Active Job Positions at eThekwini Municipality

Special Conditions

• Required to work in all weather conditions. required to work outside normal hours during emergencies and planned overtime.
• Required to be on standby as and when there is an emergency that cannot be attended to by security on site. 

Job Purpose

Co-ordinates, controls and guides specific requirements associated with the administration of contracts relating to the maintenance of building and facilities and, associated soft services (security, cleaning, access control, etc) by assessing deliverables and prioritising outcomes relating to general maintenance, implementing procedures, investigating and resolving deviations, and attending to the preparation of responses and provision of information to support query resolution to ensure compliance with standards and provision of a quality service that meets client expectations. 

Key Responsibility Areas

• Co-ordinates and aligns functional requirements against the service delivery and support objectives. 
• Controls personnel, performance, productivity, and discipline. 
• Co-ordinates procedural requirements associated with maintenance of the building and facilities and provision of general support services. 
• Monitors continuous improvement building and facilities maintenance and upgrade projects and programmes. 
• Disseminates information related to specific key performance areas of the functionality. 
• Performs specific administrative activities/tasks associated with the updating and maintaining information/records related to Maintenance and Services activities/operations. 

Competencies

•  Managing Work
• Planning and organizing
• Facility Specific skills
• Workplace Safety
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Communication
• Service delivery orientation
• Action orientation
• Resilience
• Learning orientation
• Problem solving
• Team Orientation. 

Essential Requirements

•  Grade 12 (NQF Level 4) or equivalent and an Administrative certificate
• Valid motor vehicle driving license
• 3 years relevant experience in a facilities or building maintenance environment
• Computer Literacy. 

Preferred Requirements

•  Diploma (NQF Level 6) or equivalent in the Administration field. 
• 4 years relevant experience in a facilities or building maintenance environment. 

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Job Purpose

• Provision of support to Professional land Surveyors and Survey technicians in carrying out their Cadastral, Engineering & Sectional title surveys.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Support and assisting surveyors during field surveyors.
• Facilitating accurate survey of all essential services.
• Exposing historical property beacons and survey control and facilitating lines of sight for accurate survey.
• Assisting surveyors with safety and security.
• General assistance in the safety and care of survey equipment.
• Preparation of survey pegs.
• Undertake other duties and related assignments

Competencies

• Managing Work
• Work place Safety
• Task Accountability
• Quality Orientation
• Oral Communication
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Communication
• Action Orientation
• Resilience
• Accountability and Ethical Conduct

Essential Requirements

• Grade 12 (NQF Level 4) or equivalent.
• 1 Year relevant experience

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Job Purpose

• Provide a strategic professional and specialist service for the functionality through the provision 
• of resource to ensure full-service delivery, guiding, advising, and supporting senior 
• management and political structures of the Council in related matters.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Directs and controls key project capital budget spent deliverables and outcomes 
• associated with the Municipality.
• Plans and coordinates the capital budget estimates and monitors expenditure against 
• the approved budget allocations for projects.
• Directs development of project management processes associated with the scoping, 
• resourcing, implementation, monitoring of service delivery and projects.
• Directs development and projects management processes associated with the scoping, 
• resourcing, implementation, monitoring, and communication phase of capital projects.
• Planning and controlling the Procurement Management functions and the procurement 
• of land.
• Disseminates functional and operational information on the immediate, short- and longterm objectives and current developments, problems, and constraints.
• Directs specific administrative and reporting requirements associated with the key
• performance and result indicators of the functionality.
• Directs the development of information systems required for the management of 
• municipal service delivery projects.

Competencies

• Discipline Specific Skills.
• Financial Management.
• Planning and Organising.
• Direction Setting.
• Problem Solving.
• Communication.
• Service Delivery Orientation.
• Action and Outcome orientation.
• Resilience.
• Cognitive ability.
• Accountability and Ethical Conduct.
•  Team Orientation. 

Essential Requirements

• Bachelors Degree (NQF Level 7) in Project Management or any other related and 
• equivalent qualification.
• 7 Years relevant experience.
• Computer Literac

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Job Purpose
Controls professional and technical processes associated with provision of structural engineering service to internal/external clients through the provision of guidance and advice on the formulation of proposals and design concepts, contract, and project management of basic and average complexity type of broadly defined structural engineering works.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Provides advice/information and guidance on the principles, procedures and applications associated with basic or average complexity structural engineering processes encapsulated in specific projects of a broadly defined nature
• Applies principles and techniques associated with the development and presentation of technical designs
• Disseminates information on the professional and technical aspects of structural engineering design concepts and provides reports
• Coordinates sequences associated with the preparation collation of contract documentation and/ or the evaluation of tender applications
• Controls the implementation/ outcomes associated with time, quality, and cost of specific basic and average complexity structural engineering contracts.

