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Operations Manager
Service Dining Rooms (SDR)
Cape Town, South Africa
Closing Date:
Monday, 2 December 2024
Open
SDR is looking for an Operations Manager to oversee their crucial mission in Cape Town. This vital role combines strategic leadership with a hands-on approach to support the vulnerable, managing daily operations and a dedicated team to provide nutritious meals. With a commitment to empathy, resilience, and innovation, this position is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact and continue an enduring legacy of community service.
Key Responsibilities:
Overall responsibility for the day-to-day running of SDR
Managing a small core team of 5 to 10 permanent staff members who plan, prepare, and serve meals every weekday
Ensuring the cleaning and preparation of the premises for the next day’s service
Daily interactions with homeless adults and members of vulnerable communities who eat at SDR’s premises
Key Requirements:
Energetic and self-motivated and have a calling to work with those in need
Able to deal with vulnerable adults and people who have suffered from various types of abuse, have substance addictions, have criminal records and/or are difficult to work with
Have a relevant tertiary qualification – diploma or degree
Social Worker registration would be an advantage
Chief Executive Officer
Palaeontological Scientific Trust, PAST
Johannesburg, South Africa
Closing Date:
Friday, 6 December 2024
Open
Reporting to the PAST Board and based at the Evolutionary Studies Institute at Wits University in Johannesburg, the CEO takes full responsibility for the successful and sustainable functioning of PAST, driving the vision and the mission of the organization at a strategic level and keeping it vibrant and relevant, thus leading the organization into its next chapter.
Key Responsibilities:
Governance: Liaising closely with the board and keeping them apprised of major developments
Stakeholder relationships: Managing all higher-level relationships with donors, partners and stakeholders
Fundraising and business development: Actively fundraising, building relationships with ongoing and new donors
Key Requirements:
Minimum Masters-level background in science, preferably the biological or geological sciences, and ideally with training and research experience in palaeontology (origin sciences).
Proven management skills with some experience in the financial oversight of an organisation or department
Demonstrated skills in stakeholder and especially donor relations at a senior/executive level
Finance Officer
The Southern African Development Community Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI)
Pretoria, South Africa
Closing Date:
Sunday, 24 November 2024
Open
The Finance Officer will be the focal person for SADC-GMI on all finance duties with and in support of the other SADC-GMI team members. S/he will report directly to the Executive Director of SADC-GMI.
Key Responsibilities:
Budget preparation, tracking and reporting for all financiers
Contact & relationships management with, banks, service providers, debtors, creditors, etc
Ensure compliance with Tax and VAT requirements in South Africa
Key Requirements:
A minimum of a degree qualification from a recognized institution in accounting, finance, economics, or other field relevant to the job.
A postgraduate diploma in accounting and finance will be an added advantage.
A minimum of 6yrs post-graduation working experience in the financial administration and management field
Executive Assistant
Greenpeace Africa
Hybrid (based in Cameroon, Kenya, Senegal, RSA or DRC)
Closing Date:
Friday, 15 November 2024
Closed
The Executive Assistant will act as the primary liaison for the Executive Director (ED) with all stakeholders within the global organization and externally, including collaboration with the Senior Management Team, Senior Leadership Team, Greenpeace colleagues, and outside contacts.
Key Responsibilities:
Act as the primary link between the Executive Director (ED) and internal/external stakeholders, ensuring efficient information flow and maintaining confidentiality.
Manage the ED’s schedule, organize meetings, and handle travel logistics, including approval processes and document preparation.
Develop and maintain a filing and information management system for the ED’s office.
Key Requirements:
A university degree in Business Administration, Program Management, or a related field.
At least 5 years of experience in a similar role.
Strong documentation, writing, research, and presentation skills.
Program Manager MAMAS Academy
MAMAS Alliance
Johannesburg, South Africa
Closing Date:
Friday, 15 November 2024
Closed
The Program Manager will be employed by Kinderfonds MAMAS and will report directly to the Managing Director of MAMAS Alliance in Johannesburg. This role focuses on managing the MAMAS Academy and other capacity-building projects that strengthen our network of NGOs. Aligned with our ethos, “MAMAS know best,” we seek an experienced program manager who is a servant leader with good listening skills, strategic thinking, facilitating and coaching. This individual must have vast experience in social and community development who is skilled at knowledge sharing and collaboration across diverse teams.
Key Responsibilities:
Co-ordinate, manage and co-design key programs within the MAMAS Academy, specifically focusing on the Boys Program and Career Guidance Program.
Oversee program implementation, including monitoring, evaluation, budgeting, and reporting, to ensure program goals are met.
Develop and coordinate online and offline training led by and for the MAMAS network, fostering knowledge and skills sharing among 36 partner NGOs.
Key Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Community Development, Social Sciences, or a related field.
8-10 years’ experience in social development or the NGO sector.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a diverse team environment.
