Chief Executive Officer (Health Sciences / Laboratory services 5-year fixed term contract)

Isilumko Staffing; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1 000 000 - 1 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing agency is looking for an experienced and ethical CEO to oversee strategic operations in Johannesburg for a 5-year fixed term contract. The role includes making corporate decisions, communicating with stakeholders, and ensuring financial compliance. Ideal candidates will have extensive management experience in a health-related environment and strong ethical standards. This is an opportunity to provide strategic vision and drive organizational growth in the public health sector.

Qualifications

• 10 years of management experience with executive experience, preferably in laboratory/health environment.
• 12 years of management experience with executive experience in laboratory/health, if qualified as PhD.
• Equivalent business qualification with 12 years of experience in business and executive experience.

Responsibilities

• Making major corporate decisions.
• Managing overall operations and executing organizational strategy.
• Setting vision, values, and corporate culture.
• Communicating effectively with stakeholders.
• Ensuring corporate governance.
• Making capital allocation decisions.
• Managing recruitment and financial budgets.
• Monitoring service quality.
• HR management.

Skills

Strong communication (English)

Strong business acumen

Strong strategic skills

Strong leadership skills

Ethical with clear criminal record

Education

Pathology / Public Health medicine specialist qualification

PhD in Medical Science or equivalent

Postgraduate business qualification e.g. CA (SA), MBA

Job description

Our client in the public sector is seeking an experienced and ethical CEO to supervise and control all strategic and business aspects of their company, on a 5-year fixed term contract. Johannesburg

Purpose

To provide strategic vision, planning, and operational leadership to ensure that the organisation’s operations are optimised to serve the cost effective and efficient pathology and laboratory health needs of the South African public health sector. The CEO will be responsible for growing and maintaining the organization with excellence, vision and insight to effectively deliver on Board, shareholder and employee expectations. The incumbent is required to build a strong and successful organization.

Key responsibilities

• Making major corporate decisions
• Managing overall operations,
• Setting and executing organizational strategy.
• Setting vision, values, and corporate culture.
• Communicating effectively with all stakeholders and stakeholder management
• Corporate Governance
• Making Capital Allocation Decisions
• Recruitment
• Financial compliance, reporting and management of financial budget.
• Resource management within budget
• Monitor output of quality services rendered.
• HR management

Requirements

• Pathology / Public Health medicine specialist qualification, registered with HPCSA, 10 years’ management experience - with executive experience (prefer laboratory / health environment industry experience)
• OR PhD Medical scientist / medicine / nursing / pharmacy, registered with HPCSA, SANC, Pharmacy Council. 12 Years' management experience - with executive experience (prefer laboratory / health environment industry experience)
• OR Equivalent Postgraduate business qualification e.g. CA (SA), MBA, 12 Years' of experience in business - with executive experience (prefer laboratory / health environment industry experience)

Skills

• Must have strong communication - English - written and verbal.
• Must have strong business acumen.
• Must have strong strategic skills.
• Must have strong leadership skills.
• Must be Ethical, with clear criminal record and a clear ITC.