Competencies

• Planning
• Attention to Detail
• Design
• Project Management
• Construction
• Operations and Maintenance
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Communication
• Service Delivery orientation
• Cognitive ability
• Direction Setting
• Coaching and Mentoring.

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor of Technology or Advanced Diploma (NQF Level 7) in Civil Engineering
• Registration as a Professional Engineering Technologist (Pr. Technologist) with the Engineering Council of South Africa
• Valid motor vehicle driving license
• 3 Years relevant post qualification experience.

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Job Purpose

• To perform clinical and supervisory Management of Occupational Health services throughout the Ethekwini Municipality so as to reduce employee exposure to workplace hazards and occupational disease.

This post reports to OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PHYSICIAN

Key Responsibility Areas

• Managing the administrative, clinical and specialised functions of the Occupational Medicine Services Section, as delegated by the Occupational Health Physician.
• Assisting the Occupational Health Physician in the planning and organisation of delegated services and specialised functions.
• Investigating and making recommendations to the Occupational Health Physician as to the adequacy and needs of all delegated services and functions.
• Liaising with medical staff, senior administrative staff and senior staff of other sections in respect of services and section requirements.
• Assisting with coordination and implementation of Occupational Medicine Services in respect of civil protection requirements.
• Ensure regional clinics comply with the Medicines Control regulations.
• Managing and overseeing medical and clinical management of HIV/AIDS in the workplace.
• Supervising subordinates.
• Maintaining an up to date knowledge of all elements of comprehensive health service legally, ethically and academically.
• Assisting with the planning and conducting Occupational Health programmes.

Competencies

• Professionalism
• Medical Knowledge
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Communication
• Service Delivery Orientation
• Action and Outcome Orientation
• Resilience
• Change Readiness
• Cognitive Ability
• Learning Orientation
• Impact and Influence
• Team Orientation

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB), (NQF Level 8) or equivalent recognized by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and an Advanced Diploma in Occupational Health (NQF Level 8) or equivalent acceptable to the HPCSA and current valid registration with the HPCSA as a Medical Practitioner.
• Valid motor vehicle driving license.
• 6 Years experience in Occupational Health as an Occupational Health Medical Practitioner.

Preferred Requirements

• 8 Years experience in Occupational Health as an Occupational Health Medical Practitioner.

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Job Purpose
To provide administrative assistance in Recruitment and Administration Branch.

This post reports to RECRUITMENT AND ADMINISTRATION MANAGER

Key Responsibility Areas

•  Undertaking the administration of new engagements, promotions and or progressions.
•  Extracting, tracking and updating recruitment reports.
•  Executing manual and electronic scheduling.
•  Arrange for interviews.
•  Typing and updating recruitment and administration correspondences.
•  Filling of general correspondence related to recruitment and administration.
•  Perform general driving duties.

Competencies

•  Attention to Detail
•  Influencing
•  Ethics and Professionalism
•  Planning and Organising
•  Use of Technology
•  Interpersonal Relationship
•  Communication
•  Service delivery orientation
•  Client Orientation and Customer Focus
•  Resilience
•  Learning orientation

Essential Requirements

•  Grade 12 (NQF Level 4) or equivalent.
•  Valid motor vehicle driving license.
•  2 Years relevant experience.
•  Computer Literacy.

Preferred Requirements

• Grade 12 (NQF Level 4) or equivalent and a relevant certificate in one of the following fields:
• Administration.Office Management and Technology.Public Management/Public Administration.Business Administration.Human Resource Management.
• 3 Years relevant experience.

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Job Purpose
Oversee, maintain and manage the eThekwini Municipalities continuous and non-continuous

• ambient air quality monitoring network and fulfil local and national norms, standards and guidelines for air quality monitoring systems.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Oversee the implementation of methodologies, policies, systems and procedures for the
• Municipality continuous and non-continuous ambient air quality monitoring systems.
• Lead the coordination of the air quality data acquisition system and its related databases,
• procedures and regulatory frameworks.
• Provide advice on technical matters of air quality monitoring.
• Performing an administrative and financial control function related to the management of
• an air quality monitoring network.
• Human capital development.
• Performance and personnel management.

