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Executive Director: Transformation Jobs in Cape Town, South Africa at South African Medical Research Council
The Executive Director for Transformation will provide strategic leadership, guidance, and oversight concerning socio-cultural transformation and equity within the institution through the integration of social purpose principles.
The incumbent serves on the SAMRC’s Executive Management Committee (EMC), and accountable for championing and operationalizing transformation imperatives across all facets of the organisation. Reporting to the President and CEO, the ED:
Transformation is working closely with the various key stakeholders to embed the SAMRC’s social purpose into its governance, strategy, and decision-making processes at all levels.
The role includes setting clear direction for addressing risks related to the economic, social, and environmental (ESG) context in which SAMRC operates, as well as defining the scope and characteristics of those risks. The role recognises the impact of technological advancements on interpersonal interactions, work processes, and engagement both within the institution and broader communities.
In collaboration with key stakeholders, the position promotes environmental stewardship, enhances understanding of environmental issues, and facilitates the dissemination of good practices. Thus, the post leads a multi-dimensional programme designed to generate meaningful and measurable change for SAMRC, fostering an enabling and inclusive organisational culture, encouraging individual self-awareness, self-management, and self-mastery, while strengthening teams and creating vibrant, nurturing and supportive campus environments.
This role combines strategic vision with practical execution, ensuring that social impact initiatives are aligned with organisational objectives, sustainability targets, and transformation imperatives.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
- Lead the development, implementation, and monitoring of the SAMRC’s Transformation Plan, aligned with international trends, national policies and programmes, strategic organisational priorities and good practice.
- Develop and drive the SAMRC’s social purpose strategy integrated in the organisational strategy by leading cross-functional teams to design and implement initiatives that achieve social purpose goals.
- Drive programmes and campaigns that cultivate self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and personal accountability in leaders, teams and employees.
- Serve as the organisation’s primary ambassador for social purpose, representing SAMRC at high-level Forums and Events by clearly articulating and communicating the institution’s social purpose through internal communications, branding materials, recruitment, and onboarding processes.
- Maintain systems for evaluation and monitoring of transformation initiatives, providing critical data and insights to guide institutional’ s social purpose execution and demonstrate its impact.
- Establish relevant key performance metrics and reporting framework.
- Prepare reports on transformation achievements for presentation to relevant key stakeholders including the Board.
- Provide strategic leadership and management of the Transformation Office
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Duration of the contract
Remuneration:
- A competitive, market-related package within the approved executive salary band will be offered, commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Title: Executive Director: Transformation
Company: South African Medical Research Council
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
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