8 Senior Leadership Positions jobs in Cape Town
Administrative Officer: Student Leadership
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ITS :SA91)
Faculty/Department
University of the Western Cape -> Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Student Development & Support -> Residential Services
Type of Position
Permanent - Full Time
Length of Contract Period
Location
Main Campus - Bellville, WC ZA (Primary)
Unibell residence - ZA
Closing Date
1/9/2025
Role Clarification & Key Performance Areas
The Division for Student Development and Support (SDS) plays a leading role in creating a holistically focused, enabling environment and provides excellent opportunities for students to develop to their full potential as active scholars and responsive citizens in South Africa.
Applications for the post of Administrative Officer: Student Leadership Support (Res Life), are invited from dynamic and vibrant individuals with demonstrated student housing experience within a tertiary institution, who have a quest for constant self-improvement and development and the growth and development of others. Applicants must be client-service orientated and passionate about supporting the organization's strategic deliverables with regards to their students and their co-curriculum development and well-being.
The Successful Candidate will be Responsible for:
- General Administrative Support (includes Database Capturing and Reconciling for Reporting Purposes) to the ResLife Student Leadership Support Coordinator
- General House Committee and Central House Committee Procurement Support to the ResLife Student Leadership Support Coordinator
- General Eventing, Marketing Support and Social Media Monitoring to and on behalf of the ResLife Student Leadership Support Coordinator (includes after hours, on-site support)
- Driving, Supporting and Administration of the all RS Student Leadership Elections Processes
- Administrative and Implementation Support of Elections schedules for House Committees and the Central House Committee
- Attendance of all elections-related meetings and minute-taking
- Support with the Inauguration, Induction, and Orientation of elected House Committees and the Central House Committee
- Collation of training materials including manuals, resources, hand-outs etc
- Receiving and screening of Event requisitions and attached budgets for final sign off from the Coordinator and ResLife Manager
- Setting up, maintaining, monitoring, responding to, and updating social networking sites and programme marketing strategies on behalf of Student Leadership Support
- Managing diary appointments and scheduling student engagement activities for the Student Leadership Coordinator and broader RS Management
- Ensuring budget allocations across student leadership structures are captured accurately and tracked as programme implementation occurs (must adhere to Procurement Policy and parameters set for student leaders' access to funding for programming)
Minimum Requirements
Minimum Requirements
- A National Diploma or Advanced Certificate (NQF 6) in Project and/or Office Management or related
- 2 to 5 years demonstrated experience in a project administrative and implementation capacity
- A valid SA driver's license for a minimum of 2 years
Core Experience
- Excellent skills in terms of office and project administration
- Have a demonstrated understanding of procurement activities and processes in previous work experience
- Prior experience must demonstrate experience in working with young people in a higher educational setting
- The applicant must be prepared to work after hours to accommodate availability of students for programming
- Evidence of participation in training and related activities
Advantageous:
- A Post Matric qualification (NQF 7) in Project and/or Office Management
Required competencies:
- Excellent organizational skills
- The ability to multi-task
- The ability to exercise discretion
- Independent judgement
- The ability to meet tight deadlines
- Good communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Initiative taking
- Excellent interpersonal skills
In your application, you are encouraged to highlight your strengths and include anything else you deem exceptional and outstanding to be considered by the selection panel. In addition, please attach a cover letter motivating your suitability, a detailed curriculum vitae including contact details of three referees, and your highest qualification to your online profile.
DISCLAIMER: By applying for the position, you consent to the University sharing your application, including curriculum vitae, with University stakeholders to process the application. In line with the University's commitment to diversifying its workforce, preference will be given to suitably qualified applicants in line with our Employment Equity Targets. The official retirement age at UWC is 65 years. The University reserves the right to not make an appointment, make an appointment at a different level, seek additional candidates and may conduct competency assessments.
