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CEO's Office● Open

Executive Assistant

The Executive Assistant supports the CEO by coordinating the activities of the CEO’s Office, managing priorities and logistics, and ensuring effective preparation and follow-through on executive, governance and stakeholder engagements. The role enables alignment across the organisation by tracking deliverables, facilitating communication and supporting selected strategic initiatives.

⌖ Johannesburg Closes November 23, 2026
CEO's Office

Executive Assistant

Closing date: November 23, 2026 · Type to be confirmed · Reference: CEO Executive Assistant

The Executive Assistant supports the CEO by coordinating the activities of the CEO’s Office, managing priorities and logistics, and ensuring effective preparation and follow-through on executive, governance and stakeholder engagements. The role enables alignment across the organisation by tracking deliverables, facilitating communication and supporting selected strategic initiatives.

Apply by email ↗

Please email your application to careers@nmcf.co.za and include the role title / reference in the subject. Your email application is processed by NMCF, not collected by this website.

Human Resources● Open

Human Resources Manager

The Human Resources Manager is responsible for shaping and delivering the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund’s people agenda to support organisational performance, culture alignment and long-term sustainability. The role leads the implementation of the Fund’s human capital strategy through an integrated Talent Management Framework, covering talent acquisition, performance management, leadership development, organisational effectiveness and employee experience. The Human Resources Manager ensures that the Fund attracts, develops and retains the people required to deliver on its mandate, while maintaining compliance, governance and operational efficiency.

⌖ Johannesburg ◷ Permanent · Full-time Closes November 23, 2026
Human Resources

Human Resources Manager

Closing date: November 23, 2026 · Permanent · Full-time

The Human Resources Manager is responsible for shaping and delivering the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund’s people agenda to support organisational performance, culture alignment and long-term sustainability.

The role leads the implementation of the Fund’s human capital strategy through an integrated Talent Management Framework, covering talent acquisition, performance management, leadership development, organisational effectiveness and employee experience. The Human Resources Manager ensures that the Fund attracts, develops and retains the people required to deliver on its mandate, while maintaining compliance, governance and operational efficiency.

Apply by email ↗

Please email your application to careers@nmcf.co.za and include the role title in the subject. Your email application is processed by NMCF, not collected by this website.

Finance● Open

Finance and Office Manager

The Finance and Office Manager is responsible for assisting the CFO in ensuring the financial integrity of NMCF, while ensuring operational efficiency, and overall administrative management across the organisation. The role assists the CFO in providing hands-on leadership of day-to-day financial management, budgeting, reporting, and internal controls, ensuring accuracy, accountability and timeliness. In addition, the role also assists the CFO in overseeing office operations and facilities management. Working closely with the CFO and Programme teams, the role safeguards the Fund’s financial health, supports informed financial decision-making, strengthens internal controls and ensures that the organisation’s infrastructure, and operational support services function efficiently and professionally.

⌖ Johannesburg ◷ Permanent · Full-time Closes November 23, 2026
Finance

Finance and Office Manager

Closing date: November 23, 2026 · Permanent · Full-time

The Finance and Office Manager is responsible for assisting the CFO in ensuring the financial integrity of NMCF, while ensuring operational efficiency, and overall administrative management across the organisation. The role assists the CFO in providing hands-on leadership of day-to-day financial management, budgeting, reporting, and internal controls, ensuring accuracy, accountability and timeliness. In addition, the role also assists the CFO in overseeing office operations and facilities management. Working closely with the CFO and Programme teams, the role
safeguards the Fund’s financial health, supports informed financial decision-making, strengthens internal controls and ensures that the organisation’s infrastructure, and operational support services function efficiently and professionally.

Apply by email ↗

Please email your application to careers@nmcf.co.za and include the role title in the subject. Your email application is processed by NMCF, not collected by this website.

Finance● Open

Financial Accountant

The Financial Accountant is responsible for overseeing the accuracy, integrity, and completeness of the Fund’s financial records and reporting processes. The role provides technical accounting oversight across accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger processing, reconciliations, and month-end close, while guiding and reviewing thework of the Finance Administrator. The position supports the Finance and Office Manager and CFO by ensuring strong internal controls, compliance with accounting standards, and timely financial reporting.