Competencies

• Organisational Awareness- The ability to understand the Municipality’s objectives, and the
• impact of decisions on the community and the functioning of the department.
• Financial Management- Drives optimisation of financial management of the municipality
• through use of standard operating procedure.
• Strategy Development and Implementation- Ability to do long-term planning and execute
• the expected activities.
• Stakeholder Management- Manages the interface and relationship with key stakeholders in
• support of meeting objectives.
• Air Quality Management- The ability to manage legislative requirements and compliance
• matters in relation to air quality.
• Compliance and Enforcement- The ability to follow processes, conclude investigations and
• generate compliance notices and documentation to ensure enforcement of relevant
• legislation.
• Communication- The ability to listen attentively, grasp issues, present information in a clear
• manner, respond appropriately to verbal and written communication of others.
• Service Delivery Orientation- The ability to explore and implement new innovative strategies
• to deliver services that contributes to the improvement of the municipal processes in order
• to achieve municipal goals.
• Customer Orientation and Customer Focus- Understands the service needs of clients /
• customers (internal and external) and actively focuses on anticipating, meeting and
• exceeding the needs in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Action and Outcome Orientation- The display of high work ethic in setting and achieving
• challenging goals, meeting deadlines and keeping promises. It manifests itself in one’s ability
• to stay focused on task, to be energetic, persistent and reliable.
• Impact and Influence- The ability to inspire a positive attitude in others and be able to
• influence others effectively.
• Direction Setting- Determines and articulate the Vision, sets the direction for the
• organisation and / or unit and inspires others to deliver on the organisational mandate.

Essential Requirements

• Relevant tertiary qualification (i.e Natural Science or Air Quality or Electronic). (NQF 6/7).
• Valid motor vehicle driving license.
• 4 Years experience in Air Quality Management

Preferred Requirements

• Relevant post graduate qualification (NQF Level 8)
• 6 Years relevant experience.

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Job Purpose
To undertake relevant tasks and activities pertaining to the laying of cables and planting of poles; including the motivation and supervision of staff.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Interprets planned reticulation drawings and drawings of sketches of services installed.
• Supervises, motivates, trains and disciplines staff in the team to ensure consistent and acceptable productivity levels.
• Ensures that excavation, tunnelling, shoring, laying of cable ducts and road crossings are to required specifications.
• Ensures that back-filling and compaction of trenches and pole holes are in compliance with standards.
• Supervises the construction of joint bays and the covering thereof, ensuring the site is left in a clean and tidy condition after completion of the job.
• Drives a heavy duty truck towing a trailer or compressor to transport staff, materials and equipment to site.
• Completes relevant internal documentation e.g. vehicle log sheets, reconciles materials as required.
• Promotes safety and accident prevention at the workplace as per his or her appointment under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (1993) as directed.

Competencies

• Vehicle safety
• Driving behaviour
• Learning orientation
• Service delivery orientation
• Interpersonal relationships
• Communication
• Action orientation
• Accountability and ethical conduct
• Team orientation

Essential Requirements

• Grade 10 or equivalent.
• Valid motor vehicle driving license (Code C1 or EC).
• Valid Professional Driving Permit (PrDP).
• 2 Years relevant experience.

Preferred Requirements

• Grade 12 (NQF Level 4) or equivalent.
• 3 Years relevant experience.

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Special Conditions

•  May be required to work in all weather conditions.
•  May be required to use a firearm and ammunition.
•  May be required to work overtime/irregular hours.
•  May be required to act in the capacity of surrounding posts

Job Purpose

• To monitor and control the activities within natural areas, Metropolitan Open Space and municipal
• nature reserves of the Ethekwini Municipal area.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Organises and leads field patrols, locates and remove trapping devices.
• Investigate signs of unauthorised harvesting and/or poaching, unauthorised entry and
• vagrancy/illegal habitation, damage to perimeter fencing and presence of
• feral/problem/domestic animals.
• Enforces applicable Acts, legislation, by-laws, regulations and policies, attending legal
• proceedings as required.
• Utilises and maintains a variety of tools, machinery and equipment such as firearms,
• trapping devices, hand tools, brush cutting machinery, chemical sprayers, firefighting
• equipment etc.
• Inspects and undertakes minor repairs to infrastructure such as fencing, bridges and walking
• trails.
• Addresses minor complaints and queries posed by the members of the community and
• general public, referring complex issues to the Supervisor.
• Maintains up-to-date working knowledge in the field of nature conservation.
• Ensures the health and safety of staff and the general public.

