Current Vacancies at eThekwini Municipality

Job Purpose    

• To provide a technical medical specialist service within Occupational Health Section.

Competencies:

• Professionalism- Demonstrates a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities, adherence to ethical principles and sensitivity to a diverse patient population.
• Medical Knowledge- Demonstrates knowledge about established and evolving biomedical, clinical and cognate (e.g. epidemiological and socio behavioural) sciences and the application of this knowledge to patient care.
• Interpersonal Relationships- The ability to establish and maintain productive relationships with people within and outside of the municipality.
• Communication- The capacity to listen attentively, grasp issues, present information in a clear manner and respond appropriately to verbal and written communication of others.
• Service Delivery Orientation- The ability to explore and implement new ways of delivering services that contribute to the improvement of municipal processes in order to achieve municipal goals.
• 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.
• Resilience- The ability to responds constructively to pressure / stress situations and the ability to persist goals despite obstacles and setbacks.
• Change Readiness- The ability to innovate and challenge the status quo and the ability to cope with change driven by others.
• Cognitive Ability- The ability to gather information, analyse issues and deal with complexity and ambiguity. Shows long-term thinking, follows through in a logical manner, aware of consequences and implications. Is able to see the ‘Bigger Picture’.
• Learning Orienation- The willingness and motivation to learn, acquire knowledge, develop insight, and focus on continuous self-improvement.
• Team Orientation- The capacity to promote a cooperative climate, understand group dynamics and apply appropriate facilitation techniques in working with others to achieve a shared goal.
• 12 Months Special Fixed Term Contract with no benefits

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Conducting general Occupational Health and Services including pre-placement examinations and medical screening.
• Performing medical surveillance assessments and conducting disability assessments.
• Providing specialist input in the programmes within the section e.g. immunisation, family planning, treatment of minor ailments and minor injuries, psychiatric after-care, tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases and other communicable disease programmes.
• Providing assistance to the Occupational Health Medical Practitioners in the planning and organisation of delegated services and specialised functions.
• Providing support and resources in the co-ordination and implementation of Occupational Medicine Services in respect of Civil Protection requirements.
• Providing expert advise on clinical medical issues including occupational health and hygiene matters to personnel in various service Units.
• Analysing occupational medicine trends, incidents and prevalence thereof encountered at the allocated service outlet point.
• Maintaining an up to date knowledge of all elements of comprehensive health services legally, ethically and educationally.
• Providing specialised service to the occupational hygiene, nursing and first aid services.

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.
• 5 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 an effective and efficient cashiering service.

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Performs a cashiering function and attends to customer queries.
• Performs minor admin functions and stock control.
• Compiles all statistical data and accesses/retrieves information and records to facilitate the
• resolution of specific queries. 
• Undertakes booking / hiring of Council facilities and performs switchboard duties.
• Oversees overtime staff.
• Sets up the hall and equipment for various functions and ensures the timeous opening, closing
• and cleanliness of the facilities.
• Attends to security or emergency matters.
• Administers basic first aid.

Essential Requirements    

• Appropriate level of secondary education.
• 6 Months relevant experience.

Preferred Requirements    

• Matric/Grade 12.
• 12 Months relevant experience

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Job Purpose    

• To manage the Branch responsible for the continuous monitoring, control and operation of the High Voltage Network of eThekwini Electricity.

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Accepts responsibility for the safe and effective control of the High Voltage system, being the supply networks at voltage levels from 275 000 Volts down to 33 000 Volts and including the 11 000 Volt and 6 600 Volt outgoing circuits at substations with a primary voltage in the High Voltage system range.
• To manage and monitor the immediate and short term demands on the HV system to determine the most cost effective, secure and safe method of operating and to monitor and report on quality of supply (QOS) throughout the HV system and to ensure that QOS meets contractual and regulatory limits.
• Determines and implements the strategy for substation monitoring, data acquisition and control and computerised presentation of electrical network layout.
• Determine and implements the strategy for substation security and access control.
• Ensures expected outcomes associated with productivity and performance of personnel in the branch.
• Creates a safe working environment.
• Prepares capital and operating estimates for the Branch and approves and controls operational and project related expenditure against the budget allocations.
• Manages the formulation of specific contracts and tender documents and controls contractual obligations.
• Ensure service delivery to all customers connected to the High Voltage network.
• Co-ordinates specific administrative and reporting requirements associated with the key performance and result indicators of the functionality.
• Disseminates strategic, functional and operational information on the immediate, short and long term objectives and current developments, problems and constraints.
• Undertakes related duties.

Essential Requirements    

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Electrical/Electronic Engineering (NQF Level 8).
• Registered as a Professional Engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa.
• Valid motor vehicle driving license.
• 6 Years relevant experience with 5 years post registration experience.

Preferred Requirements    

• Registered as a Professional Engineer (Electrical Electronic) and a relevant management

qualification.

• 7 Years relevant experience, with 5 years post registration relevant to the electricity distribution or transmission industry.

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Job Purpose    

• Manages the key performance areas of the high voltage cables branch.

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Identifies and defines the immediate,short and long term objectives/plans of the Branch.
• Directs and controls outcomes associated with the utilisation, performance and productivity of staff.
• Prepares capital and operating estimates for the Branch, and approves, controls operational and project related expenditure against the budget allocations.
• Applies electrical engineering principles to provide direction on the operations and
• maintenance of applications associated with medium and high voltage cables within the
• Metropolitan region.
• Manages the inrorduction of new high voltage cables and accessories and/or modifications, oradditions to existing circuits.
• Manages the formulation of specific contracts and tender documentation, and controls contractual obligations for the maintenance of plant.
• Disseminates strategic,functional and operational information on the immediate,short and long
• term objectives and,current developments,problems and constraints.
• Co-ordinates specific administrative and reporting requirements associated with the key
• performance and results indicators of the functionality.

