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Talent and Performance Manager
Job Description
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When it comes to putting people first, we’re number 1.
The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa.
Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2025.
Role Purpose/Business Unit:
This roles resides within the Vodacom Talent Capability and Skills Transformation area.
This CoE is responsible for:
- Setting Vodacom’s talent and performance management strategy and assist in evolving the talent and performance framework/tools and processes;
- Having a dedicated, global focus on the end-to-end talent and performance lifecycles for Vodacom
- Participate in setting the global minimum assessment standards and providing associated tools for selection and development, ensuring inclusive and effective assessment practices.
The Talent and Performance lead is a key role responsible for ensuring data driven talent and performance decision making and that core, high profile talent and performance processes run smoothly. It reports into the EHOD: Talent Capability and Skills Transformation
Your responsibilities will include:
- Partner with Market Talent Leads to support them in defining a talent strategy for the Market, which is aligned to the Vodacom/ Vodafone strategy.
- Work closely with Vodafone Talent and Performance Management teams to ensure that Vodacom stays aligned with Vodafone practices
- Hold regular community calls with the Markets to ensure that they stay abreast of any changes in the Talent and Performance domains
- Develop a Vodacom Africa Talent and Performance communications plan, which is aligned with the Vodafone communications plan and share with markets
- Run capability build sessions with the Market Talent and Performance Leads
- Partner with Talent Acquisition to ensure the buy strategy is fully integrated into overall talent strategy
- Develop talent mobility strategies that will enable flexibility of talent movement across the Vodacom Markets
- Develop talent mobility framework and governance, which is aligned to the Vodafone strategy
- Work closely with Emerging Youth Talent to ensure that pipeline is aligned to organization’s TechCo transformation
- Partner with Market Talent Leads to ensure that there is clear succession planning for all scarce and critical roles
- Develop Specialists Career Paths
- Develop performance management framework (minimum standards) – Drive high performance culture
- Drive implementation of key initiatives and programs within the Talent space
- Partner with Rewards to develop retention strategy / framework for talent
- Support EHOD Talent and Capability with Talent Reviews and Performance Calibrations across the Markets
- Provide data analytics and insights to enable organisation to make informed Talent decisions
The ideal candidate for this role will have:
- A degree/3-year diploma (e.g. Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, Business Management, etc.) – essential
- A post-graduate qualification will be advantageous
- Demonstrated 8+ years’ experience working in HR in Talent and Performance Management
Core competencies, knowledge and experience :
- Experience in talent and performance management, facilitating Talent Reviews, Performance Calibration, succession planning, etc.
- Knowledge of best talent and performance management practices
- High level of commercial acumen and business knowledge
- Proven ability to challenge and influence senior stakeholders
- Strategic thinking and decision making
- Project management skills
- Exposure to Talent Assessment tools
- Expertise in data reporting and analysis
- Experience and exposure to Talent Forums and Talent exchange initiatives at C-Suite
- Work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Highly discrete, as will be dealing with highly confidential data
- Experience and exposure to Talent reporting tools and insights
We make an impact by offering:
- Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
- Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
- Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies
Closing date for Applications: 06 March 2025.
The base location for this role is Midrand, Vodacom Campus.
The company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.
Specialist: Process Governance and Quality
Job Description
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When it comes to putting people first, we’re number 1.
The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa.
Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2024.
Role purpose/Business Unit:
The Specialist Process Governance and Quality will report into the Manager Governance and Compliance (ISO) and will be responsible for the facilitation of conformance to the ISO 9001 Standard across Vodacom.
Your responsibilities will include:
Analysis
- Conduct Awareness Training (Coordinators, Champions and General Employees)
- Guide the business to implement Quality Management System (QMS) based on VSA Governance Framework.
- Guide the business to manage its documented information (Document and Records Management).
- Support the business prior, during and post internal and external ISO 9001 audits.
- Report Compliance Status to business on a regular basis.
- Maintain Team Sites on SharePoint
- Maintain VSA SharePoint QMS Site.
Leadership
- Builds effective professional relationships (both for him/herself and the team) and establishes the team’s credibility with business.
- Manages expectations (of team and stakeholder alike) and keeps commitments.
