Director : Land Acquisition and Warehousing at Department of Land Reform and Rural Development

REQUIREMENTS : Minimum requirements:

• Applicants must be in a possession of Grade 12 Certificate and a Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Agricultural Studies / Agricultural Economics / Development Studies / Town and Regional Planning / Public Administration / Social Sciences / Public Management / Real Estate / Property Management (NQF Level 7) and a Nyukela certificate (Preentry Certificate to the SMS). Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience at a middle / senior managerial level.

Job related knowledge:

• Land Reform: Provision of and Assistance Act 126 of 1993 as amended, Labour Tenants Act 3 of 1996, Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994, Extension Security of Tenure Act 62 of 1997 as amended, State Land Lease and Disposal policy, Beneficiary Selection and Land Allocation Policy, Post settlement support programmes, Agrarian transformation as well as key priorities of government, Comprehensive Rural Development Programmes (CRDP), Land Reform Prescripts and other relevant departmental prescripts, National Development Plan and Medium Term Development Plan.

Job related skills:

• Communication (verbal and written), Strategic management, Negotiation, Computer literacy, Stakeholder relationship, Facilitation / coordination, Presentation, Financial management, Project management and Interpersonal relations. Willingness to travel. Ability to work under pressure, long and irregular hours. A valid driver’s licence.

DUTIES :

• Facilitate engagements for purposes of developing Memorandum of Agreements (MOAs) for land reform with various financial and other relevant Institutions regarding access to suitable land.
• Identify and engage stakeholders and liaise with relevant unit for purposes of drafting MOAs.
• Identify and map strategically located land in collaboration with provinces.
• Conduct physical inspections to verify strategic location of the land.
• Develop strategic intervention tools on land acquisitions.
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for different land acquisition methods (auction, deceased estates, foreclosure and donations).
• Contribute to the development of policies and legislation related to strategic land acquisition, beneficiary selection and land allocation.
• Provide capacity building and training on land acquisition.
• Conduct training needs assessments.
• Develop training and capacity building programmes.
• Develop user and training manuals.
• Manage the training and capacity building interventions.
• Develop national land acquisition plan and budget projections.
• Facilitate provincial inputs on strategically locate land to be acquired and the related costing.
• Consolidate provincial project registers into a national project register.
• Submit the national project register for approval.
• Monitor progress on the project register as well as expenditure.
• Provide land acquisition and allocation support services.
• Conduct quality assurance on land acquisitions and allocations submissions for purposes of approval.
• Lead secretarial services of the National Quality Assurance structure on land acquisitions and allocations.
• Facilitate submissions on land acquisitions and allocations to national approval structures.
• Provide support to provincial structures in addressing land acquisitions and allocations challenges.
• Maintain and track property valuations register