Urban Waste Executive Director: Transformation

City of Cape Town

Cape Town

On-site

ZAR 2,228,000 - 3,014,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

City of Cape Town seeks an exceptional, visionary Executive Director: Urban Waste Management to lead a critical municipal service and drive sustainable, customer‑focused waste management across the City. You will provide strategic direction, foster collaboration, and deliver a high‑quality service to residents.

The successful candidate will steer governance, stakeholder engagement and organisational transformation, ensuring MFMA compliance and the timely delivery of multi‑year capital programmes

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and a postgraduate qualification in business/finance.
Evidence of senior/executive management experience and multi-year capital projects.
Strong leadership, governance and stakeholder engagement capabilities.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership and direction to Urban Waste Management.
Ensure delivery of a customer-centric, sustainable waste service compliant with legislation.
Drive organisational transformation and performance across a complex municipal environment.
Oversee budgeting, risk management and multi-year capital investment programmes.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Governance

Stakeholder management

Financial management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, logistics, environmental management or natural science

Postgraduate qualification (NQF level 7) in business or finance

Job description

The successful candidate will steer governance, stakeholder engagement and organisational transformation, ensuring MFMA compliance and the timely delivery of multi‑year capital programmes

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