Staff Volunteerism project administrator

Job Classification

142445

Job Post End Date: 10 December 2025

Job Family

Career Stream

Administration, Transactional Processing and Production

Leadership Pipeline

Manage Self: Technical

Job Purpose

Oversee the delivery, execution and implementation of the volunteerism portfolio in relation to Senior Manager Company Organized & Skills Based ensuring it meets needs in a scalable, sustainable, and agile manner. Focus on enhancing the volunteer experience, achieving the targets for volunteer numbers and participation, and fostering a transformational & social advocacy culture among Nedbank employees.

Job Responsibilities

• Administer the operations to Drive staff engagement that determines demand for participation and maintain the Road Map in response to business needs.
• Implement staff volunteerism strategies and plans, coordinating with marketing and communication teams to drive staff and volunteer engagement.
• Support the Senior Manager Company Organized & Skills Based in monitoring portfolio progress, strategy alignment, and budget adherence. Where required, support the senior Manager of Skills based and Company organized to meet deliverables and timelines 
  self manage and develop yourself to effectively administrator and deliver into this function
• Drive the agenda of the Senior Manager Company Organized & Skills Based across all stakeholders including  high presence and visibility across the Social Impact team and both internal and external stakeholders
• Manage your function with high approachability, professional standards, availability and response time to foster and lead the drive for staff advocacy and volunteering culture across the organization (team & stakeholders) as well as to external stakeholders 
• Introduce and implement best practices in staff advocacy and volunteerism, sharing lessons learned.
• Provide technical guidance to partners, volunteers, and stakeholders on advocacy and volunteerism activities.
• Achieve the set targets on an annual basis for Senior Manager Company Organized & Skills Based
• Deliver timely and quality inputs to Team, Trustees and other Stakeholder meetings and company reports to ensure informed decision-making.
  work with Impact reporting team as well as the monitoring and evaluation team to Monitor and evaluate program performance, identifying challenges and making recommendations.
• Plan and participate in reviews, evaluations, assessments, or audits with the governance team.
• Leverage advocacy, media, and communication opportunities to profile the portfolio’s impact.
• Identify and address risks and opportunities to improve the risk and control environment.
• Ensure and lead the proper governance of portfolio processes and the Nedbank Group to maintain compliance and operational excellence.
• Manage the operational requirements across all aspects of the portfolio effectively 

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Preferred Qualification

BCom Finance, Economics, Political Science, Humanities, Project Management, Environmental Science 

Minimum Experience Level

1 - 2 years professional exprience in Project administration. Excellent computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office Package, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint, or development assistance, and governance building.  

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Stakeholder Relationship Management
• Client Centred/ Design Thinking
• Portfolio Management
• Project Management skills
• Finance Management skills
• Analytical skills
• Communication skills
• Leadership Skills
• Digital/ Technology skills

Behavioural Competencies

• Business Acumen
• Communication
• Connected decision making
• Executing on strategic direction
• Innovation
• Stakeholder Management/ Engagement
• Creating demand through insight