Competencies

• Problem solving.
• Negotiation and influencing.
• Resilience.
• Communication.
• Ethics and professionalism.
• Patrol, Enforcement and Emergency response.
• Cognitive ability.
• Interpersonal relationships.
• Service delivery orientation.
• Team orientation.
• Coaching and mentoring.
• Impact and influence. 

Essential Requirements

•  Grade 12 (NQF Level 4) or equivalent.
•  Peace Officer Certificate or be able to obtain one within six months from commencement of
•  duty.
•  Field Ranger Training Certificate.
•  Firearm competence certificate issued by South African Police Service (SAPS).
•  Valid motor vehicle driving license (Code C1 or EC or EC1).
•  Valid Professional Drivers Permit.
•  3 years relevant experience
•  Computer literacy

Preferred Requirements

• Advanced Field Ranger Certificate.
• 4 Years relevant experience.

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Special Conditions

• May be required to physically and practically demonstrate the ability to perform the job.
• Performs any other related tasks as directed e.g. in the capacity of surrounding posts.

Job Purpose

• To perform various functions, tasks and duties in the eThekwini Municipal plant micropropagation 
• laboratory and plant production nursery facilities. 

Key Responsibility Areas

• Prepares for and completes the days work.
• Undertakes the micropropagation of plants in conjunction with the supervisor.
• Assists with the decontamination and initiation of new plant cultures.
• In conjunction with the supervisor pricks out, acclimatizes and maintains cultured plantlets 
• and established nursery stocks and mother plants in the micropropagation weaning houses.
• Assists with laboratory, clerical and nursery duties.
• Implements new micropropagation protocols and techniques.
• Ensures the Occupational Health and Safety Act are complied with.
• Assist staff and members of the general public.

Competencies

• Written communication.
• Planning and organising.
• Mentoring and control.
• Research and development.
• Attention to detail.
• Sampling analysis.
• Stakeholder liaison.
• Action and outcome orientation.Cognitive ability.
•  Learning orientation.

Essential Requirements

• Grade 12 (NQF Level 4) or equivalent with Life Science or Biology and Physical Science.
• 1 Year relevant experience

Preferred Requirements

• Diploma (NQF Level 6) in Horticulture or Nature Conservation or Landscape Technology.
• 2 Years relevant experience. 

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Job Purpose

The Senior Manager: ERM plays a pivotal role in the implementation of the enterprise risk management policy and framework in the municipality and its entities, through provision of strategic and operational value-adding advisory on risk management issues, best practices and strategy to improve the municipality's overall risk management maturity.

This post reports to CHIEF RISK OFFICER

Key Responsibility Areas

• Plans, controls and co-ordinates activities for embedding the enterprise risk management.
• Leads and participates in the implementation of ERM Strategy and Plan.
• Manages and controls activities of risk management at business units/entities on overall program vision, strategy, operations, processes and implementation status.
• Co-ordinates internal and external risk management efforts with the Auditor General, other spheres of government and various regulatory bodies.
• Prepares reports on the status of risk management to Operations, Risk Committees and Audit Committee.
• Assumes responsibility over information and Cura System administration.
• Resource planning, training and capacity building as well as compliance with risk methodology in order to ensure that effective risk management strategy, process and best practices are embedded in the municipality.

Competencies

• Research and Analysis
• Organisational Awareness
• Ethics and Professionalism
• Internal Audit
• Information Management
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Service Delivery Orientation
• Resilience
• Cognitive Ability
• Impact and Influence
• Coaching and Mentoring
• Strategic Capability/ Leadership or Direction Setting

Essential Requirements

• Postgraduate tertiary qualification (NQF Level 8) in Risk Management or Business Continuity Management or other Risk Management qualifications or Auditing or Accounting or ICT or Governance or Finance.
• Member of the Institute of Risk Management of South Africa (IRMSA) or other professional bodies.
• Valid motor vehicle driving license.
• 6 years relevant experience of which 2 years must be specific risk management experience at management level, supervising a team and reporting to governance committees.

Preferred Requirements

• Masters qualification (NQF Level 9) in Risk Management or Business Continuity Management or Auditing or Accounting or ICT or Finance.
• Institute of Risk Management of South Africa (IRMSA) Risk Practitioner qualification.
• 7 years relevant experience of which 3 years must be specific risk management experience at management level, supervising a team and reporting to governance committees.