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Tshikululu Social Investments: Communications Manager
Tshikululu Social InvestmentsPlease note: this opportunity closing date has passed and may not be available any more.Opportunity closing date:Friday, November 16, 2012Opportunity type:EmploymentTshikululu Social Investments is a social investment agency that manages Corporate Social Investment (CSI) funds and trusts for large and medium-sized business. Tshikululu works in the fields of education, health and social development, sustainable livelihoods and enterprise development.
Tshikululu seeks to appoint a Communications Manager, based in Johannesburg.
The person will be required to formulate and implement internal and external communications strategies and lead a team of professionals to ensure effective implementation and monitoring of these strategies. The Communications Manager will report to the Chef Executive Officer.
Responsibilities:- Develop, implement and monitor internal and external communication strategies;
- Develop all possible media crisis strategies and manage the process if and when a situation occurs;
- Develop media liaison strategies that result in positive perceptions of the organisation with the media;
- Prepare speeches and press releases for senior management within the organisation;
- Preparing supporting documentation including brochures, presentations and website content;
- Ensure that all external and internal communication is aligned to the company’s strategy, vision, mission, values and brand identity;
- Ensure that the production of the organisation’s Report to Society, brochures, and all other publications adhere to the highest standards;
- Lead and support the communication’s team in managing and delivering company and client events;
- Manage service providers to ensure that service level agreements and budgets are adhered to;
- Lead, develop and manage the Communication’s department team.
- Degree in communications, journalism, marketing or public relations;
- Knowledge of public policy and legislation pertaining to communications, publishing, corporate social investment and sector charters;
- Knowledge of developments in current affairs, economics, advertising, marketing and media industries;
- Knowledge of social investment and the development sector would be an advantage;
- Excellent communications skills including, oral, written, presentation and listening;
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office suite;
- Good understanding of the printing, publishing and advertising industries;
- Financial acumen and effective management of the department;
- Research and proofreading skills;
- Minimum of eight to ten years relevant experience in the communications sector;
- Minimum of five years managerial experience;
- Strong interpersonal, leadership and management skills;
- Project management skills;
- Valid light vehicle driver’s licence;
- Ability and willingness to travel to diverse parts of the country, using various types of transport.
Apply online, click here.
Please quote the source of this advertisement in your application - NGO Pulse Portal.
Only South African citizens will be considered.
Tshikululu Social Investments will not be liable neither for the interview travel cost or relocation cost.
If you have not been contacted within 14 days of the closing date, consider your application unsuccessful.
For more about Tshikululu, refer to www.tshikululu.org.za.
For other vacancies in the NGO sector, refer to www.ngopulse.org/vacancies.
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SANGONeT invites NGOs and other civil society groups in Gauteng to a briefing session with Eskom on 26 November 2012 in Johannesburg to discuss Eskom's next Multi-Year Price Determination (MYPD 3). The current three-year MYPD 2 comes to an end in March 2013. Eskom is proposing a five-year determination for MYPD 3, running from 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2018, with electricity tariffs to increase by 16% per annum during this period. Attend the event to learn more about this issue and have your say. Click here for more information about the event.Thinking Is Overrated...
In the past few weeks, there has been yet another huge public outcry on the functioning of the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF) and this has provoked a range of talk (and a lot of hot air too) about how we can go about fixing things to make one of the larger national development funders in South Africa, work better. This talk and the occasional Business Day op-ed have however failed to look at the bigger picture of the development landscape and how that aspect affects not just the NLDTF or the National Development Agency (NDA) but the manner in which we build the post-1990 envisioned development state.
In attempting to deal with any process to improve the functioning of the NLDTF or the NDA, it may be prudent to acknowledge the (very large) elephant in the room, which is the obvious lack of any sort of comprehensive social service and development legislation in South Africa that provides for the holistic location of both agencies as well the myriad of other public and private sector funding in the country. The lack of this overarching legislative framework for bringing the developmental state agenda to life, is the key to unlocking the value of both agencies as well as a host of the other good and great initiatives that seek to build a more just and equitable society[1].