The ideal candidate for this role will have:
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
- Matric/Grade 12 is essential
- A relevant 3-year degree/diploma is essential
- ISO 9001 Module 1
- ISO 9001 Module 2 – Auditing
- Minimum of 3 years relevant job-related experience
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- Matric/Grade 12 is essential
- A relevant job specific certification / short diploma’s / short courses
- Minimum of 5 years relevant job-related experience
Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
- Ability to work cross functionally to achieve desired results.
- Ability to communicate across levels of leadership.
- Strong presentation skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Customer focus with regards to understanding the service being delivered.
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- Working Knowledge of SharePoint.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Power APPS/BI
- Excellent planning skills, and attention to detail.
- This role requires knowledge of the ISO 9001 standard and experience in implementing a Quality Management Systems (QMS).
We make an impact by offering:
- Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
- Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
- Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fiber connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies
Closing date for Applications: 27 February 2025
The base location for this role is, Vodacom Midrand Offices
The Company s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates and values diversity & inclusion.
Scrum Master
Job Description
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When it comes to putting people first, we’re number 1.
The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa.
Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2024.
Role purpose/Business Unit:
- The Scrum Master plays a crucial part in ensuring the success of our Digital Operating Model; helping us to become a leading digital company
- The Scrum Master is a servant leader to the DevOps delivery team, coaching agile methods, and providing support and facilitation to increase velocity and team productivity
- This role is responsible for identifying risks, dependencies, and impediments, leading the team and business in finding a solution, coordinating with other teams and functional partners, and actively escalating when needed to ensure resolution
- This role is responsible for keeping a pulse on needs and insights from stakeholders and other initiatives, regularly communicating status, changes in direction, and relevant metrics to avoid misalignment and roadblocks
Your responsibilities will include:
- Support the Product Owner in ensuring right-sized story writing, aligning priorities, and planning sprint iterations
- Coach team members on Agile methods and technical practices (e.g., CI/CD, TDD, etc.)
- Track and manage risks and issues of the delivery team
- Track and report on current status of all team members and the delivery
- Facilitating key agile ceremonies, such as daily stand-ups, demos, and retrospectives
- Monitor and optimize agile processes and practices
- Promote continuous improvement through retrospectives and team learning
- Coordinate with other delivery teams, stakeholders, and partners to manage risks, interdependencies, and impediments to the team
The ideal candidate for this role will have:
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field
- A total of at least five to eight years relevant experience of which at least three years needs to be as a Scrum Master or Product Owner with agile teams
- Experience in designing and delivering complex digital capabilities
- Experience leading teams using agile methodologies in large-scale teams
- Certified Agile coach, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), SAFeCertified
- Scrum Master or similar
- Experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, TDD, and BDD
- Certifications in traditional Project Management practices, e.g., Prince 2, PMP
- JIRA/Confluence, MS Project, or equivalent experience preferred
Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
- Is a role model for best practices in Agile process execution, motivating other team members to do the same
- Ability to continue to monitor, learn, and implement industry best practices from the agile community
- Natural “servant” leader, with strong ability to coach and develop others, an inherent entrepreneurial spirit, and focuses on ever-improving team dynamics and performance
- Viewed by the wider organization as an effective and consistent collaborator, influencer, and negotiator, able to highlight internal and external dependencies and break down complex blockers
- Excellent stakeholder management and communications skills, with the ability to inspire, influence, and update delivery teams and senior executives
- Excellent facilitation, organization, and problem-solving skills, helping the team manage conflicts, challenges, escalating only when team processes have failed
- Comfortable with ambiguity and working in fluid, fast-changing environments under pressure
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- Strong grounding in traditional project management practices
- Good understanding of the business capability/user journey, wider organizational goals, and desired product business outcomes
- Understanding of both the current Telecommunications and digital services market and emerging business and technology trends
- Agile software development environment and methods such as Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, XP. LSD, and FDD
- Agile ceremonies, tools. and artefacts, e.g., retrospectives, demos, increment planning, information radiators
- User story definition and team backlog management
- Backlog item estimation
- Continuous integration and continuous delivery methodologies and tools
- DevOps culture, processes. and tools
We make an impact by offering:
- Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
- Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
- Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fiber connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies
Closing date for Applications: 25 February 2025
The base location for this role is, Vodacom Midrand Offices
The Company s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates and values diversity & inclusion.
Product Designer UI/UX
Job Description
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When it comes to putting people first, we’re number 1.
The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa.
Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2024.
Role purpose/Business Unit:
The Digital and Marketing team is responsible for designing the user experience (in the form of user interfaces) across all of Vodacom Financial Services Digital Channels.
