Director Information Technology
What We Do
Ethiopian Capital Market Authority is established by Capital Market Proclamation No 1248/2021 as an autonomous Federal Regulatory Authority. One of the major objectives of ECMA is to ensure the existence of a capital market environment in which securities can be issued and traded in an orderly, fair, and efficient manner. ECMA, as a regulatory authority, grants licenses to any person to operate as a security exchange, derivative exchange, security depository and clearing company, capital market service provider, over-the-counter trading facility, or any other activity deemed by ECMA as a regulated activity under its jurisdiction. ECMA regulates and oversees trading in primary and secondary markets of securities, the use of electronic trading platforms that deal with securities, and gives recognition and oversees the activities of self-regulatory organizations.
Statement of the Purpose
The Job holder is responsible for Playing a vital role in acquiring, maintaining, and updating technological solutions to help the Authority carry out its mandate.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
- Developing & implementing IT strategies aligned with the Authority’s overall objectives and goals
- Managing the IT department budget, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and cost-effective decision-making
- Overseeing the recruitment, training & development of IT staff, ensuring a skilled and motivated team
- Supervising the planning execution & timely delivery of IT projects, ensuring adherence to quality standards and best practices
- Identify Tech needs and select and manage external vendors
- Provide induction on IT Policies
- Protect the safety and confidentiality of all information, storage, or backup.
- Setup a centralized information and database system; technical and desk support
- Evaluate and select vendors for system solutions, negotiating contracts and service level agreements
- Manage vendor relationships and ensure adherence to agreed-upon terms
- Implement governance frameworks to ensure proper usage, access control, and audibility of enterprise systems
- Participate in audits and compliance assessments as required
- Plan and execute system upgrades and enhancements, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations
- Test new releases and patches before deployment
- Monitor system performance and identify opportunities for optimization; Implement tuning and performance improvement strategies to enhance system efficiency
About You
Qualification Requirement
- Master’s Degree or Above in Information Technology, Software Engineering, information science or Hardware Engineering or a field related to the Job function from an Accredited or recognized learning institution
- 9 years of relevant working experience out of which three (3) years working in a managerial position or equivalent capacity.
Behavioural Competencies/Attributes:
- Management skills
- Industry expertise
- Financial management
- Project management
- Strategic thinking
- Leadership
- Problem-solving and decision-making
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Adaptability
Required Skills
- Strategic thinking
- Communication
- Problem solving
- Leadership
- Financial management
How To Apply
- Application Procedure
- Please send your CV and application letter including answers to the below application questions toethiojobs.net.
- Why do you want to work for the Ethiopian Capital Market Authority?
- What are your greatest achievements?
- What is your basic salary expectation?
- Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an assessment by the ECMA.
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Head Ethics & Anti-Corruption
Statement of the Purpose
The Job holder will be responsible for corruption prevention, implementing conflict of interest prevention systems, establishing a corruption information generation system and ensuring ethics prevails in the Authority.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
- Receives directions from the Director General and the Federal Anti-corruption Commission and implements them
- Develops a training strategy and program; allocates a budget; implements.
- Ensures the Ethics and Anti-Corruption training and assessment system developed by the Authority are in line with the ethics-building strategy and directions of the commission.
- Monitors the implementation of the training evaluation, ethical access and quality assurance system (Ethics and Integrity Framework) developed by the commission.
- Prepares recognition awards and incentive guidelines that consider the work behaviour of the Authority
- Conducts and monitors corruption vulnerability risk studies that help in the implementation of anti-corruption policy and strategy.
- Identify the practices of the work units of the institution that are at risk of corruption.
- Submits proposals to the Commission to be used as resources for anti-corruption policy and strategy
- Develops strategic options for the Authority’s risk prevention and implement them
- Works in cooperation with the commission to carry out an accreditation assessment on the level of transparency and accountability of the Authority in the prevention of corruption.
- Advises and monitors the implementation of digital technology development that will help the institution to prevent the risk of corruption.
- Identify employees vulnerable to malpractice and corruption in the Authority
- Ensures the Authority’s employees, leaders and senior officials register their wealth
- Design a conflict-of-interest elimination strategy and monitor its implementation.
- Prepares a procedure for receiving, organizing,analyzing and reporting corruption suggestions
- Monitors and ensures that strict security procedures are in place to ensure whistle-blowers’ telephone, mail and other confidential communications are not misused.
- investigate suggestions and forward to the relevant judicial body if further investigation is required
- Identifies and works on audit findings reported by internal or external auditors and grievance committee
- Provides detailed counselling services for general inquiries from the Authority’s management and employees
- Handles any other related assignments from the General Director and the federal Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission
About You
Qualification Requirement
- Master’s Degree or above in Business Management, Economics, Accounting, Psychology, Sociology, Law, Public Administration, Governance, Project Management or a field related to the Job function from an Accredited or recognized learning institution.
- 6 years of relevant experience out of which 2 years in a management position
Behavioral Competencies/Attributes:
- Management skills
- Industry expertise
- Financial management
- Strategic thinking
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
Required Skills
- Effective communication and sociability
- Leadership
- Financial management
How To Apply
Application Procedure
- Please send your CV and application letter including answers to the below application questions toethiojobs.net.
- Why do you want to work for the Ethiopian Capital Market Authority?
- What are your greatest achievements?
