Jobs at eThekwini Municipality

Job Purpose    

• To effectively lead, direct and drive Expanded Public Works Programme, Project Management Team, City-wide Steering Committee, Management Steering Committee and City-wide BusinessCommunities in coordinating strategic plans with broad vision of enabling sustainabledevelopments to progress at a measurable pace in accordance with the broad aims and objectivesof eThekwini Integrated Development Plan and National Frameworks/ Strategies. PrioritiseExpanded Public Works Programmes aiming to provide poverty and income relief throughtemporary work for the unemployed, promote economic growth and create sustainabledevelopment and make provision for needed public goods and services, labour intensively atreasonable standards.

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Positions the EPWP Department City-Wide, Provincially and Nationally to facilitate the seamless delivery of infrastructure, environment and culture, social sector related projects and programmes to communities in accordance with the integrated development plan and National Policy on the development of the nation.
• Develops strategic and tactical plans to ensure the acquisition of grant funding and successful completion of cost-effective projects to provide basic infrastructural services to comply with National programmes of job creation.
• Investigates and integrates specific National Methodologies, approaches and legislation that support the accomplishment of the critical mission deliverables of EPWP across all sectors within the city in relation to infrastructure, environmental, cultural and social.
• Designs and implements employment strategies for learners entering the EPWP Programme and contract them on specific determined period.
• Implements procedures in accordance with prevailing legislation and government notices applicable to the Municipal Infrastructure Grant to co-ordinate and control the tendering process and transactional approvals.
• Develops, directs and controls the Municipality’s strategic EPWP programmes and build the fabric of society in terms of situational planning ensuring that Private and Public Sector Management within eThekwini Municipality and Political leadership support and partake in the EPWP as defined by the Municipality IDP programme.
• Implements strategic EPWP policies and plans consistent with the key objectives of reducing unemployment, fighting crime and rebuild the communities of the City as envisaged in the Constitution of the country.
• Organise Private Sector, Infrastructure Sector, Profit Organisations and non-profit Organisation to engage eloquently in labour intense programmes.
• Maps out and plans priority areas for piloting EPWP programme and systematically identify problematic areas with pressing needs.
• Facilitates Unit leadership advice on EPWP programmes aimed to alleviate poverty by granting income relief through temporary work for the Municipality.
• Controls outcomes associated with the utilisation and performance of staff within the function.
• Distributes functional and operational information on the immediate, short- and long-term objectives and current applications and constraints.
• Plans and prepares capital and operating estimates and controls expenditure against the approved budget allocations.

Competencies    

• Organizational Awareness / Political Impact.
• Information Measuring and Monitoring.
• Project Management.
• Interpersonal Relationships.
• Resilience.
• Change Readiness.
• Strategic Direction and Leadership.
• Financial Management.
• Change Leadership.
• Governance Management.
• People Management.
• Program & Project Management.

Essential Requirements    

• Bachelors Degree (NQF Level 7) in Public Administration Management or Education or Social Sciences field or related field.
• Valid motor vehicle driving license.
• 8 years experience at a management level of which at least 3 years must be managing projects at a senior management level.

Preferred Requirements    

• Postgraduate qualification (NQF Level 8) in Public Administration Management or Education or Social Sciences field or related field.
• Project Management Certificate.

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Job Purpose    

• Manages the key performance areas associated with the provision of an efficient and effective Enterprise Network and Telecommunication Infrastructure.

This post reports to DEPUTY HEAD (TELCMS NETWK & ELCTRN SERV)

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Defines and aligns the immediate, short- and medium-term objectives and plans associated with the Network and Telecommunication Infrastructure Branch.
• Manages outcomes associated with the utilisation, productivity and performance of personnel within the Branch.
• Prepares capital and operating estimates for the Branch and controls expenditure against approved budget allocations.
• Manages and controls the procedures, systems and applications associated with the Networks and Telecommunication Branch.
• Directs project management processes to support improvement to current approaches and systems relating to Network and Telecommunications.
• Manages quality of service and performance standards of suppliers and initiatives new relationships with specific suppliers.
• Co-ordinates specific administrative requirements associated with the key performance and results indicators of the functionality.

Competencies    

• Organisational awareness.
• Planning and organising.
• Monitoring and control.
• Technical strategy and planning
• Business change management.
• Operations.
• Communication.
• Action and outcome orientation.
• Cognitive ability.
• Impact and influence.
• Team orientation.
• Coaching and Monitoring.