The purpose of the role is to ensure that through user research, information architecture, UX and UI design, Vodacom delivers relevant products with an exceptional user experience across all digital channels. This role requires solid experience with following user experience design methodologies; crafting beautiful visual user interfaces; working in an agile, collaborative team; and working directly with developers for implementation of designs.
The role is core to delivering exceptional customer experience across our digital ecommerce channels and will have a direct influence on the digital revenue KPI.
Your responsibilities will include:
User Experience Strategy and execution
- Execute on overall User Experience strategy and obtain organisational buy-in
- Drive delivery of projects to achieve User Experience business objectives.
UX and UI design
- Follow the user centered design approach in designing journeys across all digital channels
- Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off with a mobile-first focus
- Establish and promote visual design guidelines, best practices and standards within a broader cross functional team
- Collaborate with team and work directly with developers to implement final design
User testing and research
- Conduct user testing on new and existing journeys
- Understand our customers’ needs through interviews and other research techniques. Use these insights to validate product concepts and inform design decisions
Channel strategy
- Design the future state of all digital channels with an omni-channel approach
- Conduct competitor reviews and research to inform strategy
Performance Tracking & Improvement
- Continuous monitoring of performance across the website
- Use these insights to inform design improvements
The ideal candidate for this role will have:
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
- Matric is essential
- 3 year Degree/Diploma in one or more of these disciplines :
- Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Information Systems / Informatics, Human Computer Interaction or other related fields
- Certified Usability Analyst (CUA) or similar certification would be desirable, but not required.
- Masters in Psychology, Social Sciences advantageous
- Minimum of 5 years industry experience essential in the following:
- User-centred design, interaction design, information architecture, or similar.
- Incorporate market analysis, customer feedback, site metrics, and usability findings into designs.
- User Research Techniques and disciplines such as usability testing and contextual inquiries.
- User interface and visual design. Wireframes and Prototyping of user interfaces (using tools such as Sketch [preferred], Axure, Adobe Creative Suite, Zeplin…)
- Knowledge of technologies such as HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and mobile app operating systems would be advantageous.
OR
- Matric is essential
- Short courses in one of the following disciplines
- Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Information Systems / Informatics, Human Computer Interaction or other related fields
- Certified Usability Analyst (CUA) or similar certification would be desirable, but not required.
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- Minimum of 8 years industry experience essential in the following:
- User-centred design, interaction design, information architecture, or similar.
- Incorporate market analysis, customer feedback, site metrics, and usability findings into designs.
- User Research Techniques and disciplines such as usability testing and contextual inquiries.
- User interface and visual design. Wireframes and Prototyping of user interfaces (using tools such as Sketch [preferred], Axure, Adobe Creative Suite, Zeplin…)
- Knowledge of technologies such as HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and mobile app operating systems would be advantageous.
Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
- Experience working in a collaborative team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs
- Excellent communication (presentation and interpersonal skills )
- Proven UI Design experience through a comprehensive portfolio
- Abreast with latest UI trends, techniques, and technologies
- Research
- Analytical
- Interpersonal
- Facilitation
- Planning and Organising
- Attention to detail
- Energetic
We make an impact by offering:
- Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
- Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
- Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fiber connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies
Closing date for Applications: 25 February 2025
The base location for this role is, Vodacom Century City Offices
The Company s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates and values diversity & inclusion.
Executive Head: VB Eastern Region
Job Description
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When it comes to putting people first, we’re number 1.
The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa.
Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2025.
Role Purpose/Business Unit:
To ensure that a clear and consistent account management strategy is in place, with a view to create a clear focus for the enterprise segment and ensure that the portfolio management exceeds guidelines for each account.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Sales Operations: To retain existing accounts as well as leverage off existing corporate customers who have a need for enterprise mobile and converged solutions. To provide input into commercial negotiations for purposes of concluding master agreements. To retain and grow the regional customer base of enterprise mobile, IoT and converged solutions in the private and government sectors. To manage direct sales teams and indirect sales partners to achieve regional sales and revenue KPIs in all channels/segments/industry verticals.
- Channel Development and Sales Revenue Growth: -To increase the sales of converged solutions in the existing mobile base. To increase the regional market share of customers by acquiring new customers in every segment. To support product specific growth objectives in the region.
