Environmental Officer (Specialised Production): Environmental Impact Management Services - various post available - Cape Town and George at Western Cape Government
The Western Cape Government creates laws for and provides services to the people of the Western Cape. We work closely with the national government and municipalities in the Western Cape to ensure that the citizens of the province have access to the services, facilities and information they need. We are committed to delivering an open opportunity society for ...
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Environmental Officer (Specialised Production): Environmental Impact Management Services - various post available - Cape Town and George
An appropriate 4-year tertiary qualification 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); or 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
Relevant working knowledge and experience in the following: Review of EIA applications; Integrated Environmental Management, including applicable legislation and policies; Post-decision requirements, for example, amendment applications, Environmental Audit reports and ECO reports.
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 Assessment 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.
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