Chief Clerk (Three Positions) at Nelson Mandela Bay Metro

Qualifications and experience required:

• Grade 12 qualification.
• Computer literacy in MS Office applications.
• Five to eight years’ relevant experience.
• Supervisory experience.
• A valid Code B driver’s licence.

Key attributes and competencies:

• Proficient oral and written communication skills in English and at least one other official local language.
• Good interpersonal and administrative skills.
• Good report-writing skills.

The incumbent will be responsible for:

• Conducting investigations to identify ownership and size of land required.
• Preparing letters, and using standardised formats, to acknowledge receipt or provide information on the status of applications.
• Verifying and monitoring advertisements in press, letters to abutting property owners and/or written notifications pertaining to applications received.
• Liaising and negotiating with landowners for land required for Municipal purposes in terms of the Expropriation Act.
• Preparing lease agreements, sales agreements, acquisition agreements, and encroachments in compliance with applicable legal legislation, and consulting/instructing attorneys on transfer of land.
• Preparing/drafting items for standard committees.
• Monitoring progress and activities of subordinates in respect of attendance, controlling staff leave.
• Providing guidelines/guidance to personnel on the application of procedures and assessing training needs.

Job purpose:

• Performing administrative tasks associated with administration of property i.e. rezoning, sub-divisions, special consents, sales, leases, acquisitions, expropriations and encroachments, generating reports detailing the status of the functionality, attending to and/or forwarding disputes, queries/complaints to specific departments for attention and resolution and communicating the outcome, and ensuring efficient utilisation and development of Council Land in compliance with the Land Use Planning Ordinance and Town Planning Schemes.

Deadline:19th December,2025