SACAP Foundation: Managing Director at The South African College of Applied Psychology (SACAP)

Job Description

• The SACAP Foundation aims to grow its national footprint, and is therefore in pursuit of a fervent, visionary Managing Director to join our team.

The candidate will be required to perform various functions that would include:

• To oversee and guide the growth of the SACAP Foundation projects.
• Introduce good management over all the projects.
• Capacitate projects.
• Support fundraising efforts and build relationships with donors.
• Strategic role-playing vis-a-vis the mental health landscape in South Africa.
• Develop SACAP Foundation as an effective advocate for mental health access in South Africa.
• Pursue new income generating opportunities.
• Shape and oversee partnership activities to ensure that we continue to work towards our mission to provide equal access to mental health services.
• Report to the Foundation Board on its projects' strategy, operations, performance, and finances.
• Oversee the legal requirements of the Foundation in accordance with its legal status as an NPO.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• A mental health background.
• At least 5 years’ experience in managing non-profit organisations.
• Project management experience.
• Confidence in speaking to donors.
• An excellent grasp of mental health policy and challenges in South Africa.
• An investment in social change and a desire to advocate for change in the sector.

SKILLS:

• An ability to oversee, quantitative and qualitative data collection.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent people management skills.
• Using CMS, Google suite, Excel.
• Embraces social media as a communication tool.
• An ability to create indicators for visionary ideas.
• Create and manage budgets.
• Monitoring and Evaluation systems used.