems capability strategy that meets the strategic requirements of the business.
• Captures and prioritises market and environmental trends, business strategies and objectives, and identifies the business benefits of alternative strategies.
• Develops enterprise-wide architecture and processes which ensure that the strategic application of change is embedded in the management of the organisation, ensuring the buy-in of all key stakeholders.
• Develops and presents business cases, for high-level initiatives, approval, funding and prioritisation.
• Sets strategies, policies, standards and practices to ensure compliance between business strategies, technology strategies, and enterprise transformation activities.
• Ensures alignment to strategic architecture through the establishment and management of appropriate and relevant architecture forums.
• Defines the current and future technology stack for the AGSA.

• Plans and leads the identification and assessment of new and emerging technologies and the evaluation of the potential impacts, threats and opportunities.
• Creates technology roadmaps which align organisational plans with emerging technology solutions. Engages with, and influences, relevant stakeholders to obtain organisational commitment to technology roadmaps.
• Develops organisational guidelines for monitoring emerging technologies.
• Collaborates with internal and external parties to facilitate intelligence gathering.

• Leads the development of architectures for complex solutions, ensuring consistency with specified requirements agreed with both external, and internal customers.
• Takes full responsibility for the balance between functional, service quality and systems management requirements within a significant area of the organisation.
• Establishes policy and strategy for the selection of solution architecture components, and co-ordinates design activities, promoting the discipline to ensure consistency.
• Ensures that appropriate standards (corporate, industry, national and international) are adhered to.
• Within a business change programme, manages the target design, policies and standards, working proactively to maintain a stable, viable architecture and ensure consistency of design across projects within the programme.

• Champions the value of new ways of working to address internal and external opportunities and threats arising from changes in technology, society and business models.
• Sets direction and leads in the introduction and use of organisation design techniques, methodologies and tools to change and improve organisation structures and culture to deliver business outcomes.
• Plans and leads organisation design activities; identifies alternatives, assesses feasibility, and recommends solutions
• Identifies major changes affecting the organisation and mobilises resources to implement changes.
• Initiates the definition of new organisation boundaries, and creates future organisation design, including location strategy and the number of locations required.
• Outlines performance measurement objectives and the high-level implementation approach.

• Scan the environment to ensure a clear understanding of stakeholder needs.
• Build strong, collaborative and value-adding relationships with all relevant stakeholders.
• Communicate the (ICT) and Digital Transformation strategy and objectives to both internal and external stakeholders to ensure understanding of these by all relevant stakeholders.
• Identify the relevant internal and external role players in accordance with business requirements and dependencies.
• Advise executive management on strategies as they pertain to this functional area.
• Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to identify and evaluate performance barriers and success in order to continuously improve on the service delivery.
• Ensure a well-considered value chain among product delivery within the CTO portfolio and ensure complementarity of work and promote teamwork.
• Manage service level agreements (SLAs).

• Cascade the BU BSC at centre level.
• Implement the activities outlined on the BU People Plan.
• Manage team performance to drive productivity.
• Motivate, coach and mentor staff to ensure maximum productivity and development of the staff to their full potential.
• Determine the mix and level of capability required to enable the centre to support BU and organisational objectives.
• Contribute to transformation/culture plans.

• Contribute to compiling the BU budget.
• Manage resources effectively and efficiently to comply with budget requirements.
• Ensure that research projects are delivered within allocated budget.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with SCM in AGSA.

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required.

Closing Statement

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This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment. We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organisation. Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities

Closing date: 22 July 2026

NB: Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from us within four weeks, kindly consider your application unsucessful.