Deputy Executive Director: Operations

Deputy Executive Director: Operations
Location: Africa – including South Africa, Mozambique, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Salary: ZAR 2,031,315.30
Application Deadline: 11 August 2025
Job Type: Hybrid | Full
• time | Senior Leadership
Department: Operations

What You’ll Bring
• Demonstrated success in strategic and operational leadership within global and culturally diverse organisations.
• Proven ability to lead change management and oversee multi
• functional teams.
• Strong financial and digital acumen, coupled with people
• centred leadership Skills.
• Deep understanding of operational contexts in the Global South, particularly Southern Africa.
• Outstanding relationship
• building and interpersonal Skills.
• Fluency in English; additional languages (French, Spanish, Arabic) are an advantage.

• Strategic Leadership: Partner with the Executive Director and senior leaders to develop and deliver the organisation’s strategic direction.
• Operational Excellence: Lead a unified and effective operations function across finance, HR, IT, risk, safeguarding, and administration.
• Financial Oversight: Ensure robust financial management, budget development, and implementation of policies that support sustainability.
• Cultural Stewardship: Promote a values
• driven workplace that embodies feminism, inclusivity, and anti
• racist principles.
• Change Management: Drive the transformation toward a co
• located, digital
• first, high
• performing global organisation with a strengthened base in Southern Africa.

Find out more by downloading the full job description and person specification. If you are excited by this opportunity and think it’s right for you, we’d love to hear from you so apply using the button at the top of this page and upload your CV along with a covering letter outlining why you are a great match for this role.