Environmental Compliance Advisor at eThekwini Municipality

Job Purpose    
To contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of environmental compliance policies through the alignment of and compliance with international, national and provincial environmental legislation and policy, procedures, systems and decision-making processes for service 
delivery within the Municipality

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Reviewing, monitoring and enhancing compliance with environmental legislature by all municipal line functions.
• Plan, co-ordinates and render environmental compliance monitoring and auditing.
• Prepare an environmental compliance protocol of all capital budgets.
• Respond to environmental complaints and queries relating to capital budget project.
• Undertake negotiations with other stakeholders around complex or controversial compliance issues.
• Liaises with stakeholders and officials concerned with environmental compliance and monitoring matters.
• Conceptualise and develop sustainable development indicators appropriate to the environmental compliance monitoring of Capital Projects.
• Assists standing committee in their deliberation where these may have an impact on the environmental compliance of municipal capital projects.
• Participating in project implementation.
• Undertaking negotiation with other stakeholders around complex or controversial compliance issues in order to assist in resolving the matter in line with sustainable development principles.
• Identifying strategic project or research that needs to be undertaken as regard environmental.
• Compliance of capital projects and prepares an appropriate budget and action plans to address these needs in order to ensure that the objectives of the IDP and environment systems are met.
• Overseeing, managing and directing activities of technical staff in order to maximize productivity and achieving the objectives of the department through appropriate support.

Competencies    

• Planning.
• Organisational awareness.
• Attention to detail.
• Discipline specific skills.
• Data processing and analysis.
• Interpersonal relationships.
• Communication.
• Service delivery orientation.
• Action and outcome orientation
• Resilience.
• Learning orientation.
• Team orientation.

Essential Requirements    

• Honours Degree or Post Graduate Diploma (NQF level 8) in one of the following disciplines Environmental Management, Environmental Science, Nature Conservation, LLB or equivalent.
•  Environmental Management Inspectorate Certificate or an Environmental Law Module within the NQF Level 8 qualification or equivalent.
•  Valid motor vehicle driving license.
•  4 Years relevant experience.
•  Computer Literacy

Preferred Requirements    

• Master’s Degree (NQF level 9) in one of the following disciplines Environmental Management, Environmental Science, Nature Conservation, LLB or equivalent.
•  Environmental Management Inspectorate Certificate or an Environmental Law Module within the NQF Level 8 qualification or equivalent.
•  6 Years relevant experience

Special Conditions:

•  Incumbent will be required to accept statutory appointments in terms of extant legislation.

Physical Requirements:

•  Must be able to undertake fieldwork