- Service operations: Manage presales and post sales operations by ensuring quality solutions are produced by the solutions architecture team with minimal errors. To deliver solutions through efficient management of the WIP through the regional / national project office. Drive all regional marketing events and Vodacom Business (VB) presence across media. To manage after sales support and SR management for mobile, fixed and IoT solutions through the regional / national VB Customer Operations (COPs) team.
- Stakeholder & Relationship Management: -. To manage relationships with franchisees, dealers, resellers, provincial stakeholders, and customers with the objective of increasing sales and maintaining the brand position in the market. Collaborate with the regional Consumer Business Unit (CBU) and Technology Exco member to ensure Vodacom Business strategy delivered on and synchronised with the consumer and technology annual plans.
- People Management: Develop and Manage the team of Sales and operations professionals as well as expand the partner program.
The ideal candidate for this role will have:
- Matric essential
- A relevant 3-year Bachelor degree (NQF level 6) or any other equivalent Tertiary qualification – essential
- Minimum 8 – 10 years relevant experience – essential
- A minimum of 4 years proven experience in Senior Management – essential.
- Working experience in the telecoms environment (advantageous)
Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:
- Understanding of the SA telecommunication landscape
- Understanding of Companies customer requirements
- Understanding of technical concepts and the ability to communicate it as viable appealing market offerings.
- Understanding of SA business landscape
- Understanding of the Value Chain Analysis with regards to various customer businesses.
Closing date for Applications: 03 March 2025.
The base location for this role is Vodacom East London.
The company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.
Senior Specialist: Internal Audit
Job Description
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When it comes to putting people first, we’re number 1.
The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa.
Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2025.
Role Purpose/Business Unit:
The Senior Specialist: Internal Audit is responsible for conducting Finance, Business Process and Integrated Internal audits and ad hoc management requests in support of strengthening the control environment across the Vodacom Group of Companies. The audit work must be performed in line with the Vodacom Group Internal Audit methodology and professional standards. Following audit completion, the Senior Specialist will track the agreed management actions to closure. Developing and managing relationships with various client departments across Vodacom Group will be essential to the success of the role and enable the role-holder to provide input into the audit plan. Finally, the Senior Specialist will need to provide guidance and best practices to the Internal Audit team and client departments on relevant current and emerging topics.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Execute annual audit plan
- Manage and lead audit projects
- Document impactful audit reports
- Follow-up on outstanding audit issues
- Manage relationships with senior stakeholders
- Produce excellent quality audit work
- Execute the approved annual audit plan with minimal supervision
- Lead finance/business / integrated audits
- Ensure that audits are performed in accordance with the requirements of the Internal Audit methodology and IIA standards
- Document high quality, impactful audit reports
- Ensure that follow-ups are conducted as per the Internal Audit methodology
- Ensure audit quality is maintained through self- and peer-review of audit work and reports
- Manage relationships with client departments
- Keep abreast of developments in internal audit
The ideal candidate for this role will have:
- Relevant Bachelor’s degree (essential)
- Minimum of 5 years Audit experience (Essential)
- Internal Audit experience (advantage).
- Experience in auditing in the telecommunications industry (advantage).
- General IT Controls experience (advantage)
- Internal Audit Certification i.e. Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) (Essential)
Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
- Critical thinking
- Complex problem solving
- Research
- Interpersonal
- Negotiation
- Presentation
- Communication (verbal and written)
- Project management
- Time management
We make an impact by offering:
- Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
- Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
- Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies
Closing date for Applications: 28 February 2025.
The base location for this role is Midrand, Vodacom Campus.
The company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.
Senior Specialist: Privacy
Job Description
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When it comes to putting people first, we’re number 1.
The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa.
Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2025.
Role Purpose/Business Unit:
(Note: the role will be part of a team of 5 senior specialist fulfilling one or more of the following on a rotational basis)
- To identify, document and assess Vodacom SA’s existing processing of personal information activities(and changes in such activities) in order to identify privacy risks and issues and assist business operations to mitigate same and implement appropriate privacy control measures.
- To conduct privacy impact assessments (Privacy by Design & Assurance) of new processes, products and systems to be launched by Vodacom SA in order to to identify privacy risks and issues and assist business operations to mitigate same and implement appropriate privacy control measures before launch.
- To assist in the development, implementation and rollout of the privacy program elements and controls across Vodacom SA and its subsidaries in order minimize compliance risks and ensuring adherence to Vodacom/Vodafone privacy frameworks, policies, standards and methodologies. Support the Privacy Governance, Risk and Control (GRC) function to execute on their privacy control monitoring, risk management, assurance and reporting activities.
