The Executive Director will lead the positioning and strategic direction of Saide, its profiling and promotion, and advancing its high reputation across educational sectors, levels and regions. He/she will ensure Saide’s organizational health and financial sustainability through the tireless winning of commissions, contracts and grants.

Key Responsibilities
Leading the positioning and strategic direction of Saide, its profiling and promotion, and advancing its high reputation across educational sectors, levels and regions;

Ensuring Saide’s organizational health and financial sustainability through the tireless winning of commissions, contracts and grants;

Sustaining Saide’s distinctive environment of productivity, project-based team-work, collegiality, professionalism, and support;

Actively providing strategic support and managerial and operational guidance to the project leaders;

Proactively supporting the Board of Trustee’s functioning and effectiveness; and

Ensuring that all legal, human resources, health and safety, and financial requirements are met.

Requirements

Relevant tertiary qualification of at least degree level

Extensive experience (ideally 10-15 years) in educational NGO leadership, especially of leading teams and initiatives

Written and spoken fluency in English. Being able to communicate in other South Africa languages is an advantage

Preparedness to work in Johannesburg and travel within Sub Saharan Africa.