Thus any recommendations and conclusions to improve the NDA and NLDTF need to be understood in the context of what else is needed to ensure that this situation of a poorly functioning national development agency and a misaligned national lottery funder, are both fixed and not repeated in the way we develop and implement future initiatives to realise the ideals of the Freedom Charter and Constitution. The social, cultural and economic rights[2] of the people of SA are central to the way we think about and implement the programmes and policies that seek to meet and exceed those rights.
On a macro level, we need to commence a dialogue about the nature of the social compact to meet and exceed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and ensure greater prosperity for all who live here. The state has claimed ownership of the developmental state and finding ways for civil society to engage meaningfully and constructively are limited. Admittedly, this is a reality of past and current modalities of engagement, but if we are looking to move ahead, then we need to be clear, as a nation, that civil society is not a secondary partner in this process. It is a collaborative relationship, where partners are engaging, on the ideals we seek to set and the process to achieve them.
We must also be wary of the red herring touted by senior Department of Social Development (DoSD) officials about the lack of an apex civil society structure to engage with and thus, they “do not know who to engage with in civil society.” There are a range of current networks that can be called upon and if this is not enough, it is a simple matter to put out a public call for engagement.
For the NLDTF and the NDA, there is a need for a piecemeal reform approach, as well as systemic change in the broad development landscape. It is possible for both these options to co-exist and given the urgent needs of the sector, we need to win space for both immediate reforms as suggested below, as well as a large-scale development priority shift.
Piecemeal Reform:
Better-designed regulations for both the NDA and the NLDTF are needed, with broad consultation and ideally this process should be funded by the respective entities but managed by civil society. In this fashion, we will have developed regulations that not only improve the functioning of the entities but are also owned by the people affected by them[3].
We need a separate board for the NLDTF, to oversee the mandate of the NLDTF and ensure compliance with that mandate. This board will also serve to ensure that civil society is both represented and equally accountable for the success or failure of the NLDTF to meet its lofty mandate.
We also need the Advisory Board for Social Development (Act 3 of 2001)[4] also needs to be appointed as a matter of critical urgency. It is baffling to say the least, that this matter has been outstanding for 11 years now. The appointment of such a board would ensure that talent, skills, knowledge and experience of the civil society sector is shared in the process of ensuring that development in SA takes place as a collaborative process between government, civil society, business and labour.
So while we can ‘take-on’ the NLDTF in marches and media campaigns, it will serve the interests of civil society in general, much better, if we are to focus our collective energy on working together to bring about some macro-policy shifts that will create an enabling framework for a long term developmental approach to funding of civil society organisations at the coalface of delivery and those engaged in the process of constant innovation, not just of service delivery but of our thinking too.
- Rajesh Latchman is the Coordinator of the National Welfare Forum, Volunteer Convenor of GCAP South Africa, guerrilla gardener, cyclist and an unreformed recycler. He writes in his personal capacity.
[1] The need for an over-arching legislative framework for social services, National Welfare Forum, 2010 accessible on the following link www.forum.org.za/The-Need-for-an-Over-Arching-Legislative-Framework-May-2010[2] Understanding the International Covenant on economic, social and cultural rights, Coalition for ICESCR ratification, 2010 accessible on www.blacksash.org.za/files/icescrseminardoc.pdfFlickr image:
Tshikululu Social Investments: Senior Consultant – Advisory Services
Tshikululu Social InvestmentsPlease note: this opportunity closing date has passed and may not be available any more.Opportunity closing date:Monday, June 17, 2013Tshikululu Social Investments is a social investment agency that manages Corporate Social Investment (CSI) funds and trusts for large and medium-sized business. Tshikululu works in the fields of education, health and social development, sustainable livelihoods and enterprise development.Opportunity type:Employment
Tshikululu’s core fund management service is complemented by its Advisory Services team, a new business unit which provides specialist consulting services to a range of clients – including large- and medium-sized businesses, community trusts, and private foundations – to improve the performance and impact of their social investments.