Project Lead: Energy and Climate
Economic Development Partnership
Cape Town or Johannesburg
Closing Date:
Thursday, 31 October 2024
Interviewing
We are seeking an experienced and innovative Project Lead to operationalise and lead your own projects in this dynamic and growing programme, ensuring that our work strengthens South Africa’s energy resilience and supports climate action. The role is highly versatile, and may involve providing support to other EDP programmes should the capacity and need arise. We value an individual’s fit within the organisation equally to qualifications and experience. If the job speaks to you in totality, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet each individual criteria.
Key Responsibilities:
Manage multiple projects that address South Africa’s energy transition and climate challenges
Cultivate partnerships with key actors across sectors, fostering collaboration towards shared energy and climate goals
Oversee operational plans, ensuring efficient resource use and continuous project delivery
Key Requirements:
A relevant tertiary qualification (postgraduate preferred) or equivalent
A minimum of four years’ experience (preferably across at least two different sectors, such as business, academia, public, or development)
At least two years of project management experience, ideally in sustainability, energy, or climate-related fields
Ability to manage complex stakeholder processes and partnerships
LED Programme Lead
Economic Development Partnership
Cape Town or Gauteng
Closing Date:
Friday, 8 November 2024
Closed
The LED Programme Lead will be a proven systems-thinker and change-maker well networked with cities and local government and the intergovernmental and societal systems within which they function. They will lead the implementation and improvement of EDP’s programme strategy for LED.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and manage EDP programmes and projects
Prepare and manage project budgets, finance reporting, and risk mitigation
Write programme and project reports, such as progress reports and concept notes
Design, facilitate, and monitor tailored partnering solutions aligned with EDP’s business plan
Key Requirements:
Relevant tertiary qualification (Master’s Degree) or equivalent qualification.
Minimum - 6 years of experience in a minimum of 2 different and diverse working contexts, including business, academia, public sector or development sector with strong experience in project implementation and diverse, complex stakeholder management
Minimum 3 years previous project management experience
Knowledge and Impact Manager
Economic Development Partnership
Cape Town, South Africa
Closing Date:
Friday, 8 November 2024
Interviewing
The EDP seeks an experienced Knowledge and Impact Manager to lead its Knowledge Management and Monitoring, Reporting, Evaluation and Learning functions. This is a senior strategic role focused on strengthening the EDP's impact and knowledge-sharing practices. The role will form part of EDP’s management committee and thus contribute to the overall management of the organisation.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide overall strategic leadership and management to developing the EDP’s practice and improving its impact
Take overall strategic custodianship of the EDP’s practice, its documentation and dissemination and improving its impact
Take overall strategic custodianship of the EDP’s monitoring and reporting processes
Manage evaluation processes, including planning, scoping, contracting, and execution
Manage team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement
Key Requirements:
Relevant Master’s qualification in Monitoring & Evaluation, Knowledge Management, or a related field to the EDP’s work
Proven experience in leading strategic functions or projects, ideally within the development or socio-economic sectors
At least 5 years of management or senior specialist experience, ideally in a leadership role
Special Assistant
Ford Foundation
Johannesburg, South Africa
Closing Date:
Friday, 15 November 2024
Closed
The Special Assistant is responsible for supporting the Regional Director with managing workflows and administrative tasks, including calendar and project management, supporting special projects, coordinating team meetings and providing overall cohesion for the office.
Key Responsibilities:
Support the Regional Director with all administrative needs including maintaining their calendar, travel management, expense reporting, preparing itineraries for external visitors, and meeting preparation/follow through
Synthesize key information from meetings, partner with the Regional Director and/or with other stakeholders on follow-up, action plans, and dissemination
Support with managing consultants assigned to special projects
Key Requirements:
4+ years of professional working experience supporting senior executives in an administrative and operational capacity.
Baccalaureate degree in related field or equivalent relevant experience.
Experience working within global and/or complex environments.
Rights & Safeguards Manager
African Parks
Bryanston, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa
Closing Date:
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Interviewing
The Rights and Safeguards Manager will contribute to embedding a conservation approach that is consistent with international human rights, and with safeguards standards, with both internal and external stakeholders. This role requires an understanding of international human rights, and safeguards frameworks, with an emphasis on the specific issues that apply to the conservation sector in Africa. Such issues include prevailing debates on land tenure and the legacy displacements of communities to create protected areas, the rights of indigenous peoples, and the different models for conservation management.
Key Responsibilities:
Promoting an integrated approach to conservation that recognises and respects the rights of IPLCs – and supporting consistent compliance with human rights across AP operations;
Supporting the adoption and consistent application of the Environmental & Social Safeguards standard operating procedures across AP-managed parks;
Guiding efforts to support communities to register and protect their rights to land and natural resources;
Key Requirements:
Post-graduate qualification in Human Rights/Law/International Development/Conservation or a related field.
Must have a good understanding of legal and policy considerations for human rights in a conservation context.
Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, with a track record in managing issues relating to human rights, indigenous peoples’ rights, land tenure, social safeguards, and/or conservation law.