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Executive Assistant

Greenpeace Africa
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Hybrid (based in Cameroon, Kenya, Senegal, RSA or DRC)
Closing Date:
Friday, 15 November 2024
Open

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
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Johannesburg, South Africa
Closing Date:
Friday, 15 November 2024
Open

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
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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
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Cape Town or Gauteng
Closing Date:
Friday, 8 November 2024
Open

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
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Cape Town, South Africa
Closing Date:
Friday, 8 November 2024
Open

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
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Johannesburg, South Africa
Closing Date:
Friday, 15 November 2024
Open

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
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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.

Senior Manager: New Business Development & Strategic Partnership

Hlanganisa Community Fund
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Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa
Closing Date:
Sunday, 20 October 2024
Interviewing

The New business development & Strategic Partnership Manager is primarily responsible for the management, growth and development of strategic relationships, both existing and new.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and implement strategies for partnership development and fundraising aligned with the organizational strategy.
Provide expert strategic advice on partnership management.
Cultivate and manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Key Requirements:

Tertiary qualification in a relevant field.
Extensive experience in communications, stakeholder management, public relations, and marketing.
Prior experience in the NGO sector, particularly with donors, government, and community-based organizations.

Senior Finance Manager

groundWork
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Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Closing Date:
Monday, 4 November 2024
Open

The Senior Finance Manager, with at least 15-years’ experience in working with multiple funders and accounts, will deliver on the organisation’s financial management and reporting requirements and provide leadership and management of groundWork’s Finance Team. The Senior Finance Manager will support the achievement of strategic and political objectives of the organization and its partners. Ideally, the candidate should reflect a commitment to groundWork’s vision, mission and values.

Key Responsibilities:

Report to and be accountable to the groundWork Executive Team and the Board of Trustees;
Provide leadership of the Finance Team comprising an accountant and bookkeepers;
Provide support to groundWork and its partners to deliver finance and accounting functions, management, compliance and reporting requirements;

Key Requirements:

Relevant undergraduate and post graduate qualifications in Commerce, Accounting, Finance or Economics. Chartered Accountant Registration with SAICA is preferred;
At least 15 years’ experience in financial management and accounting including forecasting and budgeting, preparation and review of management accounts, audits, and financial risk management;
Experience in the non-profit sector.

External Relations Officer

The Mandela Rhodes Foundation
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Cape Town, South Africa
Closing Date:
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Interviewing

The External Relations Officer’s (ERO) role is to assist in delivering on the Foundation’s brand, communications, marketing and alumni relations objectives. This role reports to the External Relations Manager (ERM), who is accountable for developing and implementing the communications and alumni strategies, in alignment with the organisation’s strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities:

Support ERM with the PAO strategy by implementing key deliverables of the communications and marketing plan
Support the ERM in implementing the MRF’s communications and alumni relations strategy
Support ERM in implementing the alumni relations strategy

Key Requirements:

Undergraduate qualification or equivalent
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience: 1-3 years in brand, communications, marketing, alumni relations or a related role.
Experience working with alumni or in a non-profit organisation is a benefit

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