Environmental Officer (Specialised Production): Development Management (Region 1 and 3) at Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs & Development Planning

Minimum Requirements

• An appropriate 4-year degree (or equivalent qualification) in environmental management or natural or environmental science; registered as a candidate environmental assessment practitioner (EAP) or registered as an EAP with the Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of South Africa (EAPASA) or meets the requirements for registration and has 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 (Code B) driving licence.    

Key Performance Areas

Management of EIA Applications and Directives, including the development of Environmental Authorisations, conditions of authorisations / directives and exemptions; Provision of specialist advice to external clients as well as to staff within the Directorate;  Development Management and other Directorates in terms of NEMA and the EIA Regulations; conduct compliance audits on applications where an environmental authorisation was granted; 

• Providing support to other directorates within the department, which could include responding to ministerial and parliamentary enquiries.