Essential Requirements    

• Degree (NQF Level 7) in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) field.
• Valid motor vehicle driving license.
• 7 years relevant experience in the green industry of which 3 years must be at a management level.

Preferred Requirements    

• Post graduate qualification (NQF Level 8) in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) field.
• 8 Years relevant experience of which 4 years must be at a management level.

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Job Purpose    

• Leading the network security team and managing the security for network and telecommunications infrastructure and providing network architecture, IT security and high level network/security problem resolution expertise: to ensure a functioning and optimal computing infrastructure across the Municipality’s branch office locations, the central office and its departments across both internal and public computing programs and services and encompassing all online and onsite IT services.

This post reports to SENIOR MANAGER (NTWRKS & TELECOM INFRAS)

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Manage the optimal functioning of the network security systems.
• Responsible for the management of special projects.
• Provide Information Security Services by developing and maintaining related policies, standards, processes and procedures for information security within the Municipality.
• Render conventional Informational Security services for the Municipality internally and externally.
• Conducts performance and personnel management.
• Render logistical functions/processes within unit.
• Oversee the network security.
• Development of Network Security Architecture and standards.

Competencies    

• Organisational awareness.
• Planning and organising.
• Monitoring and control.
• Technical strategy and planning
• Operations.
• Installation and integration.
• Interpersonal relationship.
• Communication.
• Action and outcome orientation.
• Cognitive ability.
• Team orientation
• Coaching and mentoring

Essential Requirements    

• Diploma (NQF Level 6) in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) field.
• Advanced Network Certification.
• Valid motor vehicle driving license.
• 5 Years relevant experience.

Preferred Requirements    

• Degree (NQF Level 7) in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) field.
• 6 Years relevant experience.

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Job Purpose    

• To manage activities and provide leadership in the eThekwini's strategic design, implementationand management through a range of digital marketing strategies across a wide-reaching audience.

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Provide input into the development and implementation of the digital media strategy for the municipality.
• Managing the updating and maintenance of municipal websites and related applications.
• Managing the updating and maintenance of municipal intranet by leading the content quality and accuracy review.
• Managing and providing leadership to municipal social media by developing social media advocacy campaigns and advocates for various municipal services.
• Manage the provision of audio-visual services by leading the creative direction for development of appropriate audio-visual content for varying platforms.
• Produce and manage webinar, virtual event sessions by project-managing assigned live and recorded webinars, virtual e vent sessions and podcasts from inception to completion.
• Managing and control the provision of digital media services to the municipality.
• Controls outcomes associated with utilization, productivity and performance of personnel within digital media department.
• Provide input into strategic planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the operating budgets.

Competencies    

• Communication.
• Organisational Awareness.
• Conceptual thinking.
• Projects management.
• Technology usage.
• Information measuring and monitoring.
• Service delivery orientation.
• Customer orientation and customer focus.
• Action orientation.
• Coaching and mentoring.
• Impact an influence.
• 7 Years relevant experience of which 3 years must be at a supervisory level.

Essential Requirements    

• Diploma (NQF Level 6) in Communications or Public Relations or related field.
• Valid motor vehicle driving license.
• 5 Years relevant experience of which 3 years must be at a supervisory level.

Preferred Requirements    

• Degree (NQF Level 7) in Communications or Public Relations or related field.
• 6 Years relevant experience of which 4 years must be at a supervisory level.

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Job Purpose    

• Responsible for providing an efficient and effective communications service to all Units and Departments of eThekwini Municipality and deliver a specific communications service to the Office of the Mayor and all role-players therein.

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Promotes the Municipality by presenting a positive image of the Municipality in all its activities and programmes.
• Drives, manages and continuously reviews the Communication and PR functions of the Office of the Mayor.
• Manages and co-ordinates development and maintenance of relationships with media organisations/journalists.
• Assists and deputises for Deputy head and/or Head (Communications) as required.
• Analyses the Council's Communications and PR initiatives/business plans and takes steps to improve the process where necessary.
• Acts as Council spokesperson when required.
• Manages a service, in consultation with relevant parties, whereby letters to the Editors of newspapers are responded to.
• Writes stories/features articles and takes photographs as required for publication in Council publications.
• Manages the recruitment, training, performance and conduct of staff

Competencies    

• Communication.
• Organisational Awareness.
• Conceptual thinking.
• Projects management.
• Technology usage.
• Information measuring and monitoring.
• Service delivery orientation.
• Customer orientation and customer focus.
• Action orientation.
• Coaching and mentoring.
• Impact an influence.

