Enterprise Risk Practitioner
The South African National Space Agency
2026/10/16   Pretoria

Job Ref #: ERIP001
Industry: Banking/Finance And Investment
Job Type: Permanent
Positions Available: 1
The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) is a public entity under the National Department of Science and Innovation.
Job Description

Reporting to the Enterprise Risk Manager, the successful candidate will assist the Enterprise Risk Manager in the design, implementation, and management of the Risk Management Framework throughout SANSA. They will report on and monitor risks and mitigation factors. They will also assist in the management and reporting on anti-corruption, fraud, fruitless and wasteful, and irregular expenditure, and oversee the Business Continuity Plans across SANSA.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework, policies, and procedures.
  • Annual Enterprise Risk Management Plan.
  • Organisational Risk Management.
  • Business Continuity.
  • Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure and Irregular Expenditure Management.
Job Requirements

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in either Risk Management/Finance/Accounting/Auditing/Management or an equivalent relevant professionally recognized Risk Management qualification.
  • A minimum of 5 years’ Enterprise Risk Management experience in a similar environment.
  • Knowledge of risk management in the public sector, anti-corruption strategy, fraud prevention measures, King V Report on Corporate Governance, as well as Business Continuity Management.
  • Advanced knowledge of project management systems and specialized risk management software.
  • Moderate knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, HR and ER practices, principles, and methodologies.

Background verification, including criminal record, credit checks, security clearances, qualifications, and citizenship checks, as well as competency assessment and psychometric testing, may form part of the selection process.
By applying for these vacancies, the candidates consent that SANSA can collect, process, and share their Personal Information (PI) for verification, assessments, and employment purposes only.
SANSA subscribes to the principles of the Employment Equity Act. As per the Employment Equity Plan of SANSA and its Employment Equity goals and targets, preference will be given to candidates from under-represented designated groups (African males and females, Coloured females, and People with disabilities).

Should you meet the above requirements, please upload your detailed CV and apply on: Current Opportunities (mcidirecthire.com)
Communication will only be conducted with short-listed candidates. If applicants have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, regard your application as unsuccessful. SANSA reserves the right not to make an appointment.

Closing Date: 30 October 2026.

For queries, please contact Mr Selaelo Motalaota by email at smotalaota@sansa.org.za or on 012 844 6868.