ONLICE APPLICATION

VACANCIES

DEPUTY MANAGER: SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR- INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

CLOSING DATE: 24 July 2026,12h00

ANNUAL SALARY: R 1 096.944.00 per annum (excluding benefits and allowances)

Workstation : NWPL Mahikeng
REF NO: NWPL HR 02/26/27
PATTERSON GR: D1

Requirements: Grade 12 certificate coupled with a minimum NQF level 7 qualification in the Information Technology Environment. 3 – 5 years ICT infrastructure Support work experience of which two (02) years thereof must be at supervisory role.

Knowledge:Understanding of the Legislative sector in South Africa. Understanding of the mandate, practices and procedures of the North West Provincial Legislature. Specialised understanding and knowledge of IT systems infrastructure.

Skills Required:Possess the necessary oral, written and electronic communication skills to effectively communicate with Members, staff and relevant stakeholders; Use Information Technology in the execution of information management support services to Members and staff. General understanding of Distributed Computing Architects. General understanding of operating systems. General understanding of Storage Technologies and networking. General understanding of routine maintenance, recovery, and handling failover of IT systems. Good time and people management. Ability to work under sustained pressure. Commitment, flexibility and adaptability.

Duties: Coordinate infrastructure development in line with organisational values. Effectively provision, install and configure operations and maintenance of systems hardware and related infrastructure. Participates in technical research and development to enable continuing infrastructure innovation. Assist the organisation with technical issues in the initiation and planning systems phases. Define the needs, benefits, and development of technical strategies. Support operations staff in implementing, testing and rolling out infrastructure. Develop and maintain systems that support ICT infrastructure. Engineer SA-related solutions for various projects and operational needs. Install new and rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and NWPL operational requirements. Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures. Contribute to and maintain system standards. Research and recommend innovative and automated approaches for systems. Conduct daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes. Review systems and application logs and verify completion of scheduled jobs such as backups. Conduct regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions. Provide troubleshooting support and any other as may be requested and/or required. Repair and recover hardware failures.  Coordinate and communicate with impacted divisions. Facilitate maintenance and upgrades on a regular basis. Upgrade and configure system infrastructure as per operational needs. Maintain operational configuration and other procedures in line with set standards. regularly report on performance to support capacity planning. Manage Financial, Physical and Human Resource of the Unit. Perform any other function as may be directed by the Supervisor.

Enquiries: Ms M. Moate : 018 392 7000

Forward your applications, quoting the relevant reference number on the NWPL application for employment form, duly completed, for the attention: The Human Resource Manager: North West Provincial Legislature, Private Bag x2018, Mmabatho, 2735.

Hand delivered  application may be submitted to the NWPL, James Moroka Drive, Mmabatho, 2735. For attention of the Human Resource Manager. General enquiries may be directed to HRA on (018) 392 7257/7129

The North West Provincial Legislature (NWPL) is an equal opportunity affirmative action Employer | The intention is to promote representivity (race, gender and disability) through filling of posts and applicants whose appointment will promote representivity will receive preference.

DIRECTIONS TO APPLICANTS

Applications must be submitted through an application letter, accompanied by recent, comprehensive CV with at least three (03) referees with contact details, originally certified copies of all qualifications/required documents and ID.

It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by SAQA and attach report thereof with application.
Positions requiring tertiary qualifications must be accompanied by certified academic record/transcript(s).
Applicants requiring additional information regarding a particular position must direct their queries to persons reflected as enquiries below that post.
Applications received after the closing date as well as those who do not comply with the requirements will not be taken into consideration.
Short-listed applicants must be available for interviews at a date and time determined by NWPL.
All appoinments in the NWPL are subjected to Pre-employment screening, Qualifications and Security Vetting.
The NWPL reserves the right not to make appoinments and correspondence will be limited to shortlisted applicants.