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    Executive Director - Pretoria, South Africa - Mastech Recruitment

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    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



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