⌖ Johannesburg ◷ Permanent · Full-time Closes November 23, 2026
Finance

Financial Accountant

Closing date: November 23, 2026 · Permanent · Full-time

The Financial Accountant is responsible for overseeing the accuracy, integrity, and completeness of the Fund’s financial records and reporting processes. The role provides technical accounting oversight across accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger processing, reconciliations, and month-end close, while guiding and reviewing thework of the Finance Administrator. The position supports the Finance and Office Manager and CFO by ensuring strong internal controls, compliance with accounting standards, and timely financial reporting.

Apply by email ↗

Please email your application to careers@nmcf.co.za and include the role title in the subject. Your email application is processed by NMCF, not collected by this website.

Programmes● Open

Senior Manager: Programme Execution

The Senior Manager: Programmes Execution is responsible for leading and overseeing the effective execution of NMCF’s programme portfolios, ensuring that approved programme strategies are translated into high-quality, measurable and compliant implementation.

⌖ Johannesburg ◷ Permanent · Full-time Closes November 23, 2026
Programmes

Senior Manager: Programme Execution

Closing date: November 23, 2026 · Permanent · Full-time

The Senior Manager: Programmes Execution is responsible for leading and overseeing the effective execution of NMCF’s programme portfolios, ensuring that approved programme strategies are translated into high-quality, measurable and compliant implementation.

Apply by email ↗

Please email your application to careers@nmcf.co.za and include the role title in the subject. Your email application is processed by NMCF, not collected by this website.

Programmes● Open

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager

The Manager: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) leads and strengthens NMCF’s organisation-wide Monitoring and Evaluation framework across the full programme and project lifecycle. The role ensures that clear results frameworks, performance indicators, milestones and data collection systems are embedded from proposal design through implementation, review, evaluation and close-off. Working closely with Programmes and stakeholders, the Manager ensures accurate data collection, performance tracking and strategic analysis of results. The role leads the organisation’s learning agenda – translating programme evidence and evaluation findings into structured organisational learning that drives adaptive management, programme refinement and innovation. Evidence generated through this function informs advocacy positioning, donor reporting and Board accountability, strengthening organisational credibility and impact.

⌖ Johannesburg ◷ Permanent · Full-time Closes November 23, 2026
Programmes

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager

Closing date: November 23, 2026 · Permanent · Full-time

The Manager: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) leads and strengthens NMCF’s organisation-wide Monitoring and Evaluation framework across the full programme and project lifecycle. The role ensures that clear results frameworks, performance indicators, milestones and data collection systems are embedded from proposal design through implementation, review, evaluation and close-off. Working closely with Programmes and stakeholders, the Manager ensures accurate data collection, performance tracking and strategic analysis of results. The role leads the organisation’s learning agenda – translating programme evidence and evaluation findings into structured organisational learning that drives adaptive management, programme refinement and innovation. Evidence generated through this function informs advocacy positioning, donor reporting and Board accountability, strengthening organisational credibility and impact.

Apply by email ↗

Please email your application to careers@nmcf.co.za and include the role title in the subject. Your email application is processed by NMCF, not collected by this website.

Resource Mobilisation and Stakeholder Management● Open

Resource Mobilisation Specialist

The Resource Mobilisation Specialist is responsible for implementing fundraising activities across assigned funding streams/portfolios to support sustainable revenue generation for NMCF and NMCH. The role manages opportunity pipelines, develops proposals and concept notes, supports donor reporting and compliance, coordinates fundraising campaigns and events, and maintains accurate donor and financial data to ensure disciplined revenue delivery.

⌖ Johannesburg ◷ Permanent · Full-time Closes November 23, 2026
Resource Mobilisation and Stakeholder Management

Resource Mobilisation Specialist

Closing date: November 23, 2026 · Permanent · Full-time

The Resource Mobilisation Specialist is responsible for implementing fundraising activities across assigned funding streams/portfolios to support sustainable revenue generation for NMCF and NMCH. The role manages opportunity pipelines, develops proposals and concept notes, supports donor reporting and compliance, coordinates fundraising campaigns and events, and maintains accurate donor and financial data to ensure disciplined revenue delivery.

Apply by email ↗

Please email your application to careers@nmcf.co.za and include the role title in the subject. Your email application is processed by NMCF, not collected by this website.

How to apply

Choose a role, review its requirements and supporting documents, then send your application to the specified NMCF recruitment email before the closing date.