Essential Requirements    

• Diploma (NQF Level 6) in Communications or Public Relations or related field.
• Valid motor vehicle driving license.
• 4 Years relevant experience of which 2 years must be at a supervisory level.

Preferred Requirements    

• Degree (NQF Level 7) in Communications or Public Relations or related field.
• 5 Years relevant experience of which 3 years must be at a supervisory level.

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Job Purpose    

• To provide administration support services to various strategic processes and initiatives within the unit such as a risk management, Health and safety Management, performance management, skills development, talent management and customer services management.

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Co-ordinates risk management in the Unit by Capturing all risks into CURA risk register.
• Co-ordinates the Units emergency preparedness by chairing and ensuring that emergency preparedness meetings are held.
• Coordinates the unit’s skills development initiatives by monitoring the implementation of the WSP.
• Monitoring that performance agreements are concluded, signed and captured on the municipality's performance management systems.
• Facilitating the submission of the Units contribution to the scorecard and SDBIP, including project plans and KPI definitions.
• Facilitates the unit’s talent management initiatives.
• Co-ordinates with unit’s customer service management initiatives.
• Manages the procedural administrative and reporting requirements/ deadlines associated with the function.
• Produces and edit documents requested by managers within the unit.
• Ensures that a good knowledge of theory, policies and processes that govern the unit’s operation.

Competencies    

• Attention to detail.
• Ethics and professionalism.
• Problem solving.
• Planning and organising.
• Business processes.
• Data processing & Analysis
• Interpersonal relationships.
• Communication.
• Client orientation and customer focus.
• Action orientation.
• Resilience.
• Change readiness.

Essential Requirements    

• Diploma (NQF Level 6) in Public Management or Public Administration or equivalent.
• Valid motor vehicle driving license.
• 3 years relevant experience

Preferred Requirements    

• Degree (NQF Level 7) in Public Management or Public Administration or equivalent.
• 4 Years relevant experience.

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Job Purpose    

• To provide input into the unit’s objectives and controls the delivery of a professional project management service through the determination and control of the process of analysing, investigating, assessing, defining, conceptualizing and designing major complex and high risk interventions in the environment and preparing and defending contractual terms or resolving disputes and, providing information, advice and recommendations on the best practice to guide, enable and ensure delivery of strategic initiatives that responds to the social upliftment and economic development drive of the City and is adaptable to the confirms with environmental, social and legislative changes and demands.

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Providing input into the process of defining policies, determining strategies and positioning 
• of the Cleaning and Solid Waste Unit with respect to the management of strategic 
• engineering related projects and programmes.
• Prepare business plan to determine and present the sustainability of major high complex projects.
• Applies professional knowledge of engineering design policies application, principles and the 
• understanding of associated disciplines, legislations and practice to analyse, comment and
• coordinate design and detail requirements associated with major complex and high risk built 
• interventions in the environment.
• Managing processes associated with the preparation of contracts and resolves conflicts and/or defends actions.
• Managing development and projects management processes associated with the scoping, 
• resourcing, implementation, monitoring and communication phase of major complex and 
• high risk Engineering projects related to the Cleaning and Solid Waste Unit
• Interacts internally and extremely disseminating technical and professional information with recommendations, solutions and alternative on proposed and current infrastructure development projects and completed work.
• Managing specific administrative and responding requirements associated with key performance and result indicators of the functionality.
• Analysing the capability and adaptability of designs, building types and changes in material and construction technologies, strategies for building procurement in order to improve service delivery.
• Administrating contracts to ensure that specifications and standards are maintained and, where applicable, supervision of consultants and or contractors.
• Development of Particular and Special conditions for inclusion in tender documentation.
• Monitoring project performance against budget contractual limits and assessing and reporting on the need for further funding, processing payments and certificates against 
• completed works and, attending to and resolving contractual payments and claims.
• Collating and consolidating interim/final reports, inspections schedules and contractual agreement to facilitate dispute resolution sequences with respect to contractual claims and/ or presenting the required evidence at Arbitration.
• Controlling the recording and updating of financial and administrative information and attending the preparation and submission of management reports to the immediate superior for perusal and inclusion into consolidated reports.
• Providing input into estimation of capital and operating budgets requirements using forward plans and costing frameworks and or historical financial performance indicators.

