Job Purpose:

• The Head of Foundation will provide strategic leadership, vision, and operational oversight for the Foundation. The role is responsible for driving the Foundation’s mission, strengthening its reputation, expanding its impact, and ensuring long-term financial sustainability.

Job Functions:

• Design, implement, and refine community programs—often focused on social inclusion, youth engagement, or education depending on context.
• Advise the Board on strategic opportunities, emerging trends, and philanthropic best practices.
• Ensure compliance with all legal, regulatory, and ethical standards.
• Review and ensure alignment of the programme priorities, to the strategy of the Foundation.
• Support the Chief Executive to lead the development of both strategic and operational plans in accordance with the Foundation Strategic Plan.
• Develop and managing relationships within the partners that collaborate with the Foundation on programmes.
• Ensure that funded projects deliver measurable impact aligned with the Foundation’s mission.
• Represent the foundation at events, conferences, and in public forums to raise visibility and credibility.
• Identify innovative approaches to maximize the Foundation’s contribution to communities.
• Build and nurture strategic partnerships with partners, corporate sponsors, government agencies, and community stakeholders.
• Support Programme Managers in strengthening our relationships with relevant external stakeholders to obtain on the ground intelligence which guides the design of the thematic focus area programmes for the Foundation. This includes but is not limited to the Department of Basic Education, Higher Education, Social Development and other civil society organisations.

Qualifications:

• Post Graduate Degree Social Sciences is preferred.
• Master’s degree Social Sciences is preferred.
• 10 years of relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge in managing project budgets, managing funding from a diversity of sources including governments and aid agencies, private sector partners.
• Proven experience of working with government and research institutes.Experience in working in NGO’s, charitable foundation or small or medium business.
• Proven track record in senior leadership within the non-profit, philanthropic, corporate social responsibility, or public sector.
• Sound and up to date knowledge of development concepts, methodologies and techniques including demonstrated understanding of development issues.
• Sound knowledge in the political, social and economic and historic environment.
• Understanding the project cycle management
• Excellent understanding of development partnerships, partner strategies governmental and international relations.
• Demonstrated experience in fundraising, stakeholder engagement, and partnership building.
• Deep understanding of philanthropy, social impact measurement, and community development.