Director: Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement at Department of Water and Sanitation

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Science / Engineering / Environmental / Environmental Law or relevant NQF level 7 qualification. Six (6) to (10) ten years’ experience in Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement of which five (5) years’ experience must be at a middle / senior managerial level.

Duties

• Provide Strategic direction in the development and implementation of compliance monitoring and enforcement policy, strategies, norms, regulations, standard operating procedures within the catchment management area. Facilitate the development of policies, legislation, regulations and guidelines. Facilitate the consultative processes in the formulation of policies, legislations, guidelines, norms and standard, and strategies within the catchment. Disseminate legislative, technical and policy changes to relevant stakeholders (internal and external). Advice stakeholders on policies, legislation, protocols, regulation and guidelines.
• Develop a compliance and enforcement information management and reporting system. Ensure compliance monitoring to all water use license condition within the catchment. Provide guidance in the planning of inspections and audits. Ensure the implementation of monitoring activities and verification of reports. Analysing of reports. Provide advice on further actions needed to be taken. Plan and promote environmental rights and justice program (participation in sector specific forums). Provide information/ support to the education and awareness component in conducting compliance awareness workshops. Provide direction in the monitoring of dam safety compliance.
• Manage the registration and classification of all dams within the catchment. Ensure that all dams safety inspections are conducted. Ensure dams comply with national norms and standards. Compile inspection report. Ensure enforcement on no-compliance to the water use license conditions. Facilitate investigations of non-compliance with water use license conditions. Provide advice and support on criminal and administrative litigation. Initiate prosecution against non-compliance through administrative enforcement. Provision of business planning and general management for the directorate.
• Develop a business plan and action plan for the Directorate. Develop and implement a service delivery improvement programme for the Directorate. Manage and ensure the development of human resources. Control and monitor expenditure. Advise the CEO and Board on regulatory and compliance and enforcement matters. Responsible for speech-writing and Ministerial submissions as required. Deliver technical and other presentations, as required to a variety of audiences..