Principal Professional Officer_District Planning and Mechanism at City of Cape Town

Requirements

• Professional degree in Town Planning/City and Regional Planning or equivalent (4-year undergraduate or postgraduate [Masters])
• Minimum of 8 years relevant experience is required in the field of town planning, which should include experience in the compilation of forward planning frameworks and/or planning policy
• Experience in the field of land-use management, including compilation and/or assessment of land-use applications
• Registration or ability to register as a Professional Planner with the
• South African Council for Planners (SACPLAN)
• A valid Code EB driver’s licence

GIS skills are highly advantageous

• Key Performance Areas
• Manage a team of professionals to manage processes and to develop shortto long-term metropolitan, district, local, site spatial and/or sector-based plans/development frameworks, strategies, policies/guidelines so that meaningful spatial direction is given to investments made by all relevant parties to ensure that this is appropriately integrated with other City strategies
• Provide spatial planning expertise, support and research to planning districts and metropolitan spatial planning initiatives
• Provide comment on planning and land related applications
• Facilitate the participation of relevant stakeholders in the identification, development and adoption of spatial plans, strategies, policies and guidelines
• Develop mechanisms for the implementation of spatial plans
• Manage multi-disciplinary teams of colleagues or consultants for commenting on and influencing development applications to co-ordinate planning implementation at district level