Executive Associate at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

Discovery’s Group Deputy Chief Information Security Officer is looking to recruit an Executive Associate who will partner with and aid in the formulation and execution of their strategic and service responsibilities. The successful applicant will be required to assist in all activities related to strategy formulation, drive and report on objective execution, provide service oversight, facilitate workshops, communication and change management, creating and collating reports / presentations, incident management and escalations, and other related organizational tasks. 

The Executive Associate is entrepreneurial, well organized, practical, self-driven and passionate about technology and security enablement; with strong co-ordination, conflict management, problem solving, selling and communication skills. Ultimately, contribute to the visibility and success of the department.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Manages the formulation, development, implementation and supports the execution of strategy, acting as a trusted advisor.
• Oversight and continuous review of strategic objectives and service elements to determine strengths, areas of improvement and opportunity.
• Develop measures that ensures the realisation of business objectives and promote organisational effectiveness.
• Promote the strategy and services by driving awareness, change adoption and by building and maintaining relationships with all stakeholders.
• Support the Deputy CISO and Group CISO by compiling presentations, reports and artefacts for delivery to both internal and external audiences and representing when required.
• Manage and guide the departments communication and change adoption activities where applicable.
• Provide administrative support to the Deputy CISO for departmental objectives and at times act as the department relationship manager.

Skills

• Project/ change management
• Interpersonal 
• Communication (written and verbal)
• Presentation and Report writing
• Negotiating
• Facilitation
• MS Office Suite (MS 365)
• Analytical skills (including data analysis and problem solving)

Education and Experience

Essential:

• Matric (Essential).
• A degree, other equivalent qualification related to project management, change management and/or marketing
• Proven track record and experience in project management, change management and strategic leadership/management
• Excellent written and verbal communications for collaborating with all levels of the organization.
• Leadership and facilitation skills needed for creating strategies, leading workshops, and planning new opportunities.
• Organization and planning skills crucial for multi-tasking while prioritizing and executing tasks.
• Strong problem-solving and interpersonal skills to work with stakeholders at all levels independently.

Advantageous:

• Experience or exposure to information technology, security and privacy At least 3 years working experience in a technology and/ or security function.
• 5+ years of experience in project or change management, management consulting, business administration and demonstrated experience in planning and leading strategic initiatives.