Tshikululu seeks to appoint a a Senior Consultant on the Advisory Services team, based in Johannesburg.
Tshikululu Advisory Services is still a new unit and the ideal candidate will be flexible and enjoy the challenges and opportunities this brings. Tshikululu is interested in candidates who seek to apply their consulting experience to delivering innovative and impactful social investment solutions for clients, as well as contributing to the maturation of an ambitious social sector consultancy.
Requirements:
- Appropriate undergraduate degree or tertiary qualification; a post graduate degree is preferable;
- Significant applicable professional experience (5-7 years), including a proven professional competency in the corporate social responsibility and/or socio-economic development sectors; previous strategy or management consulting experience is preferable;
- Experience in a client-facing role, including independent responsibility for client deliverables;
- Strong analytical abilities (both quantitative and qualitative);
- Strong organisational and project management skills;
- Ability to work without significant oversight; must be self-motivated and results driven;
- Ability to meet deadlines and lead the delivery of high quality projects within short timeframes;
- Ability and desire to contribute to the development a start-up team;
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including ability to present to large groups and executive-level audiences;
- Outstanding writing abilities, including willingness and ability to write for executive-level audiences;
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office;
- Ability and willingness to travel to rural, sometimes challenging, parts of the country.
- Valid driver’s licence.
- Responsible for the design, development, management, and delivery of distinctive client project outputs, sometimes on a concurrent or overlapping basis;
- Serve as primary client relationship manager, and an effective steward for Tshikululu Advisory Services;
- Manage the workflow and contributions of semi-dedicated project teams, as well as external consultants as needed;
- Leverage personal and public knowledge of social development sector and practices for the benefit of clients. Core topical areas might include: development or philanthropic strategy; performance monitoring and project evaluation; organisational change management; ‘Shared Value’; and/or B-BBEE compliance;
- Contribute to the continued establishment of Tshikululu Advisory Services in the marketplace, including contributing to the implementation of the team’s strategy and development of new clients;
- Contribute to the development, standardisation, and implementation of internal operational protocols, including those around project management, knowledge management, and service delivery;
- Lead knowledge-sharing and thought-leadership initiatives, both internally and externally; conceptualise and implement market-shaping research initiatives;
- Mentor junior staff, and contribute to a culture of professional development;
- Oversee internal administration and manage compliance with internal administrative protocols.
Please quote the source of this advertisement in your application - NGO Pulse Portal.
Only South African citizens will be considered.
This is an Affirmative Action Appointment.
Tshikululu Social Investments will not be liable neither for the interview travel cost or relocation cost.
If you have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date, consider your application unsuccessful.
For more about Tshikululu, refer to www.tshikululu.org.za.
For other vacancies in the NGO sector, refer to www.ngopulse.org/vacancies.
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SOS Children's VillagePlease note: this opportunity closing date has passed and may not be available any more.Opportunity closing date:Friday, June 7, 2013SOS Children’s Villages South Africa, an affiliate member of SOS-Kinderdorf International, is a dynamic social development organisation. It takes action for orphaned and vulnerable children by building and strengthening families for them to live in and grow with love, respect and security.Opportunity type:Employment
SOS Rustenburg Village (SMI Model) seeks to appoint a Child and Youth Development Coordinator, based in Rustenburg, North West.
The successful candidate will provide guidance and leadership to a team of mothers and aunts, social worker (s), youth leader (s) etc.
