Executive Director: Urban Waste Management

About the role

The City of Cape Town is seeking an exceptional, visionary and results‑driven leader to fill the position of Executive Director: Urban Waste Management. The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership and direction to the Urban Waste Management Directorate, ensuring the delivery of a customer‑centric, sustainable and legislatively compliant waste management service across the City.

Key responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and direction to the Urban Waste Management Directorate.
• Ensure delivery of a customer‑centric, sustainable and legislatively compliant waste management service across the City.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, logistics, environmental management, natural science, or an equivalent qualification.
• Postgraduate qualification at NQF level 7 in business or finance or equivalent.
• At least five years’ experience at a senior/executive managerial level, managing a large and diverse workforce and multi‑year capital investment portfolios.
• Proven experience in strategic leadership, governance, stakeholder management, organisational transformation and large‑scale service delivery in complex environments.
• Ten years’ experience in waste management is an advantage.
• Advanced knowledge of relevant policy and legislation, government systems, intergovernmental relations and performance management.
• Excellent budgetary, financial and risk management skills.
• High leadership competency with an innovative, influential and collaborative approach.