Coordinator: Legal Land Administration at South African National Parks (SANParks)

Requirements

• LLB or equivalent. LLM/ PGDip in environmental or property law is desirable.
• 1 – 3 years of experience in administration of legal land processes and procedures (land purchase, land donations, contracts, national park agreements).
• Good understanding of legal and admin processes and procedures – to be clearly articulated in the CV.
• Experience in protected area legislation (National Environmental Protected Areas Act, Act 57 of 2003) – to be clearly articulated in the CV.
• Experience in property-related administration – to be clearly articulated in the CV.
• Fully computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Packages – to be clearly articulated in the CV.
• A valid Code 08 or equivalent driver’s licence.
• Member of the Environmental Law Association is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Prepare land inclusion agreements including contract national park agreements.
• Coordinate and support the convening of the SANParks Land Inclusion and Planning Committee meetings.
• Coordinate the development of the Land Inclusion Implementation plan.
• Coordinate the development of the land inclusion plan and addenda.
• Conduct relevant enquiries regarding rights on land (mining rights, servitudes, land claims, etc.).
• Conduct all property due diligence assessments and property reports to identify any risks to SANParks regarding land.
• Vet all legal land-related contracts and property documents.
• Establish and update the land inclusion property database.
• Develop and maintain a database of all SANParks contract national park agreements.
• Develop and maintain a database of all due diligence reports conducted, land rights information sourced and relevant EIA authorisations received.