Administration Officer at Gauteng Department of Co-Operative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Requirements :

• Matric plus NQF Level 6 in Disaster Management, Development Studies, Environmental Management.
• Coupled with a minimum 1 - 2 years’ experience in disaster risk management or a risk related field.

Duties :

• Implement pre-disaster response activities: Develop Seasonal (Winter & Summer) Contingency plans for the Provincial Disaster Management Centre, administer preparatory workshops for disaster response activities in the province, administer the collection of disaster response plans from the municipalities, sector departments and other public entities.
• Implement disaster risk reduction activities: Participate in the development and review of disaster management plans and framework for sector departments and municipalities, participate in the review of the provincial disaster management framework, administer disaster risk reduction workshops in the province.
• Implement disaster response activities: Administer support to the municipalities and sector departments during incidents and disasters, Activate different stakeholders (Sector departments, private sector and other entities) during incidents or disasters, Execute response activities to incidents and disasters in the Province, Establish the Provincial Joint Operation Centre, and facilitate joint response interventions, participate in the Provincial Joint Operation Centre and Municipal Joint Operation Centre to support incident coordination, perform disaster response activities and standby after hours and or weekends, public holidays during incidents/disasters or pending disasters, Participate in PROVJOCOM,VOC as when required (after hours, weekends and public holidays), and participate in SASREA (Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act) events in the Province (including night events).
• Implement post disaster response activities: Perform disaster impact assessments during and after disasters or incidents, perform the physical verification of damaged infrastructure following an incident in the province, administer the declaration and classification processes of disasters in the province and coordinate and support onsite humanitarian activities during incidents/disasters.
• Implement disaster funding activities: Administer post disaster funding in the province, execute the monitoring of post disaster projects implemented in the province, implement post disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction plans and projects in the province and monitor disaster grant funding and expenditure reports.
• Render support, cooperation, and administrative guidance to other spheres of government: Participate in disaster risk reduction, Provincial Security and Events, Monitoring and Evaluation committees, arrange the distribution of disaster relief for the province, facilitate the development of disaster response and funding guidelines and administer the development and implementation of Standard Operating Procedures for disaster response for the PDMC.