Senior Manager Environmental Management -(Generation) at Eskom Communications

Apply by: 18 November 2026

 Skills and Competencies Required:

Behavioral:

• Sound judgement
• Living the organisational values
• Verbal and written communication
• Business and general management acumen
• Embracing diversity
• Integration of scientific, legal and technical aspects in decision-making

Leadership:

• Group facilitation, cross-functional collaboration and conflict resolution
• Synthesis of complex information for effective management decision-making
• Teamwork and team motivation
• Strategic and visionary leadership
• Change leadership
• Mentoring and coaching

Knowledge:

• Environmental issues at technical and policy level
• Environmental legislation
• Integration of complex environmental, legal, technical and business issues
• International environmental agreements, trends and practices, and their relevance to domestic practice
• Human resources (HR) and industrial relations (IR) management processes

Skills:

• General business management
• People management
• Employee relations and human resources management
• Business assurance and compliance management
• Verbal and written communication
• Internal and external stakeholder engagement
• Negotiation
• Presentation
• Analytical thinking
• Advanced computer literacy
• Coordination and integration of teams and activities
• Effective internal and external engagement on controversial issues
• Working effectively under pressure
• Application of environmental legislation to the organisation
• Anticipation of national and international developments
• Managing diverse teams and issues
• Implementation of strategic objectives in support of organisational environmental objectives

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic environmental management leadership.
• Direct environmental strategy and policy development and implementation.
• Assure effective environmental management governance, systems and practices.
• Assure effective environmental management governance, systems and practices.
• Lead people, talent and environmental capability development.

Minimum requirements
Qualification(s):    

• B Degree in Environmental Management/ Natural Sciences at NQF7 with 360 credits, or a
• B Tech in Environmental Management/ Natural Sciences at NQF7 level with 360 credits, or 
• Advanced Diploma/ National Higher Diploma in Environmental Management/ Natural Sciences at NQF7 level with 360 credits.

Experience: 

• 10 Years experience in environmental management, including policy and strategy development, environmental governance, performance management, stakeholder engagement and leadership of multidisciplinary professional teams.