Responsibilities:
- Work in cooperation with the Child and Youth Development (CYD) Team - (SOS Mothers/Aunts, Youth Leader, Social Workers, Educator etc.) to plan and support each individual child and youth’s development programme (CDP & YDP) which should be reviewed continuously;
- Champion and lead the way in terms of ensuring the rights of the children and ensure that child protection policies are always implemented;
- Promote and support family relationships by conducting regular family house visits, providing advice, guidance and support to both the children and the SOS Mothers;
- Ensure that relationships with the Social Welfare Department are excellent and that all submissions requirements to the department are complied with at all times, and that subsidies are correctly received and reconciled;
- Lead the CYD department planning and budgeting process;
- A strong leader of Family Based Care on the facility management team;
- Coordinate the compilation of progress reports on the children and youth for submission to the IS department;
- Ensure timeous submission of child registration and departure notices to the IS department;
- Participate in the recruitment of and oversee performance management of the CYD Team;
- Participate in SOS Brand development activities to motivate community support of the organisation.
- Humanities degree or similar qualification with at least three (3) years hands on supervisory experience;
- Excellent communicator, with strong conflict management, counselling and report writing skills;
- Sound knowledge of Child Protection laws and policies. Familiar with UNCRC and child care acts and other relevant national child care legislation and application of child rights-based approach;
- Valid driver’s licence;
- This is a residential position.
This is an interesting opportunities to develop as well as a chance to use your skills in a dynamic environment whilst impacting the life of a child.
In accordance with the organisation’s child protection policy, all employment is subject to applicable background checks, including criminal record checks.
To apply, submit a detailed CV and motivation letter along with two traceable references to hr@sos.org.za with ‘Application for CYDC Position-Rustenburg’ in the subject line.
Please quote the source of this advertisement in your application - NGO Pulse Portal.
Applications received after the 7 June 2013 will not be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
For more about SOS Children’s Villages South Africa, refer to www.sos.org.za.
For other vacancies in the NGO sector, refer to www.ngopulse.org/vacancies.
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Want to reach the widest spectrum of NGO and development stakeholders in South Africa as part of your communication and outreach objectives? Learn more about how the NGO Pulse Premium Advertising Service can support your communication requirements. Visit http://goo.gl/MUCvL for more information.Tshikululu Social Investments: Communications Officer
Tshikululu Social InvestmentsPlease note: this opportunity closing date has passed and may not be available any more.Opportunity closing date:Sunday, May 26, 2013Tshikululu Social Investments is South Africa’s premier social investment agency, managing CSI funds and trusts for large and medium-sized business. Tshikululu works in the fields of education, health and social development, sustainable livelihoods and enterprise development.Opportunity type:Employment
Tshikululu seeks to appoint a Communications Officer, based in Johannesburg.
The person will provide professional, efficient, comprehensive, accurate and timeous support and administrative assistance, and to assist in implementing communications strategies and manage communications programmes for Tshikululu and external clients, working with a variety of communications channels and media.
Responsibilities:
- Web maintenance, which includes the uploading of content to our website and to social media;
- Internal and external communications;
- Provision of client service and support;
- Database management;
- Knowledge and archive management.
- Appropriate Bachelor’s degree or equivalent tertiary qualification in journalism, communications, media, or English;
- Minimum of two years relevant experience in the communications sector;
- Knowledge of current trends in current affairs and the advertising, marketing, and media industries;
- Knowledge of corporate social investment and the broader development sector would be advantageous
- Excellent communications skills including, oral, written, presentation, and listening;
- Experience of working in diverse environments, with multi-disciplinary teams would be advantageous;
- Strong interpersonal skills;
- Ability to work independently, self-motivated, and results driven;
- Proven strong research and information-gathering skills;
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
- Web literacy and development experience;
- Web content management experience;
- Valid light vehicle driver’s license
- Ability and willingness to travel to diverse parts of the country, using various types of transport.
To apply, refer to http://tshikululu.recruitbank.co.za/candidate/jobsearch.aspx.
Please quote the source of this advertisement in your application - NGO Pulse Portal.
Tshikululu Social Investments will not be liable for the interview travel cost nor relocation cost.
If you have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date, accept that your application was unsuccessful.
Tshikululu reserve the right not to proceed with the filling of the post advertised. Ensure that you meet the above requirements before you apply.
For more about Tshikululu Social Investments, refer to www.tshikululu.org.za.
