Director: Sports and Pools at Nelson Mandela Bay Metro

Qualifications and experience required:

• A relevant tertiary qualification, preferably a B degree relevant to Facilities/Sports Management/Horticulture.
• Computer literacy: MS Office.
• Must have a minimum of eight years or more relevant experience at management.

Key attributes and competencies:

• Researches and develops strategic and short-term plans for the Sports and Pools functionality.
• Maintains project records (working papers, audit trails, evidence of sign-offs by senior managers).
• Ensures that high-priority work is accomplished within required timelines.
• Ensures that all outsourced maintenance management activities are aligned with the maintenance management plan.
• Develops specifications for outsourced maintenance work, partake in procuring of service providers, verifies and sign-off of work and completes job cards for payment of service providers.
• Develops maintenance plans specifying detailed activities, resources, responsibilities, timescales and risks for the attainment of facility management objectives.
• Monitors implementation processes and measures to assess performance and health of facility components.
• Directs and controls the Key Performance Indicators and outcomes of personnel within the section.
• Manages and controls organisation change and development through the formulation of specific policies and procedures and forwards/presents to the Executive Director.
• Implements communication strategies aimed at creating awareness and/or seeking acknowledgement by communicating with Executive Director pertaining to queries associated with the section’s budget expenditure.
• Manages the scope and procedural administrative requirements and reporting deadlines.
• Administration and record-keeping skills.

Job purpose

• Responsible for management and short/medium/long-term planning of maintenance operations, scheduling of work and resource planning, maintenance of facility records, and compiling and monitoring of operational and capital budgets of respective facilities.
• As part of the selection process, candidates may be tested on any requirement, skill or competency, which will include pre-employment screening, medical examination, security vetting and psychometric assessment.
• Fringe benefits will include membership of a Retirement Fund, Medical Aid Scheme, Group Life Assurance Scheme, participation in a Housing Subsidy and Car Schemes (subject to the conditions of the various Schemes), and normal leave and sick leave benefits.

CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS: FRIDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2026 BEFORE 14:00