Director: Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Services 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 in Town and Regional Planning / Urban and Regional Planning / Geographical Information Science (GISc) (NQF Level 7) and a Nyukela certificate (Pre-entry Certificate to the SMS) submitted prior to appointment. Registration with South African Council for Planners (SACPLAN) as a Profession Planner or with South African Geomatics Council as a Professional Geomatics Professional: GISc. Minimum of 5 years’ experience at a middle / senior managerial level in a Town and Regional Planning or GISc environment. 

DUTIES :

• Provide spatial planning, land use management and environmental services in liaison with the national office. Monitor compliance with the provisions of Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA). Enforce compliance with SPLUMA. Oversee Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Interventions to ensure compliance. Ensure compliance with the National Environmental Management Act.
• Provide spatial planning information services in liaison with the national office. Enable provincial integrated spatial information management systems. Provide Geographic Information Science (GISc) technical support to municipalities. Facilitate the utilisation of GISc technical tools to aid spatial planning. Provide support to the implementation of Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act 16 of 2013 (SPLUMA). Support municipalities in the utilisation of SPLUMA guidelines, toolsets, systems and procedures. Support municipalities in setting up functional Land Use Regulators.
• Provide technical support in the development of Provincial Legislation, Land Use Schemes and Spatial Development Frameworks and related Plans. Provide technical support to agriculture, rural development and land reform programmes. Provide Spatial Analysis services, Provide GISc and Mapping services. Provide GISc remote sensing and mobile application services. Provide development planning support. Provide Intergovernmental support and co-ordination. Coordinate Intergovernmental relations amongst relevant stakeholders. Coordinate provincial Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Services. Coordinate ad hoc engagements as required. Support spatial integration of plans and programmes.