Executives-Leadership Support-Executive Assistant
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EXL, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Responsibilities- Answers questions to providers related to Benefit Plans, Claims and related topics
- To communicate effectively for additional information as needed by providers
- Perform eligibility and benefit verification
- Create effective, grammatically correct and compliant written communications and demonstrate effective listening and soft skills, engaging in effective dialogue through proper, clear, and effective verbal communication
- Seniority level: Entry level
- Employment type: Full-time
- Job function: Administrative
- Industries: Business Consulting and Services
Manager-Business Leader-Leadership and Management
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Manager-Business Leader-Leadership and Management
EXL Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Responsibilities- Manage teams and ensure customer satisfaction, Transaction/Call Monitoring, quality and ensuring that productivity targets are met
- Motivate team members and control attrition
- Complaint and escalation management
- Monitor transactions on an ongoing basis and take corrective steps where necessary or make incremental improvements
- Provide coaching and feedback to team members to enable them to improve their performance
- Assist new hires so they are productive on the floor in the shortest possible time frame
- Client interaction where required – Daily/Weekly/Monthly
- Ensure compliance with internal policies and procedures, external regulations and information security standards
- Collect and provide data required for various audits (GI/Internal Audit)
- Productivity improvement and employee engagement
- Management reporting and oversight
- Driving quality initiatives to attain measurable positive results
- Maintain process metrics and reporting on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis
- Ensuring accuracy of performance reports and compliance with internal control requirements
- Assess developmental needs and identify/action plans to support high performing teams
- Create a collaborative environment that promotes teamwork and professional development
- Foster a positive work environment by acknowledging contributions and offering support as needed
- Accountable for maintaining compliance with Human Resource policies and procedures
- Mid-Senior level
- Full-time
- Business Development and Sales
- Business Consulting and Services
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#J-18808-LjbffrLead Assistant Manager-Business Leader-Leadership and Management
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We Are Seeking An Experienced Medical Mentor & Process Coach To Strengthen The Accuracy And Effectiveness Of Our Insurance Interview Process. This Individual Will:
- Mentor & Train: Provide structured training, coaching, and on-the-job guidance to agents with no prior medical background.
- Develop Job Aids: Create simple, practical reference guides (common medicines, diseases, probing questions) to enable agents to conduct effective customer interviews.
- Support New Hires: Ensure smooth onboarding and capability-building of new joiners.
- Quality Oversight: Review agent performance, identify knowledge gaps, and provide corrective coaching.
- Client Interaction: Represent the process in weekly/monthly business reviews, share insights, highlight improvements, and build confidence with the client and underwriters.
- Process Improvement: Recommend changes that make interviews more effective, improve accuracy of documentation, and reduce call handling times.
- Help Operations to track and report progress in a clear and meaningful way to internal leadership and the client.
This is a pivotal role, bridging the gap between non-medical agents and highly technical underwriters, ensuring smoother workflows, better customer conversations, and enhanced client trust.
Seniority level- Mid-Senior level
- Full-time
- Administrative
- Industry: Business Consulting and Services
Senior Assistant Vice President-Training-Capability Development (Leadership and Development)
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Senior Assistant Vice President-Training-Capability Development (Leadership and Development) – EXL Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Responsibilities- Lead and Inspire: Develop and lead a team of learning professionals to deliver top-notch training programs.
- Innovate: Design and implement innovative learning solutions that keep our team ahead of the curve.
- Collaborate: Partner with stakeholders to identify capability gaps and create targeted development plans.
- Measure Success: Evaluate the effectiveness of training programs and continuously improve them.
- Champion Growth: Foster a culture of continuous learning and professional development.
- Executive
- Full-time
- Human Resources
- Business Consulting and Services
Senior SDR - Grow into Sales Leadership - Claremont - R550k/annum OTE
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This role is a chance to grow into sales leadership while building your skills in outbound sales development.
Company overview
Delta-v helps B2B software companies grow in South Africa and Europe. From our Cape Town base, we build sales teams in a supportive, high-energy environment. Our culture encourages growth, celebrates achievement, and thrives on openness and autonomy.
About the role
This is your chance to take the next step in Tech Sales with some of the fastest-growing international FinTech and SaaS companies. You’ll focus on generating pipeline, securing meetings with C-level executives, and directly contributing to new customer acquisition.
Building on your existing sales experience, you’ll sharpen your skills through advanced training and close collaboration with leadership teams at global startups. With strong performance, you’ll have a clear path to progress into a leadership role within 6-12 months.
