Deputy Director: Integrated Fire Management at Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

REQUIREMENTS :

• National Diploma (NQF 6) in Forestry or relevant qualification. A minimum of 5 years of experience in a forestry-related field, of which three (3) years should be at the entry/ junior managerial level (Assistant Director or equivalent).

DUTIES :

• Manage the development and amendment of the NVFFA and relevant policy instruments. Oversee and manage the development of policies, legislation, strategies, action plans, guidelines, norms and standards. Manage veldfire risk profile of the NVFFA, and Fire Protection Associations (FPAs) institutions. Manage the assignment of powers and duties to provinces and other organs of state to promote co-operative governance, manage consultative process with provinces to administer delegated provisions of the NVFFA. Develop protocols and procedures for co-ordination and collaboration with institutions of integrated veldfires management. Manage compliance promotion and awareness of the NVFFA. Provide technical assistance during law enforcement operations such as role players, patrols, seizing assets and arrest of perpetrators. Collect and collate veldfire-related statistics.