Executive: Office of the CEO - E4 (Pretoria) at South African Maritime Safety Authority

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

Executive Advisory

• Provide independent, high-level strategic advice to the CEO on organisational priorities, risks, and opportunities.
• Integrate enterprise priorities by facilitating coordination across functions and resolving cross-functional trade-offs.
• Translate complex internal and external information into clear, actionable insights to inform executive decision-making.
• Support the CEO in shaping and communicating organisational strategy and direction.
• Promote shared strategic understanding and cohesion across the executive leadership team.

Organisational Strategy and Performance

• Lead the development and execution of the organisational strategy and Annual Performance Plan (APP).
• Ensure coherence between strategic objectives, operational plans, and resource allocation.
• Oversee enterprise performance management, including monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.
• Assess organisational performance, identify gaps, and drive corrective interventions.
• Identify systemic service delivery challenges and enable enterprise-level responses.
• Drive organisational improvement through innovation, learning, and performance optimisation initiatives.

Executive Office Leadership & Coordination

• Lead and manage the Office of the CEO as a central coordination and integration function.
• Manage the CEO’s strategic agenda, including prioritisation and workflow management.
• Coordinate execution of cross-functional strategic initiatives and enterprise commitments.
• Establish and maintain systems to track delivery of CEO directives and organisational priorities.
• Facilitate aligned stakeholder engagement in support of strategic objectives.
• Drive efficiency, innovation, and continuous improvement within the Executive Office.

Governance Enablement & Decision Support

• Enable adherence to governance frameworks and regulatory requirements (e.g., PFMA, King IV), without assuming assurance accountability.
• Coordinate EXCO processes to ensure structured, timely and effective decision-making.
• Ensure executive submissions are complete, relevant, and strategically aligned.
• Monitor implementation of EXCO decisions and agreed actions to ensure accountability.
• Provide visibility of governance dependencies and organisational implications to support informed decision-making.

Strategic Infrastructure & Facilities Oversight

• Provide strategic oversight of organisational infrastructure and facilities to support operational effectiveness.
• Align facilities and workplace strategy with organisational objectives and workforce requirements.
• Oversee long-term capital planning, space utilisation, and sustainability initiatives.
• Provide executive oversight of occupational health and safety (OHS) frameworks and compliance reporting in line with legislative requirements.
• Oversee performance governance of facilities-related service providers against agreed service standards and strategic value outcomes.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

• Matric Certificate (NQF 4)
• Postgraduate Qualification in Business Management/Public Administration Strategy/Economics or Maritime studies (NQF 8) 
• Master’s degree (NQF 9) would be an added advantage

EXPERIENCE

• Ten (10) years’ relevant experience in supporting the CEO's Office.
• Five (5) years experience in Senior Management role
• One (1) year experience in Executive Management experience (minimum 1 year) would be an added advantageous.

Proven experience in:

• Enterprise strategy development and execution Organisational performance management (APP, M&E)
• Executive advisory and decision-support

Demonstrated experience in:

• Leading cross-functional integration and complex initiatives
• Supporting EXCO and Board-level processes Experience
• Experience in the public sector or regulatory environments is highly desirable.
• Experience in overseeing strategic research would be an added advantage
• Experience overseeing facilities and infrastructure functions at an organisational level would be an advantage. 

FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Enterprise strategy development and execution
• Organisational performance management (APP, M&E frameworks)
• Public sector governance frameworks (PFMA, King IV)
• Executive decision-support and advisory practices
• Programme and portfolio coordination
• Facilities and infrastructure strategy (oversight level) Strategic thinking and systems leadership
• Executive communication and influencing
• Complex problem-solving and decision-making
• Stakeholder and relationship management
• Change and transformation leadership
• Analytical thinking and insight synthesis