Human Settlements Planner : City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality

Job Summary

• To plan, facilitate, coordinate and implement all land use applications, including township establishment, subdivision, rezoning, consolidation, land surveying and proclamation of human settlement townships (greenfield and brownfield projects)

•Reference No: HOSD100-2021

•Enquiries: O Appies (012 358 1934)/S Shiburi (012 358 8237)

Duties and Responsibilities

•Preparing the specifications and facilitating the appointment of external service providers for, among others, professional services for the implementation of all land use applications, including township establishment, subdivision, rezoning, consolidation, land surveying and proclamation of townships
•Preparing specifications and presenting it to the Bid •Specification Committee for the appointment of an external service provider for land use applications
•Facilitating the conclusion of service-level agreements
Identifying the need for prospective consultant appointments, evaluating prospective consultant appointments and compiling the relevant documents to appoint consultants
•Facilitating and managing the interdepartmental technical committee to expedite projects for township establishment
•Mobilising internal departments to comment on the township establishment process relating to projects of the Human •Settlements Planning Division
•Preparing reports to the Mayoral Committee and to Council, requesting power of attorney
•Evaluating township establishment and land use applications of metropolitan extent within the City of Tshwane jurisdictional area by evaluating township and land use applications, and formulating comments and recommendations of the division as part of the advertisement process
•Advising the Human Settlements Administration Division on post-township establishment processes, including the proclamation of townships
•Managing consultants and town planners in order to compile detailed draft layout plans, compile township establishment applications and conditions of establishment, open township registers and proclaim newly planned townships
•Taking responsibility for the formal handover of projects that are ready for implementation to the Human Settlements Provision Division
•Responding and attending to specific project enquiries from Council committees, the Office of the Public Protector, the South African Human Rights Commission, the Auditor-General and any other Chapter 9 institution, organ of state and other legal matters; this includes enquiries from Section 79 Committees as per the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998)
•Managing contracts and projects relating to the township establishment process
•Assisting the Deputy Director: Human Settlements Planning to coordinate, facilitate and promote orderly spatially affordable human settlement developments within the City of Tshwane jurisdictional area

Qualifications and Experience

•An appropriate three-year tertiary qualification (degree or national diploma) in Town and Regional Planning or Urban Planning
•Registration with the appropriate professional council will be an added advantage
•Relevant working experience in a human settlements and town planning field in the implementation of all land use applications, including township establishment, subdivision, rezoning, consolidation, land surveying and proclamation of townships, of which at least three years should be at supervisory level
•A valid Code B driving licence
•Computer literacy with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office

How to Apply

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