- To assist in Vodacom SA privacy counsel and governance activities, which includes setting out data processing agreements; monitoring regulatory/legislative developments; updating company policies, processes and procedures in line with new privacy requirements; supporting data subjects in exercising their privacy rights; and supporting regulatory engagement activities (such as compliance reviews and addressing privacy complaints).
- To assist in the development and fulfilment of privacy training and awareness initiatives across the Vodacom SA privacy capabilities.
- To support the customisation and adoption of the above for purposes of Vodacom group-wide adoption and application.
Your responsibilities will include:
Personal Data Processing Register(PDPR)
- Ensure the PDPR is maintained and up-to-date in line with Vodacom standards and methodologies, including but not limited to the linking of business processes and data flow maps. Moreover, identify and conduct privacy assessments on existing processes, products & assets processing personal information in line with Vodacom SA requirements and quality assurance standards.
Conduct Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs):
- Assess privacy risks for new projects, systems, or processes, and recommend risk mitigation strategies. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and integrate privacy considerations into new processing activities. Collaborate with technical teams to implement privacy-by-design principles and perform technical assessments of systems, applications, and infrastructure to ensure compliance with privacy requirements.
Conduct Privacy Training and Awareness:
- Deliver privacy training and awareness initiatives, educating employees on policies, regulations, and best practices. Foster a privacy-conscious culture
Compliance, Monitoring, Reporting
- Conduct privacy assurance reviews and assessments, including self assessments (evidence based testing) of privacy activities and controls and communicate critical risks and issues to management. Perform oversight of remedial actions to address privacy risks and issues identified. Prepare privacy reports for various stakeholders and committees (including the Vodacom Group Privacy Steering Committee, Privacy KPI quarterly reporting). Monitor the implementation of the privacy program by Vodacom SA subsidiaries.
Privacy compliance/legal advisory and support
- Provide privacy compliance/legal advisory and support to Vodacom SA’s business operations, which includes adherence to the Protection of Personal Information Act, No 4 of 2013 (POPIA).
Supplier Compliance/Data Processing Agreements (DPA)
- Assess suppliers involved in the processing of personal information to ensure that same is compliant and risk rated and supplier inventories are created accordingly. Moreover, ensure an up to date register of all data processing agreements for these suppliers is available and up-to-date.
Engagement with regulators and external parties on privacy matters
- Assist in actioning/resolving regulator requests and queries, including the reporting of privacy incidents and responding to privacy complaints raised through the regulator. Moreover, assist in actioning/resolving customer privacy complaints.
The ideal candidate for this role will have:
- Strong educational background in a relevant field such as Legal/Compliance/Information technology/Engineering/Commercial/Business degree or privacy-related disciplines ( NQF 7 equivalent).
- Additional professional relevant certification will be an advantage such as CIPP/E, CIPT, or CIPM from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).
- A minimum of 5 years relevant experience essential, with exposure to the following:
- Legal, Risk and compliance
- Business process related work
- Ability to build relationships and influence at all levels of an organisation
- Exceptional organisational and communication skills
- Excellent reporting skills
- Experience in conducting privacy impact assessments and fulfiling the role of the Data Privacy/Protection Officer will be advantageous.
Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
Process knowledge, including business analysis and data flow mapping
- Ability to map or willing to learn to map business processes and data flows. Knowledge of telecoms processes and functions will be an advantage.
- Ability to understand data flows and business processes and assist in creating visual representations of same processing personal information.
Privacy Impact Assessments
Experience in conducting privacy impact assessments and/or the implementation of privacy-by-design principles using clearly defined methodologies or tools.
Risk & Compliance
- Ability and knowledge to assess business activities and advise on the processing of personal information in compliance with privacy laws and regulations such as POPIA.
Self-starter
- Ability to work independently with high standard of accountability problem-solving ability and owning responsibility around decisions, timelines and quality.
Business Skills & Stakeholder Management
- Excellent stakeholder management skills across all levels of the organisation. Experience within the technology & Telecoms industry & extensive exposure to working in a team environment.
We make an impact by offering:
- Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
- Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
- Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies
Closing date for Applications: 27 February 2025.
The base location for this role is Midrand, Vodacom Campus.
The company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.
Compliance & FS Governance Risk Officer
Job Description
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When it comes to putting people first, we’re number 1.
