Deputy Head (Climate Change) at eThekwini Municipality

Job Purpose    

• To align municipal frameworks, bylaws, policies, strategies and plans to international, national and provincial climate change and climate change related legislation and policy. To design and implement relevant climate change management systems aimed at achieving temperature increases of below 2°C pre industrial level, protection of human life, public and private infrastructure, water security, food security, health and sea-level rise against the anticipated climate change that the eThekwini Municipal Area will experience and strategic implementation of projects to meet the above.

This post reports to HEAD: DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND MANAGEMENT

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Aligning departmental functional areas to the broader unit and municipal objectives.
• Directs and controls outcomes associated with utilisation, productivity and performance of personnel within the department.
• Prepares capital and operating estimates and controls expenditure against the approved budget allocations.
• Undertakes the strategic planning of eThekwini Municipality’s (EM) climate change and related functions.
• Directs the managers within the department in the appropriate implementation of climate change and related-focused planning, implementation and management systems.
• Ensures the implementation of the National and Provincial climate change related regulations and related legislation.
• Contributes to the preparation and implementation of the climate change components of the Municipality’s planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting systems.
• Integrating climate change principles into strategic plans and frameworks.
• Convenes, chairs and ensures effective functioning of the Durban climate change technical task team and provides strategic direction for the Municipal climate change committee.
• Manages and controls project implementation processes identified within key programme areas.
• Develops and strategically manages the on-going implementation of research platforms, mechanisms and partnerships that seek to entrench eThekwini Municipality’s position as a local, national and international thought leader in climate change.
• Disseminates strategic and functional information on immediate, short and long term objectives and current applications and constraints.
• Liaises with stakeholders and officials concerned with climate change matters including international bodies, national and provincial governments, metropolitan and local authorities, consultants, non-governmental organisations, community based organisations business and industry and labour.
• Controls and executes actions to address administrative and reporting requirements associated with the key performance and result indicators of the functionality.
• Assists support committees and other Units in implementing climate change and related policies and legislation.

Essential Requirements    

• Relevant Masters Degree qualification (NQF Level 9).
• Valid motor vehicle driving license.
• 7 Years’ experience at a management level of which at least 2 years must be at a senior management level.

Preferred Requirements    

• Relevant PhD Degree qualification (NQF Level 10).
• 10 Years’ experience at a management level of which at least 5 years must be at a senior management level.