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Deputy Director Jobs in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa at Hashtag Nonprofit NPC

Title: Deputy Director

Company: Hashtag Nonprofit NPC

Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Sunshine Cinema

Deputy Director at Sunshine Cinema

  • Deadline:

25 April 2026

  • Region:

Cape Town

  • Type of employment:

Full time

Job Description

Role Overview

  • This is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing programme strategy, delivery, and impact across Southern Africa.
  • You will lead programme teams, strengthen systems, and ensure strong integration between programme delivery, operations, and financial management while also representing the organisation externally to partners and funders.
  • This role includes a potential pathway toward Executive Director progression within 3–5 years.

What We Offer

  • Opportunities for training, leadership development, and growth
  • A clear pathway toward Executive Director progression

Roles and Responsibilities

Programme Strategy & Leadership

  • Lead the design and evolution of programmes across regions
  • Align delivery with organisational priorities and funding requirements
  • Identify opportunities for growth and regional expansion

Programme Delivery & Quality

  • Oversee implementation to ensure quality, timelines, and impact targets are met
  • Identify risks and resolve delivery challenges
  • Ensure programmes are well-planned, resourced, and executed

Impact & Monitoring (M&E)

  • Oversee data collection, reporting, and learning systems
  • Ensure strong evidence of impact across programmes
  • Translate results into clear narratives for stakeholders

Team Leadership

  • Manage and support programme staff across multiple roles and regions
  • Build a culture of accountability, clarity, and collaboration

Operations & Finance Integration

  • Line manage the Youth Network & Operations & Finance Coordinators
  • Ensure strong coordination between programme delivery, logistics, and financial systems
  • Oversee budgets, cost tracking, and operational workflows

External Representation

  • Represent Sunshine Cinema in partner, funder, and public forums
  • Contribute to proposals, partnerships, and organisational positioning

Qualifications And Requirements

Ideal Candidate

  • 7–10+ years’ experience in programme leadership within the NGO / social impact sector
  • Proven experience managing teams and complex, multi-site programmes
  • Strong strategic thinking and organisational skills
  • Confident communicator, comfortable in external and funder-facing spaces
  • Financial literacy and strong systems thinking
  • Passion for youth development, African storytelling, and social change

Additional Requirements

  • Based in or able to work from Cape Town
  • Willingness to travel regionally
  • Fluency in English (additional regional languages advantageous)
  • Right to work in South Africa

How to apply

Please Send

  • CV (max 3 pages)
  • 1-page motivational letter
  • 2 contactable references

to: [email protected]

Closing date: 25 April 2026. Applications are confidential. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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  • Date posted:

01 April 2026

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