Town Planner at Gamagara Local Municipality

Requirements:

• National Diploma /Bachelor’s Degree in Town and Regional Planning. 2 – 5 years practical experience in town and regional planning at municipal level. Registration with the South African Council for Planners (SACPLAN) will be an added advantage. Code 08 driver’s license. Proficiency in MS Office applications; Excellent organizational and administrative skills; Excellent analytic and problem-solving ability; High level of integrity, responsibility and confidentiality; Have ability to give attention to detail and be able to work under pressure; Report writing; Communication Skills; Ability to deal with conflict situations; Excellent Negotiation skills.

Duties:

• Performs all key performance areas associated with Town Planning, Ensure alignment of planning legislations and frameworks, contributing to strategic planning processes, prepare business cases and strategic briefs, drafting of Town Planning related policies. Provide the assistance and support to the divisional manager and perfume any other reasonable tasks. Researching problem areas and gaps in developmental planning processes and policies referring to information gathered from surveys, interviews and literature reviews to support the content of specific submissions for approval and review. Applying administrative systems and procedures to create and maintain available technical and professional reports and related information on specific town planning interventions and processes. Providing guidance to technical personnel during preparation of detailed plans based on the outcomes of specific assessments and analysis of related information. Assessing the compliance requirements referring to regulations. Checking or attending to the preparation of plans and drawings to depict developmental initiatives. Preparing and submitting notices and/or advertisements to encourage comments/ objections. Co- ordinating processes to solicit inputs from relevant departments and collating information and submissions from the relevant sources (objectors and stakeholders). Attending to the submission of statutory applications (land use amendment) to the responsible authorities. Assessing compliance with specific town planning regulations and related legislation and/or input from internal/external commentators. Undertaking need and desirability assessments, site inspections and, investigating the development history of sites. Compiling appropriate regulations and conditions of approval for specific applications.