The George Municipality is the second largest municipality, in terms of population, in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and is situated in the Garden Route District of the province.
The municipality serves 294 929 people from 85 931 households (Statistics SA 2023) across 28 wards including Uniondale and Wilderness – with service hinterlands ge...
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Relevant tertiary qualification preferably an Honours Degree in Urban Design or equivalent Planning degree
Registration as a professional Planner (attach proof)
Computer literacy: MS Office
Ability to communicate (read, write, speak) in at least two of the three official languages of the Western Cape
Knowledge of CAD and GIS.
Code B Driving License.
5 -8 years’ relevant experience required.
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:
Identify, define, align and implement requirements associated with the Spatial Planning functionality to ensure the functionality is positioned to deliver on strategic development planning objectives.
Undertake project initiation and management, including all activities associate with projects to ensure key deliverables and interventions are accurately accessed and communicated supporting the accomplishment of pre-determined sustainable outcomes within the allotted budget and time frames.
Facilitate and support critical legislated processes and requirements related to strategic planning, Integrated Development Framework and Spatial frameworks to ensuring long term strategic planning that would impact the development trajectory is assessed and enable achievement of strategic outcomes and ensure legislative compliance.
Initiate and undertake policy formulation and precinct planning to ensure that all spatial planning sequences are considered, assessed and implemented.
Identify and execute projects, catalytic projects and initiative in targeted areas to enable achievement of strategic outcomes and ensure legislative compliance with due consideration to critical needs in the design of development plans and adequate consultation occurs in respect of the impact of implementation.
Provide comment on planning and environmental applications to ensure applications, conform to laid down legislative requirements, town planning schemes, spatial plans and regulations prior to the approval being granted.
Ensure information, advice or opinions on relevant matters is made available and/ or communicated through the various mediums and accurately interpreted through the provision of adequate and clear explanation.
Procure professional services through a competitive bidding process in accordance with approved supply chain management processes and develop procurement plans to ensure budget is applied effectively.
Serve as presiding officer and member of the Planning Tribunal to ensure that decisions taken by the Tribunal are aligned with applicable policy, agreements, delegations and powers assigned.
Set performance targets, monitor compliance and report on achievement of targets to continuously improve performance and maintain high levels of service delivery.
Supervise and manage staff to ensure human resources needs are identified and attended to, supporting the accomplishment of laid down objectives and compliance with specific standards in terms of productivity and performance.
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