For other vacancies in the NGO sector, refer to www.ngopulse.org/vacancies.
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This month saw the launch of a new social change initiative called ‘Dignify’. There would not be much to comment – good causes pop up all the time – but this game plan is very different from others. Without cloaking itself in some or other religion or belief caste, it wants to bring spirituality and human dignity to the core of social development in South Africa. It is a courageous and practical attempt at ‘transformation of the development approach’ and maybe it will not find rocky ground.
At base, Dignify does not think that success in social change is a thing that just, or even primarily, comes through Xrands buying Y outcomes for Z people; rather it puts the people bit right at the centre of work being done.
This is not the stuff of some soft-hearted angst: it is pulled together by hard-nosed development workers who have spent years hitting their heads against poor results in community work, or at least less-than-could-be results. And they reckon that in social investment, we have largely forgotten its key – people; not funders, causes or esoteric visions. To them, talking about the ‘needs’ of beneficiaries is for naught if we forget that the latter’s ‘ownership’ of projects is a thing most often of inner conviction in the self. Indeed, the Dignify concept is that human dignity and spirituality lie at the core of successful social investment. This is radical thinking.
Says Dignify co-founder Sr. Aine Hughes: “It is vital to understand that the values, principles and beliefs that every one of us holds play a very important part in guiding our courses of action. If we are truly interested in holistic change in the world, then we must tap into this source – whether we call it spirituality or something else”.
Adds Ann McCollum: “It’s about something people hold to be their core of life or spirit, according to which they direct their lives, make judgments about right and wrong, good and bad. It’s about the values and principles that one cherishes. It doesn’t matter whether they come from some religious background, or from the social upbringing, or simply from one’s rational nature. What is important is that we understand and acknowledge that the values, principles and beliefs that we have and hold play a very important role in guiding the course of action that we take.”
That is something that the good burghers at Dignify think is too often missing in project design and practice. Not that this approach is new globally – much has been written and working groups in places like the United Nations and the World Bank have tried to make this approach practical.
But in places where the need for circumstantial upliftment is sometimes simplistically thought of as ‘critical’ in an ‘emergency’ way, these ideas easily fall away. That has far too often been the case here in South Africa, thinks another Dignify driver, Doug Racionzer, and he says that it is a reason for so many community development failures.
Selling this stuff to anyone long-in-the-development-tooth will not be easy if it comes across as airy-fairy. Which makes Racionzer a fortunate spokesman; given his track-record in the very down-to-Earth and sometimes messy pulling together of divided business interests in the established and successful Small Towns Rejuvenation Project, never mind his background in spaza marketing set-ups in more than 100 townships and much more besides.
So, the Dignify approach means what in practice? First off comes the humility and learning of forming deep-seated relationships with ‘the self’ and with communities, partly through educating development practitioners and their ground partners for a transformation in how they see themselves and each other. Then it moves to matters economic in giving preference to ethical social enterprises and in advocating a society of greater opportunity. ‘Relating to creation’ means promoting a stewardship of nature, along with ethical and accessible use of land, water and waste.
All of this starts off with ‘foundational practicalities’ of social investment project design being disciplined to “deep listening”; an overt and to date unusual affirmation by development practitioners of safe/sacred spaces; and so pretty much taking to this work through community trust-building.
In a society as deeply religious as South Africa’s (the last census to ask, in 2001, found 84% of South Africans declaring for some or other religiosity), it means an overt withdrawal from taking the Enlightenment’s strict separation of church and state, and taking the resulting redirection into social investment. This is far more profound than it may at first glance appear. Given the reign in development of a sometimes unthinking conformity in a too-clever-by-half chattering class, it is also brave.
Talking about the centrality of human dignity in development is trite when the belief systems of communities and the national character are ignored or pushed away. The obvious beneficial strengths that come with these things are inexplicably rejected, top-down.
