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Entry Date: 12 Mar 2025
Expiry Date: 28 Mar 2025

The Housing Development Agency (HDA) is a national public sector development agency that acquires and prepares land as well as develops the land and project manages the development of housing and human settlements. We carry out our activities in partnership with a range of stakeholders including national, provincial, and local government and municipalities, as well as with communities, developers, financiers, and other affected parties. Established in 2009, the Agency was established by an Act of Parliament in 2008 and is accountable through its Board to the Minister of Human Settlements. For more information about the HDA, please visit our website: www.thehda.co.za.

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The HDA has the following Three-year fixed term contract position:

Position: Audit and Risk Committee Chairperson

Location: Head Office – Johannesburg

Reporting Line: Chairperson of the HDA Board of Directors

Ref: HDA ARCC001

Main Purpose: The primary objective of the Audit and Risk Management Committee is to assist the accounting authority and accounting officer to discharge his/her duties in respect of audit and risk management with an ultimate aim of achieving the Agency objectives. The Chairperson will be required to carry out their responsibilities in terms of the Committee Charter.

Key Performance Areas:

The incumbent’s duties will be to:

• Provide an oversight role on the review and monitoring implementation of the audit and risk management framework, policy, charter and strategy within the Agency,
• Provide guidance on integration of risk management into planning, monitoring and reporting processes.
• Provide advice/guidance on setting and review of the risk appetite, tolerance levels, and anti-fraud measures.
• Assist the Committee in conducting its activities in terms of the Public Sector Risk Management Framework, PFMA, Audit and Risk Committee Charter and King IV Report on Corporate Governance.
• Provide proper and timely reports to the accounting authority on the state of risk management, together with aspects requiring improvement accompanied by the Committee’s recommendations to address such issues.
• Perform any other duties of the Audit and Risk Management Committee as specified in the terms of reference (Committee Charter).
• Report annually to the Executive Authority through the Audit and Risk Committee.

Qualifications & Experience

• A CA (SA) qualification is required
• Relevant Degree majoring in Risk Management
• Proven expertise in financial management, accounting, risk and compliance management Information Technology and its governance
• Must be registered with related professional bodies, namely the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) Independent Regulatory Bord (IRBA) and Institute of Risk Management (IRMSA)
• At least 5 years’ experience as an Audit and Risk Committee member
• Extensive knowledge of internal controls, public sector reporting and compliance processes Excellent experience and knowledge of public sector legislation in working with the PFMA /SCM legislation/Public Finance and public entities.
• Leadership skills
• Excellent relationship skills and operate with integrity and in line with organizational values
• Must be willing to dedicate time and effort into the role so as to provide oversight
• Must be knowledgeable about the fields that the Committee will be providing oversight on (strategy and organizational performance, information Technology, Legal, Finance, Audit and Risk management)

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Remuneration Scale: In accordance with the National Treasury Regulations. The schedules in this regard are issued annually with specific hourly or daily rates. All other refundable expenses are based on the Agency’s related policies in line with the National Treasury guidelines.

Closing date for applications is 28 March 2025

To submit your application, please send an email HDARecruitCEO@thehda.co.za

The Housing Development Agency (HDA) hereby invites applications for suitably qualified and interested individuals to serve as the Chairperson of the Audit and Risk Committee (Board Committee) in line with the Public Finance management Act, read with the Treasury Regulations.

Applications are hereby invited from qualified persons to submit their motivation together with the following:

1. The Job Title and Reference number for the relevant position must appear in the subject line of your application.

2. The CV must be in PDF format.

3. Copies of all qualifications must be provided.

4. Copy of identity document must be provided.

5. Two contactable references.

Kindly take note that CVs received after the closing date will NOT be considered. If you have not been contacted within twenty-one (21) working days of the closing date; please consider your application unsuccessful. Should you not comply with the above requirements your application will NOT be considered.

Conditions of service: The HDA is an equal opportunity employer, Appointments will be made in accordance with the HDA Employment Equity policy, The HDA reserves the right not to make an appointment. We thank all applicants for their interest.

Communication will be conducted with short-listed applicants only.

The HDA operates in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act 3 of 2013 (“POPI Act”), and by submitting your personal information to the HDA (by way of application and/or providing any other documentation as may be required during the recruitment process), you agree that the HDA may utilise and process your personal information in accordance with the POPI Act.

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