Executive Director (Pretoria)

About the position

Are you a dynamic and visionary leader ready to make a significant impact? Join us as our Executive Director, spearheading strategic initiatives and shaping the future of space science and engineering with innovation and passion.

Reporting to the CEO, the Executive Director has overall responsibility for the management of the Space Science Programme, ensuring it is appropriately positioned on a sustainable basis to deliver strategic programmes for the benefit of the sectors, markets and communities that it serves. The Executive Director is also a Member of the Executive Team and as such shares a collective responsibility for the strategic oversight of the organization.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:
KPA 1: Strategy Planning, Development and Implementation
KPA 2: Operations Management
KPA 3: Business Development
KPA 4: People Management
KPA 5: Financial Management
KPA 6: Corporate Governance
KPA 7: Stakeholder Management
KPA 8: Space Science Research
KPA 9: General Management

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• A PhD degree in a relevant Space Science field
• An MBA will be an added advantage
• At least ten (10) years experience at senior management level in the Space Science environment
• Three (3) to five (5) years experience at executive management level
• Exceptional research track record

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Leadership abilities
• Organisational skills
• Analytical skills
• Critical thinking abilities
• Project management
• Productivity management
• Business development
• Strategic thinking

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read, analyse, and interpret the most complex documents. Ability to respond effectively
to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints. Ability to write speeches and articles using original or
innovative techniques or style. Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and
presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, and/or
boards of directors

NUMERICAL SKILLS:
Intermediate Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest,
commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply
concepts of basic algebra and geometry. Ability to understand basic accountancy and
financial statements.

REASONING ABILITY:
Highest Skills: Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of
intellectual and practical problems. Ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism (formulas, scientific
equations, graphs, musical notes, etc.,) in its most difficult phases. Ability to deal with a variety of
abstract and concrete variables.

COMPUTER SKILLS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of:

• Internet explorer internet software
• Outlook software
• Excel spreadsheet software
• Word processing software
• PowerPoint presentation software

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Travel both nationally and internationally is a job requisite

Desired Skills:

• Leading
• Organising
• Analysing
• Strategic development
• Strategic Planning
• Strategic Thinking

Desired Qualification Level:

• Masters

About The Employer:

Employer is within the space science engineering field