But getting such home-truths through to self-proclaimed development experts might mean fighting a tough and nuanced battle of thinking in development. If that battle of ideas is won, measurable and positive results in the fraught world of community development and social cohesion can almost certainly be expected to increase. All strength to that.
- Paul Pereira is owner at WHAM! Media. Dignify can be contacted through Ann McCollum, E-mail: ann.mccollum@virgin.net, Sr. Aine Hughes, E-mail: pmhughes17@gmail.com, and Doug Racionzer, E-mail: douglas@racionzer.net.Author(s):Paul PereiraTshikululu Social Investments: CSI Specialist - Education
Tshikululu Social InvestmentsPlease note: this opportunity closing date has passed and may not be available any more.Opportunity closing date:Monday, May 13, 2013Tshikululu Social Investments is South Africa’s premier social investment agency, managing CSI funds and trusts for large and medium-sized business. Tshikululu works in the fields of education, health and social development, sustainable livelihoods and enterprise development.Opportunity type:Employment
Tshikululu seeks to appoint a CSI Specialist, based in Johannesburg.
The CSI Specialist will design, manage and assess the impact of social investment programmes in education. In addition the CSI specialist will be required to do grant making including processing grants through the assessment of appeals, within the framework of the client's CSI strategies. The person will be at the forefront of understanding the CSI in education, to assist in developing and influencing client strategy formulation and implementation.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, design, implement and monitor client’s CSI strategies related to education;
- Align and strengthen the education strategy with the CSI strategies of the client. Assist in developing innovative and impactful programme strategies, based on research, experience and knowledge of the education sector;
- Project manage key education programmes on behalf of a corporate funder;
- Provide regular updates on key developments in the education sector to funders;
- Implement, monitor and evaluate programmes. Adjust programmes by mutual agreement with Client Relationship Manager and clients based on data and lessons learnt in the programme implementation;
- Develop a thorough and comprehensive understanding and application of the appeals/project evaluation processes and systems;
- Prepare professional and accurate project evaluations in accordance with set standards for Trustee Meetings and Committee Meetings;
- Develop relationships which identify a broad cross-sector of internal and external stakeholders within the CSI sector, including clients, beneficiaries, sector specialists, government, and other Tshikululu staff members;
- Share knowledge both internally and externally with clients, beneficiaries, and other important development stakeholders, to build institutional knowledge and organisational capacity;
- Provide coaching, mentorship and support for CSI practitioners, as required.
- Minimum of ten years experience in the education or the CSI sector;
- Appropriate bachelor’s degree or equivalent tertiary qualification in Education;
- Knowledge of the development and social investment sector, pertaining to the field of Education;
- Knowledge of social responsibility policies and practices;
- Understanding and network of relationships in the education sector;
- Fundamental understanding of the education sector in South Africa;
- Track record of working with education programmes which have demonstrated impact;
- Sound knowledge of the education policy landscape in South Africa;
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office;
- Valid driver’s licence;
- Ability and willingness to travel to diverse parts of the country, using various types of transport;
- Strong presentation, writing and interpersonal skills;
- Ability to relate to stakeholders in both the corporate and NGO sectors;
- Ability to work independently, self-motivated and results driven.
Tshikululu Social Investments will not be liable neither for the interview travel cost or relocation cost.
To apply, refer to http://tshikululu.recruitbank.co.za/candidate/jobsearch.aspx.
Please quote the source of this advertisement in your application - NGO Pulse Portal.
Tshikululu Social Investments will not be liable for the interview travel cost or relocation cost.
If you have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date, consider your application unsuccessful.
For more about Tshikululu Social Investments, refer to www.tshikululu.org.za.
For other vacancies in the NGO sector, refer to www.ngopulse.org/vacancies.
