Senior Adminstrative Officer: Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery Coordination at Departments: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

REQUIREMENTS :

• A three-year National Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualification at NQF level 6/7 as recognised by SAQA.
• 2-3 years’ experience in a related field. Proficiency in MS Excel and MS Word. Driver’s license and travelling.

DUTIES : The successful candidate will perform the following duties:

• Implement guidelines and compile templates on disaster damage assessments, keep a record of incidences, classification and declaration process. Record and verify disaster funding applications in line with the Disaster Grant Funding Framework and follow-up on the expenditure reports from Disaster Grant Funding recipients.
• Develop and communicate to organs of state guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) on national seasonal disaster contingency plans to ensure effective preparedness, response and recovery to the effects of seasonal hazards.
• Coordinate the activation of the National Disaster Operation Centre and the syndication of the preparedness, response and recovery work between the Directorate and other NDMC line functions during disaster response and recovery interventions.
• Provide secretariat functions to Disaster Response Coordination structures and engagements for the Directorate.