Environmental Officer (Production Level): Environmental Impact Management Services at Western Cape Government

Minimum Requirements    

• An appropriate 3-year tertiary qualification (National Diploma/B-Degree) in Environmental Management, Natural or Environmental Sciences or related field; Registered as a Candidate Environmental Assessment Practitioner (EAP) or Registered as an EAP with the Environmental Assessment

Practitioners Association of South Africa (EAPASA): o already registered; or meets the requirements for registration and have either

• already applied for registration or will by a certain date apply for registration (appointment will be conditional to actual registration with EAPASA by a specified date); A valid driving license (Code B or higher).

Recommendation    

• Working knowledge and experience in the following: Review of EIA applications; Integrated Environmental Management, including applicable legislation and policies; Post-decision requirements.

Key Performance Areas    

• Maintain quality and productivity with regard to evaluation of applications in terms of the relevant environmental legislation; Implementation of the compliance monitoring and auditing strategy for environmental authorisations; Maintain quality and productivity with regard to provision of comment on assigned non-applications; Leadership in assigned projects.

Competencies    

• Knowledge in the following: Integrated Environmental Management; Environmental Impact Assesment process; Biophysical knowledge of the functioning of ecosystems, interactions and other environmental aspects; Methodologies and techniques for evaluation of environmental impact assessments,management plans and environmental monitoring and auditing; Methodologies for the evaluation of environmental management programme reports, as well as environmental monitoring, audit and ECO reports; Practical implementation of environmental legislation, policies, guidelines, norms and standards; Environmental management systems. Skills needed: Report writing; Communication (written and verbal); Computer literacy (MS-Office suite); Interpersonal; Problem Solving; Project management; Ability to: Meet strict deadlines; Perform under pressure; Work well within a team.