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Tshikululu Social InvestmentsPlease note: this opportunity closing date has passed and may not be available any more.Opportunity closing date:Friday, April 26, 2013Tshikululu Social Investments is South Africa’s premier social investment agency, managing CSI funds and trusts for large and medium-sized business. Tshikululu works in the fields of education, health and social development, sustainable livelihoods and enterprise development.Opportunity type:Employment
Tshikululu’s core fund management service is complemented by its Advisory Services team, a new business unit which provides specialist consulting services to a range of clients – including large- and medium-sized businesses, community trusts, and private foundations – to improve the performance and impact of their social investments.
Tshikululu seeks to appoint a Senior Consultant on the Advisory Services team, based in Johannesburg.
Tshikululu Advisory Services is still a new unit and the ideal candidate will be flexible and enjoy the challenges and opportunities this brings. Tshikululu is interested in candidates who seek to apply their consulting experience to delivering innovative and impactful social investment solutions for clients, as well as contributing to the maturation of an ambitious social sector consultancy.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the design, development, management, and delivery of distinctive client project outputs, sometimes on a concurrent or overlapping basis;
- Serve as primary client relationship manager, and an effective steward for Tshikululu Advisory Services;
- Manage the workflow and contributions of semi-dedicated project teams, as well as external consultants as needed;
- Leverage personal and public knowledge of social development sector and practices for the benefit of clients. Core topical areas might include: development or philanthropic strategy; performance monitoring and project evaluation; organisational change management; ‘Shared Value’; and/or B-BBEE compliance;
- Contribute to the continued establishment of Tshikululu Advisory Services in the marketplace, including contributing to the implementation of the team’s strategy and development of new clients;
- Contribute to the development, standardisation, and implementation of internal operational protocols, including those around project management, knowledge management, and service delivery;
- Lead knowledge-sharing and thought-leadership initiatives, both internally and externally; conceptualise and implement market-shaping research initiatives;
- Mentor junior staff, and contribute to a culture of professional development;
- Oversee internal administration and manage compliance with internal administrative protocols.
- Appropriate undergraduate degree or tertiary qualification; a post graduate degree is preferable;
- Significant applicable professional experience (5-7 years), including a proven professional competency in the corporate social responsibility and/or socio-economic development sectors; previous strategy or management consulting experience is preferable;
- Experience in a client-facing role, including independent responsibility for client deliverables
- Strong analytical abilities (both quantitative and qualitative);
- Strong organisational and project management skills;
- Ability to work without significant oversight; must be self-motivated and results driven;
- Ability to meet deadlines and lead the delivery of high quality projects within short timeframes;
- Ability and desire to contribute to the development a start-up team;
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including ability to present to large groups and executive-level audiences;
- Outstanding writing abilities, including willingness and ability to write for executive-level audiences;
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office;
- Ability and willingness to travel to rural, sometimes challenging, parts of the country;
- Valid driver’s licence.
Please quote the source of this advertisement in your application - NGO Pulse Portal.
Only South African citizens will be considered. Tshikululu is an equal opportunity employer and this is an employment equity (AA) targeted position.
Tshikululu Social Investments will not be liable for the interview travel cost or relocation cost.
If you have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
Tshikululu reserves the right not to proceed with the filling of the post advertised. Ensure that you meet the above requirements before you apply.
For more about Tshikululu Social Investments, refer to www.tshikululu.org.za.
For other vacancies in the NGO sector, refer to www.ngopulse.org/vacancies.
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SOS Children’s Villages South AfricaPlease note: this opportunity closing date has passed and may not be available any more.Opportunity closing date:Friday, March 22, 2013SOS Children’s Villages South Africa, an affiliate member of SOS-Kinderdorf International, is a dynamic social development organisation. It takes action for orphaned and vulnerable children by building and strengthening families for them to live in and grow with love, respect and security.Opportunity type:Employment
SOS Children’s Villages South Africa seeks to appoint a Social Worker, based at SOS Ennerdale Village, Johannesburg.
The Challenge:- Ensure child admission and departure procedures and policies are followed;
- Work with SOS Mothers to assess the physical, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual needs of each child;
- Develop appropriate action plans in conjunction with the child care practitioners and other professional staff that meet the needs of the child;
- Develop relationships with relevant stakeholders in matters concerning the children;
- Provide counselling and life space interventions for children and occasionally child care practitioners;
- Provide advice, guidance and support to the other members of the Programme team in matters relating to the children and other programme participants.
