Job Description

Our Client, a National Financial Services specialising in Pension and Provident Funds is seeking to URGENTLY appoint an Independent Chairperson of the Board for their Braamfontein Office.PLEASE NOTE:This is a 3-year term role.MAIN PURPOSE FOR THE ROLE:

• To report directly into the Chief Executive Officer, Principal Officer, and indirectly into the wider management team.
• To hold the Board and Executive Team to account for the Funds Mission and Vision.
• To provide inclusive leadership to the Board of Trustees, ensuring that each trustee fulfils their duties and responsibilities for the effective governance of the Fund.
• To support, and, where appropriate, challenge the Chief Executive Officer and ensure that the Board functions as a unit and works closely with the entire Executive of the Fund to achieve agreed objectives.
• To act as an ambassador and the public face of the Fund in partnership with the Chief Executive Officer and the Principal Officer.

KEY COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS:

• Extensive experience of operating at a senior strategic leadership level within an organisation
• Have a successful track record of achievement through their career.
• Experience of Fund governance and working with or as part of a Board of Trustees
• Must have chaired at least two (2) Boards.
• Five-to-ten-years Retirement Fund Experience
• Experience of external representation, delivering presentations and managing stakeholders
• Significant experience of chairing meetings and events.
• Broad knowledge and understanding of the Retirement Fund environment and current issues affecting it
• Strong leadership skills, ability to motivate staff and trustees and bring people together.
• Financial management expertise and a broad understanding of Fund finance and risk issues
• Sound understanding of Fund governance issues.
• Ability to demonstrate a strong and visible passion and commitment to the Fund, its strategic objectives and cause.
• Possess personal gravitas to lead a significant national organisation with a preference for a previously disadvantaged person.
• Ability to exhibit strong inter-personal and relationship building abilities and be comfortable in an ambassadorial role.
• Ability to demonstrate tact and diplomacy, with the ability to listen and engage effectively.
• Have strong networking capabilities that can be utilised for the benefit of the Fund.
• Ability to foster and promote a collaborative team environment.
• Ability to commit time to conduct the role well, including travel and attending events out of office hours.

SYNOPSIS OF KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Strategic leadership.Governance.External Relations.Efficiency and effectiveness.APPLY NOW!NOTE WELL:

• Willingness to relocate (if not resident in Gauteng)
• In the event that you elect to withhold your consent and/or withdraw your consent before the Client has started and/or completed processing your personal information and /or special personal information, the Client will be unable to conduct pre-employment or pre-contractual background screening which may render your application for the job position incomplete. This may result in your job application being unsuccessful.
• Our client reserves the right to make an appointment aligned to their EE Plan.
• Should you not receive our relayed invitation for an interview with the client within two weeks of the closing date, please accept that your application has not been unsuccessful.
• Our client reserves the right not to make an appointment.

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