Information Governance Officer: Strategic Initiatives and Information Governance Division

Job Details

• Expires 4 October 0 days left to apply

• Reference number: ASI/252/0924
• Province: Western Cape
• Type of engagement: Permanent appointment
• Posted: September 25th

Background to Position

The Strategic Initiatives and Information Governance Division at Stellenbosch University (SU) plays a critical role in and serves as a hub for advancing institutional strategy and upholding informational integrity. This is achieved through managing and supporting the institutional strategy process, managing strategic and institutional projects and related processes, overseeing, unlocking, integrating and protecting institutional information, and fostering informed decision making to serve SU’s vision.

Job Description

Duties: 

Are you passionate about privacy and information security? Do you excel in creating robust systems and ensuring compliance?  We have a fantastic opportunity for an Information Governance Officer to join our team and play a critical role in safeguarding our institution’s information and privacy.

Your role:

• SU personal information incident response programme and procedure management: Taking charge of SU’s personal information incident response programme. The incumbent will coordinate activities to bolster the University’s preparedness for data breaches and security issues, and lead the response efforts when incidents arise.
• Information Governance policy and procedure implementation: Collaborating closely with the Deputy Director of Information Governance to implement policies and procedures related to POPIA and PAIA. Providing expert input on policy development, training, and awareness initiatives.
• Compliance framework: Ensuring SU’s compliance with access to information (PAIA) and privacy (POPIA) regulations. Monitoring and reporting on key performance indicators related to breach handling, and supporting the establishment of SU’s Information Curatorship Programme and Forum.
• Business continuity and disaster recovery: Supporting SU’s business continuity, resilience, and disaster recovery efforts. Managing data protection and impact assessment practices to ensure regulatory compliance and institutional resilience.
• Stakeholder management: Building and maintaining strong internal relationships to effectively manage incident response on an operational level.

If you’re a proactive individual with a strong background in information governance and a commitment to ensuring data security and privacy, we want to hear from you. Apply now to make a significant impact in our team!

Inherent Criteria

Requirements: 

Essential qualifications:

At least a bachelor’s degree (BA).

Essential relevant experience:

At least three to five years’ relevant experience.

Operational competencies:

• Technical/professional knowledge, skills and experience.
• Communication skills (the ability to listen and respond effectively to others; to convey information and/or ideas in a written or verbal format).
• Detail orientation.
• Time management skills.
• Energy/drive.
• Customer service excellence.
• Assertiveness.
• Teamwork.
• Embracing change.
• Accountability.

Please note that applicants who do not meet all the requirements will not be considered.

Recommendations:

Desired qualifications:

Relevant professional qualification (i.e. ISACA, IIA(SA), IAPP, ISC2, CISA).

Desired work experience:

Two years’ relevant experience within the higher education or health sector.

Application Requirement

Commencement of duties: 

01 December 2024

Closing date:

04 October 2024

Enquiries regarding this post: Mr Jerall Toi on 021 808 4139, or at jerall@sun.ac.za

Enquiries regarding remuneration/benefits, as well as technical assistance with the electronic application process: Human Resources Client Services Centre at 021 808 2753 / 021 938 9636, or sun-e-hr@sun.ac.za

Stellenbosch University is committed to employment equity (EE), and appointments will be made in line with the EE plan for the specific environment as well as the institutional EE Plan of the University.

Stellenbosch University reserves the right not to make an appointment.

Your application, comprising a comprehensive curriculum vitae (including the names and email addresses of at least three referees), must reach the University before or on the closing date of the advertised post. 

The University reserves the right to investigate qualifications and conduct background checks on all candidates.

Should no feedback be received from the University within four to six weeks of the closing date, kindly accept that your application did not succeed.

About Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University (SU) is home to an academic community of 29 000 students (including 4 000 foreign students from 100 countries) as well as 3 000 permanent staff members (including 1 000 academics) on five campuses. ​The historical oak-lined university town amongst the Boland Mountains in the winelands of the Western Cape creates a unique campus atmosphere, which attracts local and foreign students alike. On the main campus, paved walkways wind between campus buildings – some dating from previous centuries; others just a few years old. Architecture from various eras attests to the sound academic foundation and establishment of an institution of excellence. This, together with the scenic beauty of the area; state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly facilities and technology, as well as visionary thinking about the creation of a sustainable 21st-century institution, makes for the unique character of Stellenbosch University.