Chief Executive Officer

South African State Theatre; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

The South African State Theatre seeks an Executive Leader to drive governance, strategy, and artistic vision. The ideal candidate will possess a Master’s Degree, over 10 years of leadership experience, and proven skills in stakeholder management, compliance, and revenue generation to enhance the theatre's impact.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years' executive leadership experience.
• Strong understanding of South Africa's arts and culture.
• Experience in public sector financial management.

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for organizational leadership and governance.
• Implement the strategic goals of the South African State Theatre.
• Oversee compliance and risk management to ensure positive audit outcomes.

Skills

Sound stakeholder management

Enhanced communication abilities

Decisive leadership

Integrity and strong ethical values

Education

Master’s Degree

LLB, MBA or PhD

Job description

Job Location : Gauteng, Pretoria Deadline : June 22, 2025 Quick Recommended Links

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REQUIREMENTS :

• Master’s Degree coupled with a minimum of 10 years’ executive leadership experience. LLB, MBA or PhD will be an added advantage.
• Strong and sound understanding of South Africa’s arts and culture.
• Experience and sound understanding of South Africa’s policy and legislative compliance framework.
• Knowledge and experience in operating within the domain of public sector financial management and Supply Chain Management
• Executive management experience with exceptional ability to articulate the vision, mission and values of the South African State Theatre.
• Proven strong business acumen with a track record in successfully managing turnaround programmes and human resources.
• Enhanced communication abilities
• Sound stakeholder management
• Honesty, integrity and strong ethical values
• Decisive leadership and interpersonal relations skills
• Knowledge of the arts and culture industry, as well as the emerging trends in the performing arts sector is a key requirement.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Governance, Policy and Strategy : Take overall responsibility and accountability for organisational leadership, provision of strategic direction, governance, and operational framework to implement the strategic goals and objectives of the South African State Theatre (SAST).
• Take overall responsibility for managing the organisation by ensuring the implementation of Council resolutions, review of policies, strategic planning, and maintenance of a healthy balance between artistic creativity and fiscal stability.
• Strategy Development : Implement the strategic goals and objectives of the South African State Theatre (SAST) in line with its mandate of promoting internationalisation, overall business viability, creativity, artistic expression and digital innovation.
• Provide direction and leadership towards the achievement of State Theatre’s artistic philosophy, vision, mission, values, strategic pillars, identity, its annual goals and objectives.
• Ensure that the Strategy, Structure and Budget of the SAST are aligned to improve organisational performance and achieve targets as outlined in the Annual Performance Plan (APP) and the Strategic Plan.
• Review of Business Model : Drive the process of constantly reviewing and implementing the Business Model with particular focus on enhancing brand identity, technological innovations, organisational culture, audience development, revenue generation, resource allocation, and stakeholder management.
• Monitoring and Evaluation of Organisational Performance : Take responsibility and accountability for the overall performance and success of the organisation, including the management of income and expenditure.
• Implementation of Core Business : Implement the SAST’s mandate of presenting high quality and agile artistic offerings, services and opportunities aimed at emerging and established artists, performers, entertainers, and businesses including small medium enterprises.
• Revenue Generation : Oversee the development and drive the implementation of the SAST’s revenue generation strategy, using artistic offerings, infrastructure, fundraising and sponsorship.
• Compliance and Risk Management : Oversee legislative compliance, good corporate governance, reporting and risk management in accordance with the PFMA and Treasury Regulations and ensure that the organisation receives positive audit outcomes from the Auditor-General.
• Stakeholder Management : Establish strategic partnerships and endeavour to maintain a healthy and beneficial relationship between the SAST and its stakeholders nationally and internationally, including the different government departments.