Director : Property Management and Policy Development 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 Property Management / Real Estates / Law (NQF 7) or related equivalent qualification and a Nyukela certificate (Pre-entry Certificate to the SMS) submitted prior to appointment. Minimum of 5 years of experience in middle / senior managerial level in the property management environment.

Job related knowledge:

• Property management, Budgetary planning, Design and development of programmes, Expenditure reporting, Monitoring and evaluation, Infrastructure planning and implementation, Risk management, Strategic planning and Human resource management.

Job related skills:

• Ability to prioritise multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail, Ability to learn and master new products and concepts, Excellent communication (verbal and written), Microsoft Project Office, Ability to work efficiently and effectively in a team environment and interaction with functional teams. A valid driver’s licence and a willingness to travel.

DUTIES :

• Develop policies, procedure and guidelines.
• Identify priority areas for policy development.
• Conduct research on relevant policy development initiative.
• Conduct stakeholder consultation.
• Draft property management policies.
• Facilitate and consolidate policy inputs for approval.
• Develop an immovable asset management plan.
• Coordinate the development of a portfolio strategy and management plan for departmental assets.
• Coordinate the development of management plans for individual immovable asset life cycle.
• Coordinate performance assessments of immovable assets.
• Coordinate the identification of maintenance activities required and the true costs of such activities.
• Develop a disposals strategy, where necessary.
• Monitor and evaluate policies, procedure and guidelines.
• Identify policy gaps.
• Monitor policy compliance and identify root causes for non-compliance, if any.
• Monitor the effectiveness of  approved policy.
• Develop and provide capacity building and training.
• Identify training needs and requirements.
• Develop training manuals and promotional leaflets.
• Develop training programmes.
• Provide training to internal and external clients and stakeholders.