Essential Requirements    

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (NQF Level 7).
• Registered as a Professional with the Engineering Council of South Africa.
• Valid motor vehicle driving license.
• 6 Years relevant experience with 5 years post registration experience.

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Job Purpose    

• To ensure that the related/specified duties are expedited and timeously undertaken.

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Conducting investigations. Assisting in the rectification process.
• Ensuring that rental accounts are up to date to enable the sale to proceed.
• Interviewing and providing information on council loan to tenants and purchasers.
• Extracting property files.
• Instructing conveyancers by forwarding signed purchase and sale agreements with id copies, status affidavits as well as supporting documents e.g. marriage certificates , death certificate etc and prepares consents to transfer in the transfer of properties in respect of cash and bonds.
• Performing other related duties of the post

Essential Requirements    

• Matric/Grade 12.
• 12 Months relevant experience.

Preferred Requirements    

• Matric/Grade 12 plus relevant certificate accredited by SAQA.
• 18 Months relevant experience

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Job Purpose    

• Applies technical Engineering procedures and applications associated with the provision of information, formulation and development and/ or draughting of plans, proposals and designs at an elementary level, preparing contractual documentation and monitoring the implementation and execution of minor contracts. 

Key Responsibility Areas

• Provides technical information on the principles and applications associated with structural form and efficiencies for basic engineering works.
• Applies principles and techniques associated with the development of engineering designs at a basic level.
• Attends to specific sequences associated with the preparation and collation of contract documentation.
• Monitors compliance with terms and conditions during the execution of specific minor Engineering contracts.

 
Essential Requirements    

• National Diploma plus registration as a Candidate Technician with the Engineering Council of South Africa within 3 months of employment; plus Internal Assessment.
• Undergo an internal assessment.
• Valid motor vehicle drivers licence (Code B or EB)
• 1 year relevant post qualification experience.

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Job Purpose    

• Assists the Manager (Administration) by developing and implementing Departmental Administration Codes of Practice, Policies and Procedures. 

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Provides an administration service to the Unit.
• Supervision and control of staff.
• Manages all buildings where the Housing Unit is based.
• Control and manage the Housing motor vehicle fleet.
• Analysis of telephone printouts and advise relevant Managers where necessary.
• Checking and approving payments of service orders and purchase orders.
• Ensure that all Housing assets, i.e. furniture and vehicles are insured.
• Arrange the processing of insurance claims and payment of claims.
• Attend to ad hoc projects, investigate alternatives and provide recommendations to management. 

Essential Requirements    

• Relevant tertiary qualification (NQF 6/7).
• Valid motor vehicle driving license. 
• 3 Years relevant experience.
• Computer Literacy.

Preferred Requirements    

• 4 Years relevant experience. 

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Job Purpose    

• Assists the Senior Storekeeper in producing a high standard of service delivery to enable Units within the various Clusters to deliver a high standard of service and ensure customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Counts stocks and records actual quantities (reconciliation excluded).
• Applies safe storage, packing and loading practices.
• Assists with issuing/receiving functions.
• Attends to telephone queries.
• Assists with the manhandling of heavy goods where necessary.
• Undertakes the binning of goods.
• Assists with data capture / clerical duties.

Essential Requirements    

• An appropriate level of primary education.
• 1 Month relevant experience.

Preferred Requirements    

• Appropriate level of secondary education.
• 3 Months relevant experience.
• Computer Literacy.

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Job Purpose    

• To provide an efficient, effective accounting support service to internal and external customers.

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Ensure that the consolidated telkom invoice is received timeously.
• Supervise the capturing onto the JDE system.
• Supervise the process of various sundry account payments.
• Check and verify the various control totals of expenditure.
• Prepare costing transfer in respect of cellphone and airtime vouchers.
• Match invoice to open receipt for all orders to Siemens.
• Retrieve council cellphone and maintenance of cellphones
• Attend to account queries and safekeeping of documents. 

Essential Requirements    

• Relevant Post Matric Certificate.
• 2 Years relevant experience.
• Computer Literacy.

Preferred Requirements    

• 3 Years relevant experience and experience on the JD Edwards systems.

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Job Purpose    

• To supervise, on behalf of various service providers within eThekwini Municipality, the credit situation regarding outstanding payments of consumer accounts for municipal services rendered.

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Supervises the work process flow and staff.
• Refers unresolved disputes on accounts to relevant departments.
• Participates in team-based problem solving.
• Authorise the following transactions, non action of printed disconnections, re-connections, adjustments, "Arrangements to Pay" vouchers and name change on accounts.
• Prepares and interprets reports and statistics.
• Addresses queries which are of a more complex nature.
• Motivates for system changes / improvements.
• Authorises the removal of red listed debtors from Credit Bureau data-base.
• Attends court proceedings to provide evidence.
• Provides legal departments with further particulars for defended matters.
• Scrutinises all suspended accounts in order to collect debts from previous owners.
• Reviews all applications for extended payment periods i.r.o. overdue accounts.
• Obtains personal sureties or guarantees from directors, members or owners of business to ensure that debts are adequately covered.
• Monitors the reviewal of security held for all business accounts.
• Submits for approval all applications in excess of stipulated amount to the accountant or manager.

Essential Requirements    

• Relevant 3 year tertiary qualification.
• Valid motor vehicle driving license.
• 3 Years relevant experience.
• Computer Literacy.

Preferred Requirements    

• 4 Years relevant experience.