Land Planning Manager at RBIDZ Special Economic Zone

RESPONSIBILITIES

People Management:

• Managing the performance of staff by embracing the values of RBIDZ to ensure effective and productive performance of staff.
• Guiding, coaching and developing staff and adhering to relevant policies and procedures to manage staff performance.

Project Management 

• Continuously update and report on the 50-year Master Plan
• Manage land acquisitions and land planning total value chain (identification, feasibility, valuations, negotiations, registration and related regulatory compliances)
• Develop project timelines, budgets, and resource allocations.
• Monitor project progress to ensure adherence to schedules and functional objectives

Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure all projects comply with local, regional, and national planning regulations.
• Prepare and submit necessary planning applications and documentation, including rezoning applications and municipal building plan.
• Ensure that land rights are adhered and complied with.

Stakeholders Engagement

• Collaborate with government, developers, and community stakeholders.
• Collaborate with internal Stakeholder Management to facilitate public consultations
• Liaise with Landowners to ensure that land rights and access is secured for investments

Data Analysis and Reporting

• Conduct research and analysis of land availability, ownership, use, zoning, development trends and feasibility studies
• Gather data and geo-reference land planning, encroachments, limitations, servitudes rights, and prepare detailed reports and presentations for stakeholders and decision-makers.

Policy development

• Develop land and planning policies and align to regional, provincial and national planning and development plans.
• Position RBIDZ policy to infrastructure plans of local government, and other key stakeholders such as Transnet Port.
• Contribute to sustainable development policy and practices
• Propose mitigation strategies aligned with RBIDZ policies

Team Leadership

• Lead a team of land surveyors, geomatics, planners and project managers
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior staff and ensure effective collaboration with professionals in the built environment.
• Liaise with the client on land acquisition and planning issues and provide specialist advice.

Administrative Support

• Conduct planning meetings, including drafting agendas and writing progress reports.
• Present reports to Management and Executive Committee, Board, City Council and other forums.

Manage finance, risk & compliance:

• Identifying, mitigating and monitoring potential risks in relevant project.
• Reviewing all project risk registers on a monthly basis.

Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS 

• Grade12 (Mandatory)
• Degree in Land Surveying, Town and Regional Planning or Urban Planning and Design (Mandatory)
• Driver’s Licence (Code EB) is Mandatory
• Professional registration South African Council of Planners (SACPLAN), South African Geomatics Council (Mandatory)
• Relevant Post-Graduate Degree (Advantageous) 
• Project Management qualification (Advantageous)
• Auto Cad/ Caddy/ GIS/ Microsoft Project (advantageous)
• 5 years of relevant experience