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Director: Impact
Location: South Africa
Type: Permanent | Executive Leadership

Drive meaningful change. Shape the brand’s impact.
This is a pivotal leadership opportunity for a strategic, purpose-driven professional to lead the impact agenda for a renowned global brand. If you’re passionate about sustainability, communications, stakeholder engagement and making a measurable difference in communities, this is your chance to drive the narrative and strategy for positive change.

About the Role
You’ll lead the Impact strategy, driving communications, government relations, sustainability, and social impact initiatives for the South African market. Reporting to the Executive Leadership team, you’ll advise on reputational risk, develop stakeholder strategies, and champion governance and sustainability goals that deliver real value for people and the planet.

What You’ll Do

• Design and deliver an integrated Impact strategy and governance framework.

• Lead stakeholder engagement with government, media, NGOs, and key partners.

• Advise leadership on reputational risks and build crisis management plans.

• Champion sustainability and social impact commitments.

• Oversee external partners and agencies.

• Develop and lead a high-performing Impact team and drive annual planning.

• Build strong regional partnerships, aligning with global best practices.

What You Bring

• Relevant Bachelor’s degree (Communications, Social Sciences, Public Affairs, International Relations or similar).

• 8–10 years’ senior experience in communications, sustainability, CSR, public affairs, or stakeholder management.

• Proven success designing and delivering impactful initiatives.

• Strong relationship and influence management skills across diverse stakeholders.

• Strategic mindset, international cultural awareness, and adaptability.

• Exceptional communication, leadership, and collaboration skills.

What Success Looks Like
A trusted, respected brand with a clear, authentic impact agenda.
Robust stakeholder partnerships driving sustainable growth and positive community outcomes.
A connected, empowered Impact team delivering real, measurable results.

The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an international Catholic organisation, founded in 1980 with a shared global mission to accompany, serve and advocate alongside and for the rights of refugees and forcibly displaced people. Our work is based on hospitality, carried out in a spirit of compassion and solidarity, encouraging participation and community, aiming to kindle hope, secure justice and affirm the dignity of refugees and forced migrants. Based in the Hurtado Jesuit Centre in Wapping, East London, JRS UK supports refugees and asylum seekers in the UK and works in wider collaboration with JRS offices around the world.

We employ 29 full-time and part-time staff and have around 100 volunteers, from a wide variety of backgrounds, nationalities, and generations; people of all faiths and none; including refugees, young graduates, and vowed members of religious congregations. In order to deliver our work, JRS UK generates around £1.8m in income each year, a substantial percentage of which is generously donated each year by Jesuits in Britain.

After nine years of successfully growing and developing JRS UK, our Director Sarah Teather is stepping down to pursue new projects. Under Sarah’s inspiring leadership, JRS UK has been on a transformational journey to mature as an organisation, now delivering a range of services including providing advice, support and hardship grants, outreach services and advice, including legal advice. Much remains to be done in serving the people we exist to support, and we seek a new Director to take over from Sarah.

1. Collaborate with the Management Board, staff, and stakeholders to develop JRS UK’s strategic vision in response to changes in the external refugee and asylum-seeker environment.
2. Build mutual understanding beyond the current polarised debate.
3. Lead and manage a dedicated team of staff and volunteers.
4. Ensure that JRS UK continues to deliver a range of services effectively.

1. Expert leader and manager with knowledge and experience of the refugee sector.
2. Participative in style, approachable, and committed to the JRS UK mission.
3. Experience operating in a CEO role or similar, or looking to transition into an executive director role with transferable leadership experience.

JRS UK is rooted in Church teaching but is open to people of all faiths – and none. While you will need to demonstrate sympathy and respect for Catholic Social Teaching, we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds and beliefs.

We're a modern creative agency in every sense with a culture of curiosity, exploration and growth. We want to do more, to push harder for greatness. We're eager to redefine the boundaries of what advertising can be and how brands can reach new audiences, as technology reshapes our industry. Our growth plan is driven by the intersection of our skills across Ogilvy South Africa.

All disciplines work together in our bright, open-plan office, with a friendly culture and creatively permissive environment. We cherish our entrepreneurial spirit and embrace the opportunity to rethink marketing and communications while challenging the status quo.

We are looking for a:

Business Unit Director

An individual who possesses a strong strategic business understanding and client service background to nurture and develop some of the most loved and established South African brands.

Responsibilities

Include but not limited to:

1. CLIENT

Lead your clients portfolio, along with supervision and management of the accounts team, ensuring a constructive and creative operating environment.

Represent the point of view of the agency with integrity and resolve.

Elevate the clients perception of the agency from an advertising supplier to a valued business partner, within the context of the total marketing mix, not just advertising.

You build strong and enduring relationships with clients. You also have a deep understanding of the clients business and of the key broader factors and trends shaping their markets and categories.

You have a strong understanding of the OSA offering and are able to drive growth within this share of client, across the OSA group.

Your deep strategic understanding of the client context, competitor context, media landscape and consumers allows you to guide both the client and agency in defining projects that lead to IMPACTful growth for your client portfolio.

2. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Ensuring that the total communications budget is deployed across what is agreed to be the best mix of communication disciplines to deliver the best business solution.

Contributing to the good financial management of the business, improving profitability and contribution margin.

Annual budgeting and preparation of the business plan in conjunction with the Ogilvy

Cape Town leadership team. Delivery of business plan during the fiscal year.

Full ownership of the client engagement strategy and plan

Development and deploying the Growth Plan for the client annually

Ability to actively hunt and bring in Out of Scope projects and revenue

3. PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

Ensure staffing levels match the need of the client.

Review, interrogate and validate deliverables across the board to maintain a high standard of work, spot potential issues and ensure that the information provided is contextualized and clear enough for all stakeholders.

Conduct annual performance appraisals

In liaison with various department heads ensure the team is adequately skilled and trained to deliver ahead of client expectations.

4. STRATEGIC & CREATIVE SOLUTION

Understanding and implementing Brand Stewardship both as a philosophy and a process.

Ensure all agency briefings will yield relevant and original solutions efficiently.

Develop a strong partnership with the Creative Partner on each account based on a shared commitment to effective modern marketing solutions.

Facilitate first-time selling and timeous execution of creative and media solutions.

An effective and sought out lead agency partner, able to bring together specialist and competing agencies where relevant to ensure seamless execution

5. AGENCY CULTURE

Embody and practice the values and behaviours of Ogilvy

Understands how best to present the agencies work in a client forum to the best effect.

Keep all relevant teams and Heads informed on client/account issues.

Qualifications and Experience

The ideal candidate for the role would have the following background:

Min 8 years experience in an account servicing role

Min 2 years as a Senior Leader / Business Director

Exposure to a social & digital environment

Previous experience on Retail & Brand

A minimum of 3 years managing and leading a team

An understanding of all touchpoints within the communications digital landscape specifically on the content and creative side with social first e-commerce a bonus

Strong ability to control the financials and budgets

About you

Comfortable in growing senior client relationships and business.

Self-motivated with a high energy level, and an enthusiastic team-player

Flexible and open to work in an agile and fast paced environment

Self-reliant and accountable you should be able to take strategic control of all accounts within your portfolio.

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• Seniority level Executive

• Employment type Other

• Job function Business Development and Sales
• Industries Business Consulting and Services

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