Regional Director, Sub Saharan Africa

The Director is the face of the RICS brand in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) and is responsible for developing RICS brand as the benchmark Chartered professional qualification for professionals in land, property and construction in the region, and to establish the RICS as the leading professional body for the real estate and construction sector, representing public interest. The role requires the Director to work on achieving recognition of RICS standards by key stakeholders and institutionalization of these standards across the industry by making effective representation to the Government and the industry at large. The role requires establishing RICS as the thought leader on key policy issues representing public interest.

To successfully secure this role ou will need to be a leader with an ability to provide Vision and to build a brand.

You will need:

• Local language skills

• A dynamic personality, with a ‘can-do’ attitude, and strong business development/key account

   management experience.

• Experience in working or educated in more than one country. Culturally sensitive across a diverse region. • At least 10 years professional experience, degree qualified, with a strong experiential track record in

  achieving financial and performance goals.

• Ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with all Stakeholder groups, including RICS  

  members, Directors of large corporate businesses and government officials

• Experience of external speaking engagements at conferences, speaking to the media

• Strong staff management skills including ability build a highly motivated and effective team, and to

  manage and ensure delivery of objectives.

• A self-starter who enjoys the challenge of building a new business with strong planning skills coupled with   the ability to translate plans into operational plans.

Desired Skills and Experience

1.  Responsible for establishing and growing the RICS brand and establishing RICS as the pre-eminent
     professional body and the leading Chartered qualification for professionals in the land, construction and
     property sector.
2.  Responsible for providing strategic direction to the Organization in SSA (focused in particular on South
     Africa, Kenya and Ghana as regional hubs for South, East and West Africa), to build, through

     membership revenue growth, the organization  and to assess the feasibility of setting up new offices in

     other parts of the region. 
3.  To maintain, manage and recruit a high caliber team providing clear goals linked to corporate objectives
4.  To maintain and lift standards in the professions, by making effective representations and providing

      input on policy issues of strategic interest to various Government Ministries and Regulators at the

      highest levels.
5.  Responsible for persuading key stakeholders in the industry at the highest levels including Chairmen,
     Managing Directors, Chief Executive Officers of leading banks/ housing finance/ development/

     consulting/construction companies and others to adopt RICS standards.
6.  To provide strategic direction to the team that drives the path of growth in the SSA Region taking full
     responsibility for both revenue and profit results.
7.  To identify issues of importance to the industry which are aligned to RICS core strengths. Ensuring
     effective representation on various policy issues are made.
8.  Continue to develop opportunities and create new commercial revenue streams by launching new

     service lines and products. This involves the ability to analyze new business opportunities and

     translating market intelligence and product ideas into a business plan/ business case including financial

     projections, ROI analysis and making the recommendations for development.
9.  Create an ecosystem of partners working towards a common cause of creating professionalism in the

     real estate industry, who have a role to play in making representations to the Government on policy

     issues. The role also requires significant cooperative working with other professional bodies for different

     areas like valuations, quantity surveying, associations of engineers etc with a view to exploring mutual
      recognition of each others qualifications and working out direct entry arrangements or joint commercial 
      revenue generating opportunities.
10. To develop intelligent media partnerships to ensure the development of the RICS brand in the region.
11. The role involves advocacy to academic institutions to set up education courses for built environment
      professionals which are accredited by the RICS. In essence the role entails forging partnerships with
      universities and ensuring that they are accredited to the RICS.
12. The Director may be required to regularly speak at industry conferences on various key industry issues
      again highlighting RICS credentials and thought leadership.
13. To forge strong long-term relationships with large organizations at the senior most levels in the real
      estate and construction sector and to facilitate buy in to the RICS philosophy. This includes developing

     a structured key account management program which understands the needs and provides services

     which build and maintain RICS’ value and relevance to employers and identifies opportunities for

     membership, courses, training, BCIS, & other products.
14. The role requires strong understanding of legal and statutory requirements to ensure the business is

      run in the most effective manner that is compliant with the local legislative requirements.

This is a full time role and cannot be run in conjuction with any other roles held. 

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