The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa.
Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2025.
Role Purpose/Business Unit:
The purpose of the role is to ensure the end-to-end management of compliance and financial services risk governance, including MI reporting for the Group Compliance and FS Risk functions across the Vodacom Group operating markets.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Research, analyse, interpret and advice on compliance and risk, technical information, and applicable laws as it relates to the compliance-owned programmes and FS Risk;
- Drive and support the Managing Executive on the execution of strategic and operational projects;
- Review analyse and opine for approval and all Policy Dispensation, Waivers and Deviations, Breaches with the markets Policy Champions, CEO’s and MDs and maintenance of the required registers across the Compliance and FS Risk Programme;
- Ensure that all policies across the Second Line of Defense across the Group are maintained and timeously updated in line with changes from Vodafone and VGL;
- Engage the local international markets and subsidiaries across the Group to ensure the Reporting Standards are met and consistency of approach in terms of reporting;
- Collate and analyse information from various sources to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of internal compliance controls across the markets, including the use of data analytics and newer technologies for the preparation of compliance and risk reports;
- Preparation and compilation of monthly, quarterly, annual compliance and risk reports, and ad hoc reports and presentations using compliance and operational data across the Group with insights;
- Perform data mining and perform analysis of the overall compliance and risk environment to meet the needs for compliance reporting.
- Develop, administer and monitor the Compliance and Risk Calendar, ensuring organisational compliance is maintained throughout the year;
- Provide professional support to the Group Compliance and FS Risk Function to ensure the smooth running of Compliance and risk management governance and reporting processes;
- Act as the Group Compliance and FS Risk liaison across telecommunications, M-Pesa and Financial Services businesses, including Vodafone.
The ideal candidate for this role will have:
- Relevant Legal or Commerce Degree;
- Sound understanding of compliance and risk management principles;
- Microsoft Office Specialist Word and Advanced PowerPoint certification and competent in Microsoft products, including Co-Pilot.
- SQL and Power BI scripting and Python scripting are advantageous.
- Minimum 8 -10 years of relevant compliance and risk management experience (Essential)
- Telecommunication and Financial Services and experience (Advantageous)
Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
- Experienced compliance and risk professional with deep understanding of Compliance and Risk Management principles and application into the day-to-day activities;
- Ability to analyse and interpret compliance, risk and technical information with ability to apply the knowledge to compliance and risk reporting and governance;
- Knowledge of King Code of Corporate Governance and familiarity with general principles of good governance;
- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills with the ability to proof read documents for quality and attention to detail;
- Ability to manage one’s own time and assist others to set priorities, plan and organise yourself and others in order to meet specific timeframes, deadlines and allocated tasks;
- Must be able to use data analytics and writing of scripts to extract information for governance and reporting purposes.
We make an impact by offering:
- Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
- Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
- Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies
Closing date for Applications: 27 February 2025.
The base location for this role is Midrand, Vodacom Campus.
The company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.
Principal Specialist: Company Secretary
Job Description
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When it comes to putting people first, we’re number 1.
The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa.
Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2025.
Role Purpose/Business Unit:
The principal specialist (assistant company secretarial) role is a board governance role within Vodacom South Africa, and with a functional reporting line to the company secretary of Vodacom South Africa. The role requires high standards of professional conduct and diligence to ensure that:
- Companies’ compliance with the Companies Act, JSE Listings Requirements, King IV, and all other governance and statutory requirements;
- Statutory records are maintained and returns are timeously filed with CIPC;
- Board and shareholder meetings are planned and administered smoothly; and
- Advice provided to key stakeholders.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Ensure compliance with the Companies Act, JSE listing requirements, King IV and all other governance and statutory requirements;
- Ensure board and board-related governance activities are efficiently administered including inter alia the planning and coordinating of the corporate meeting calendar, collating meeting papers, drafting resolutions and obtaining approval for the same;
- Provide support and advice to directors and management on their duties and responsibilities, and be comfortable engaging with directors and executives on complex governance matters;
- Continuously benchmark the Company Secretarial function and implement best practice, raise the profile of the Company Secretarial function within Vodacom and Vodafone Group; and
- Conduct research on new legislation impacting the governance of companies and provide recommendations.
