Siyabhabha Trust: Assistant Director

Monday, 23 Jan 2012

Siyabhabha Trust is currently looking for an Assistant Director

Ideal Candidate to start 30^th April 2012

Siyabhabha Trust’s vision is to achieve a just and equitable society which promotes people-centred development using methodologies underpinned by the Social Teachings of the Catholic Church.

We are looking for a young, dynamic Assistant Director to work at increasing the capacity of the church community to help the desperately poor communities of South Africa. This is a challenging and important job which will appeal to anyone who is concerned about the conditions that many millions of South Africans have to endure daily.

Core responsibilities: The Assistant Director will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of ST’s development Programmes and will report directly to the Director. Overall responsibility of the Assistant Director is to manage ST programmes and staff.

Applicantsmust have a Masters degree in a relevant field and 5 years experience in management, planning, monitoring and evaluation of development projects, or relevant Bachelor’s degree and 8 years experience as above. Excellent organisational and management skills. Strong computer skills and a drivers licence are essential. Applicants should preferably speak at least three local languages. Specific experience in organizational capacity building; income generation and business planning will be an advantage.

Preference will be given to practicing Catholics and this is an affirmative action position.

The successful candidate will be offered a one year fixed term post based in Pretoria.

Applicants should email a CV and a letter of motivation by Friday 24th February to Dineo Matseembi email: dmatseembi@sacbc.org.za

Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.