- Degree in social work with at least two years experience in statutory/family work;
- Valid driver’s licence (essential);
- Registration with the South African Council for Social Service Professions as a social worker;
- Fluency in English and ability to converse comfortably in Local African Languages.
- Sound knowledge base and demonstrable skills in therapeutic work and interventions, including expressive therapies and life space interventions;
- Good communication, report writing and administration skills;
- Sound knowledge of child protection laws and policies;
- Solid computer literacy and experience with internet, e-mail and Microsoft Office;
- Willingness to work irregular hours (flexi-time) and be on standby after hours.
Please quote the source of this advertisement in your application - NGO Pulse Portal.
For more about SOS Children’s Villages South Africa, refer to www.sos.org.za.
For other vacancies in the NGO sector, refer to www.ngopulse.org/vacancies.
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Tshikululu Social Investments: Executive - Corporate Affairs
Tshikululu Social InvestmentsPlease note: this opportunity closing date has passed and may not be available any more.Opportunity closing date:Thursday, March 28, 2013Tshikululu Social Investments is South Africa’s premier social investment agency, managing CSI funds and trusts for large and medium-sized business. Tshikululu works in the fields of education, health and social development, sustainable livelihoods and enterprise development.Opportunity type:Employment
Tshikululu seeks to appoint an Executive - Corporate Affairs, based in Johannesburg.
The role of the Corporate Affairs Executive is to manage teams of professionals in advisory services, business development and public affairs. The incumbent is expected to develop and manage strategic relations with key stakeholders in government, private and non-governmental sectors to ensure growth of the brand and business opportunity.
Responsibilities:- Manage the business development, consultancy and public affairs divisions to ensure efficient delivery of assignments and streamlined business processes;
- Develop and implement an effective communications and marketing strategy, aligned with corporate strategy;
- Responsible for the development and implementation of strategies to ensure the effective management and monitoring of relationships with external and internal stakeholders at board and ministerial levels;
- Responsible for the development and implementation of new products, solutions and marketing;
- Effective Brand development;
- Develop and implement strategies that will enhance personal and team knowledge of the social investment landscape and ensure that knowledge is documented for internal and external dissemination and delivering cutting edge solutions to a diverse client base;
- Effective leadership behaviour aligned with company values and objectives.
- Experience in a consulting environment is required and the responsibility for profit and loss outputs, a distinct advantage;
- Broad knowledge of the social investment landscape;
- Critical, conceptual and strategic thinking ability;
- Experience in formulation and implementation of strategy;
- Strong leadership and management skills with a proven track record in managing diverse departments and functions;
- Sound understanding of project management and risk management principles;
- Extensive knowledge of business practices, processes and procedures with at least 8 years practical experience at a senior management level;
- Highly developed problem solving, interpersonal, analytical, and communication skills;
- Appropriate post graduate degree in Business, Law or Social Development (e.g. economics, politics, social sciences);
- High level of computer literacy;
- Valid light vehicle driver’s license;
- Ability to work independently; self-motivated and results driven;
- Ability and willingness to travel to diverse parts of the country, using various types of transport.
To apply, refer to http://tshikululu.recruitbank.co.za/candidate/JobSearch.aspx.
Please quote the source of this advertisement in your application - NGO Pulse Portal.
Enquiries: Ethne Delport, e-mail: edelport@tshikululu.org.za.
Tshikululu Social Investments will not be liable for the interview travel cost nor relocation cost.
If you have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
We reserve the right not to proceed with the filling of the post advertised.
Please ensure that you meet the above requirements before you apply.
For more about Tshikululu Social Investments, refer to www.tshikululu.org.za.
For other vacancies in the NGO sector, refer to www.ngopulse.org/vacancies.
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