The ideal candidate for this role will have:
- CIS, BCom, LLB (minimum 3-year degree/diploma)
- Proven professional with 10 to 15 years’ experience at a senior level which must include a minimum of 5 years statutory work
- Able to fulfill the role of a ‘trusted advisor’ to business
- Liaison at the board and executive level
- Prepared to travel (African countries) if required
Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
- Demonstrable ability to work under pressure
- Excellent English communication skills- both oral and written (writing and reporting)
- Comfortable to liaise with directors and executives
- Excellent planning and organising skills
We make an impact by offering:
- Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
- Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
- Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies
Closing date for Applications: 25 February 2025.
The base location for this role is Midrand, Vodacom Campus.
The company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.
Executive Head: Mergers & Acquisitions
Job Description
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Role Purpose/Business Unit:
- We are seeking a vibrant and dynamic executive to join our in-house Corporate M&A. The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating across various levels of seniority and possess the ability to engage in both technical and operational matters. This role is crucial in executing Vodacom’s inorganic growth aspirations across the 8 African countries where we have a presence.
- Areas of focus include mobile network operations, fintech investment, the development of infrastructure assets including Towers, fibre and data centres, information and communication technologies, and new opportunities.
Your responsibilities will include:
Evaluate merger and acquisition opportunities
- Develop and execute M&A and corporate development strategies to support Vodacom’s growth objectives.
- Consider, review, and recommend for evaluation, selected merger and acquisition opportunities based on criteria such as targeted countries or regions, potential revenue, size of economy, etc., specifically focusing on Rest of Africa.
- Play a lead role in initiating and co-ordinating the evaluation of selected M&A opportunities – providing direction to business heads, supervising input from external advisors, co-ordinating compliance, tax, due diligence, financial, legal, etc., requirements.
- Liaise with Vodafone M&A business heads, with internal technical specialists (legal, tax, etc.) and with local company/operating company business line leaders, as necessary.
- Maintain up-to-date valuation scenario analysis on specific M&A targets. Build & maintain a knowledge management system and processes, to maintain up-to-date valuation scenario analysis, including tracking other transactions in the sector or valuation multiples of other companies in the sector.
Evaluate disinvestments
- Evaluate selected disinvestment proposals based on internal directives.
- Review the business case for disinvestment assessing factors such as rationale for disinvesting the business concerned, financial impact, strategic reasons why the business should not be retained within the group, etc.
- Evaluate potential purchasers’ ability to absorb the business, meet proposed terms and conditions, due diligence, etc.
Function as corporate financial advisor to Vodacom Group
- Provide corporate financial advice as required (DCF and impairment calculations, weighted cost of capital data, cash generation calculations, etc.) funding analysis, to support the finance/accounting function. (Provided via ME and Chief Officer to Board/Exco).
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Business Development
- Lead & engage the organization in the process of identifying business opportunities.
- Co-ordinate the collection of information, forecasts, and analysis of market dynamics to formulate business evaluations of opportunities.
- Identify & develop the supporting business case underpinning the opportunity.
- Challenge the financial & commercial information provided to ensure its rigour, consistency & integrity.
- Work with internal & external advisors to develop the optimal deal structure.
- Make decisions & negotiate with external parties based on legal, financial, and operational advice on the key deal parameters.
Customers, Suppliers & Third parties
- Engagement and contracting of external parties
Leadership
- Management & supervision of project outputs & productivity
- Provide input into internal presentations, Exco reports, Board reports and other pieces of analysis on an ad-hoc basis
The ideal candidate for this role will have:
- Master’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field; MBA, CA (SA), or CFA.
- Proven experience in M&A, corporate development, investment banking, management consulting, or corporate law
- Strong analytical, financial modelling, and valuation skills.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- High level of integrity, professionalism, and attention to detail.
- Minimum of 10 years experience in a financial, corporate finance, investment banking, financial services, or corporate law role.
Technical / Professional Expertise
- Corporate finance/advisory experience coupled with tax and legal knowledge.
- Working knowledge of economics
- Knowledge of national policies, regulations, etc., affecting mergers and acquisitions (socio-economic policies, BEE environmental laws, Competition Commission, stock exchange and takeover rules etc.) plus knowledge of current affairs.
Competency / Performance Drivers
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills (presentations, report writing, etc.)
- Research ability (‘questioning mind’)
- Project management and execution experience
- Team player, with a proven ability to work across markets
Closing date for Applications: 24 February 2025.
The base location for this role is Midrand, Vodacom Campus.
We wish you all the best with your applications.