Competencies    

• Discipline Specific Skills
• Financial Management
• People Management
• Planning and organising
• Monitoring and Control
• Organisational Awareness
• Problem Solving
• Service Delivery Orientation
• Client Orientation and Customer Focus
• Cognitive ability
• Accountability and ethical conduct
• Team Orientation

Essential Requirements    

• Bachelors Degree (NQF Level 7) in any of the following fields: Supply Chain Management,
• Contract Management, Financial Management, Built Environment or equivalent.
• Project Management Certificate.
• Valid motor vehicle driving license.
• 6 Years relevant experience.
• Computer Literacy.

Preferred Requirements    

• Post graduate qualification (NQF level 8) in any of the following fields: Supply Chain Management, Contract Management, Financial Management, Built Environment or equivalent.
• 8 Years relevant experience. 

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Job Purpose    

• To provide an effective administration service to facilitate the smooth running of the solid waste section.

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Monitors income and expenditure on operating budgets.
• Attends to enquiries/complaints from different sources.
• Responsible for providing a mini switchboard service.
• Attends to incoming and outgoing correspondence.
• Provides a secretarial service to the section.
• Undertakes data capturing of information.
• Provides a general admin service to the section.
• Prepares requisitions of stock, printers services.
• Assisting in the preparation of tender documents.
• Attends to requested or hiring containers, extra services, etc.
• Issues permits to the public for the dumping of miscellaneous refuse, garden refuse.

Competencies    

• Written Communication
• Attention to Detail
• Ethics and Professionalism
• Problem Solving
• Planning and Organising
• Business Processes
• Use of Technology
• Data Processing & Analysis
• Procurement
• Communication
• Client Orientation and Customer Focus
• Resilience 

Essential Requirements    

• Grade 12 (NQF Level 4) or equivalent and an Administrative Certificate.
• Valid motor vehicle driving license.
• 3 years relevant experience
• Computer Literacy.

Preferred Requirements    

• Diploma (NQF Level 6) in the Administration field or equivalent.
• 4 years relevant experience.

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Job Purpose    

• Responsible for undertaking public relations/marketing, communication and administration duties effectively.

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Attending to customer needs by receiving telephone calls and responding positively to enquiries and complaints from clients, prospective clients, the general public and Council 
• Officers/representatives.
• Attending to visitors, determining the purpose of their visit and directing them to appropriately to the right section or guiding them to an alternate venue.
• Controlling and selling stock, ensuring that proper documentation is completed for the Accounts and Administration Section.
• Purchases CSW Clothing and accessories for marketing purposes and for stock in the CSW staff shop.
• Manages telephone information received by customers. 
• Generates a list of any/all CSW major customers whose electricity supply may be pending disconnection.
• Maintains a list of customer account transfers.
• Controls and verifies staff shop stock levels, investigates any discrepancies and reports to the Marketing and Sales Co-ordinator on any confirmed variations.

Competencies    

• Influencing 
• Problem Solving
• Planning and Organising
• Use of Technology
• Data Processing & Analysis
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Service Delivery Orientation
• Client Orientation and Customer Focus
• Learning Orientation 

Essential Requirements    

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

Preferred Requirements    

• 2 Years relevant experience.

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Job Purpose    

• Provider a clerical support function to the Cleansing and Solid Waste Unit in respect of Public
• Relations/ Marketing. 

Key Responsibility Areas    

• Attend to customer queries relating to services rendered and capture on the electronic system for actioning.
• Provide a reception service.
• Maintain and control stock levels of bin liners.
• Make follow up calls to customers to determine if queries have been resolved.
• Maintain a list of customer account transfers to and from different properties.

Competencies    

• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Attention to Detail
• Problem Solving
• Planning and Organising
• Use of Technology
• Data Processing & Analysis
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Communication
• Service Delivery Orientation
• Client Orientation and Customer Focus
• Action Orentation

Essential Requirements    

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

Preferred Requirements    

• N/A.
• 2 Years relevant experience.