{"id":47419,"date":"2019-06-19T14:57:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T12:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistsouthafrica.com\/?p=47419"},"modified":"2019-06-18T16:51:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T14:51:09","slug":"open-society-foundation-for-south-africa-osf-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistsouthafrica.com\/open-society-foundation-for-south-africa-osf-sa.html","title":{"rendered":"Open Society Foundation for South Africa (OSF-SA)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
Open Society Foundation for South Africa (OSF-SA)\u00a0is a part of the worldwide network of the Open Society Foundations. OSF-SA celebrated 25 years of grant-making in 2018 and since the foundation\u2019s inception has been committed to promoting the values, institutions, and practices of an open, non-racial and non-sexist, democratic, civil society in South Africa.<\/p>\n
The organization is governed by its own board and is also one of four African sub-regional offices overseen by Open Society Foundation\u2019s Africa Regional Program. OSF-SA works in partnership with civil society organizations in South Africa in advancing its mission, seeking to promote:<\/p>\n
In seeking to promote these principles, OSF-SA is guided by South Africa\u2019s painful past and the values contained in South Africa\u2019s Constitution of human dignity, non-discrimination, seeking the achievement of substantive equality and the advancement of human rights.<\/p>\n
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Job Title: Executive Director<\/strong> Key responsibilities\u00a0<\/strong>of this exciting, challenging opportunity include:<\/p>\n Candidate Profile<\/strong><\/p>\n The successful candidate will demonstrate significant personal and professional commitment to the advancement of open society values across South Africa and detailed understanding of the country\u2019sgeo-political landscape and historical context. She\/he will bring substantive analytical skills to bear in designing strategy that meaningfully promotes human rights and constitutionalism in South Africa.<\/p>\n She\/he will need to be experienced in and enjoy navigating a complex stakeholder terrain, and have an instinctive understanding of how to build and leverage relationships in support of OSF-SA\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n Operating on the highest ethical and fiduciary standards will be fundamental to success in this role and the Executive Director is expected to embody the values that OSF-SA seeks to promote.<\/p>\n The successful candidate will:<\/strong><\/p>\n To apply<\/strong><\/p>\n Interested candidates can view the full job description and application instructions at\u00a0www.actionappointments.co.za<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and send a CV and motivation letter by 28th<\/sup>\u00a0June 2019 to\u00a0lisa@actionappointments.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Application Deadline:\u00a0<\/strong>Friday, 28 June, 2019<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Open Society Foundation for South Africa (OSF-SA)\u00a0is a part of the worldwide network of the Open Society Foundations. OSF-SA celebrated 25 years of grant-making in 2018 and since the foundation\u2019s…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1353,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nJob Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Cape Town<\/p>\n\n
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