What you'll do:
- Researching and identifying target B2B SaaS accounts
- Reaching out to decision makers via phone, LinkedIn and email
- Qualifying high-value opportunities
- Hitting your own sales targets
- Learn the FinTech & SaaS space across EMEA markets
- A university degree
- 3-5 years in a customer-facing role (preferably sales-related)
- Genuine interest in sales, SaaS, and FinTech
- High energy, curiosity, enthusiasm, and resilience
- Strong written and spoken English
- Based in Cape Town (or open to relocating)
- South African citizenship
- Performance incentives and uncapped commission
- 20 days of annual leave
- Macbook
- Delta-v Go-to-Market Academy training program
Senior SDR - Grow into Sales Leadership - Claremont - R550k/annum OTE
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This role is a chance to grow into sales leadership while building your skills in outbound sales development.
Company overview
Delta-v helps B2B software companies grow in South Africa and Europe. From our Cape Town base, we build sales teams in a supportive, high-energy environment. Our culture encourages growth, celebrates achievement, and thrives on openness and autonomy.
About the role
This is your chance to take the next step in Tech Sales with some of the fastest-growing international FinTech and SaaS companies. You’ll focus on generating pipeline, securing meetings with C-level executives, and directly contributing to new customer acquisition.
Building on your existing sales experience, you’ll sharpen your skills through advanced training and close collaboration with leadership teams at global startups. With strong performance, you’ll have a clear path to progress into a leadership role within 6-12 months.
What you'll do:
- Researching and identifying target B2B SaaS accounts
- Reaching out to decision makers via phone, LinkedIn and email
- Qualifying high-value opportunities
- Hitting your own sales targets
- Learn the FinTech & SaaS space across EMEA markets
- A university degree
- 3-5 years in a customer-facing role (preferably sales-related)
- Genuine interest in sales, SaaS, and FinTech
- High energy, curiosity, enthusiasm, and resilience
- Strong written and spoken English
- Based in Cape Town (or open to relocating)
- South African citizenship
- Performance incentives and uncapped commission
- 20 days of annual leave
- Macbook
- Delta-v Go-to-Market Academy training program
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Executive Assistant (Detail Oriented / Time Management / Agile / Innovative / High Business Acumen)
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We are recruiting a dedicated, energetic, well-rounded Executive Assistant for our CEO. The primary purpose of this role is to provide effective, proactive, and professional administrative and secretarial support to our CEO and the assigned Executive members. This person will be the point of contact for all internal and external stakeholders. This role will contribute to the efficiency of the business by managing the flow of information in a timely and accurate manner.
Key Performance Outputs Screen all incoming telephone calls as well as general emails. Organise and coordinate calendars / activities of the CEO and other senior managers as agreed and keep calendars of assigned executive members up to date. Prepare and distribute agendas for meetings as well as any other content as and when required; including the coordinating of charts, graphs, and other meeting presentation preparation. Take minutes during Executive and Senior Management meetings or when requested and distribute them afterward to all relevant parties. Organise and maintain accessible records of emails and other communication about individual transactions, drafts, and finalised agreements and supporting documentation through developing and utilising filing and retrieval systems of documents. Dictaphone typing, editing, formatting, and proofreading of documents and commercial transaction agreements. Reliable and consistent archiving of drafts and information management.Organise and arrange lunch and/or dinner appointments with external stakeholders. Responsible for all preparations and ordering of catering requirements for board and senior manager meetings, when requested. Do monthly credit card recons in collaboration with the Finance team. Collect all necessary purchase slips and compare them to respective credit card statements. Run personal errands for assigned executive members as and when needed. Facilitate the meeting of deadlines by keeping multiple agendas and providing timely reminders.Building management relationships and communications to be filtered down to staff as and when Office maintenance work and communicating with service providers and invoicing and payments.In essence, the core responsibility of this position revolves around providing support to our CEO within the scope of his role. Furthermore, we anticipate the Executive Assistant to assume a proactive stance in various business projects, company secretarial duties, managing legal documentation pertaining to Jon, aiding in presentations, and spearheading email correspondence.RequirementsSenior certificate/grade 12 / matric.Suitable tertiary qualification in Business Administration and/or Office AdministrationMinimum 8 years of executive EA work experience in a fast-paced environment.Excellent computer literacy: MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)Excellent Email etiquette.Customer-centric mindset.Excellent telephone etiquette.Dictaphone typing speed of at least 65 wpm with a high rate of accuracy.