Business Intelligence Specialist

Job Vacancy Business Intelligence Specialist

Entry Date: 19 Dec 2025

Expiry Date: 09 Jan 2026

The Housing Development Agency (HDA) is a national public sector development agency that acquires and prepares land as well as develops the land and project manages the development of housing and human settlements. We carry out our activities in partnership with a range of stakeholders including national, provincial, and local government and municipalities, as well as with communities, developers, financiers, and other affected parties.

Established in 2009, the Agency was established by an Act of Parliament in 2008 and is accountable through its Board to the Minister of Human Settlements. For more information about the HDA, please visit our website:

The HDA has the following 3-year fixed term contract position:

Position: Business Intelligence Specialist

Location: Head Office – Johannesburg

: HDA BIS
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Main

Purpose:

Use business intelligence (BI) technologies to process, analyse, report on and track business information at operational and strategic levels.

1. Data Acquisition, Integration & Quality Assurance

• Establish the data requirements of internal/external clients through running consultation for developing data definitions and standards.
• Identify potential data sources through defining the data requirements and hypotheses, searching the general data environment and establishing partnerships and/or agreements with data custodians.
• Receive data in line with agreed partnerships, arrangements and/or agreements with internal/external clients as required.
• Review and normalise each set of data received from different sources through verifying the reliability, consistency and accuracy of the data in terms of data infrastructure standards.
• Integrate data from different sources through creating an integrated data framework, establishing relationships between data and identifying potential data conflicts or duplications.

2. Database Design and Administration

• Design, develop and support databases required for BI/GIS reporting.
• Work closely with the IT team to install, configure, maintain and administer database servers as and when required.
• Work closely with the IT team to ensure that the security and integrity of the database is maintained at all times.
• Work closely with the IT team to ensure that backups of the database are done and restored daily.
• Work closely with the GIS team to build spatial geodatabases.

3. Data Analysis and Interpretation

• Analyse and manipulate raw data and create information products that can be used across various business units of the organisation based on clients’ needs.
• Use GIS software to collect, analyse and interpret spatial data.
• Use statistical software packages such as Microsoft Excel or R to process and summarise large volumes of qualitative and quantitative data.
• Use programming, scripting and/or model builders to develop spatial and statistical models that could be used to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Interpret findings from data analysis and develop conclusions and recommendations for application by clients.
• Use Business Intelligence tools such as Microsoft Excel Power Pivot or Tableau to visualise operational and strategic data in the form of interactive dashboards and infographics.
• Use various GIS tools to visualise spatial data effectively.
• Develop presentations and communicate findings of analyses to various clients.
• Guide principles for data visualisation and train fellow employees on best practices for data visualisation techniques.

5. Values Management

• Behaviours in line with HDA values and principles. The values are:
• Performance-orientation;
• Accountability;
• Teamwork.
• The supporting principles are respect, trust, care and integrity.

6. Skills

• Comprehensive knowledge of Business Intelligence, data management and data visualization is required.
• Excellent statistical and analytical skills are required.
• Advanced database design and SQL skills is required.
• Programming and scripting is required to develop statistical or spatial models.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Experience in Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
• Must be able to pay attention to…