Jobs 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

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Requirements

• Senior Professional Officer: Contract Management:
• A relevant Bachelor’s degree (Commerce, Legal, Engineering or other relevant qualification related to operations/directorate business area)
• Up to five (5) years relevant experience
• A valid Code EB driver’s licence
• Computer literacy

Professional Officer: Contract Management:

• BASIC SALARY: R478 299 PER ANNUM
• A relevant Bachelor’s degree (Commerce, Legal, Engineering or other relevant qualification related to operations/directorate business area)
• Up to five (3) years relevant experience
• A valid Code EB driver’s licence
• Computer literacy

Key Performance Areas

• Oversee directorate contract management activities and apply a body of specialist knowledge and expertise to enable adherence to the organisation-wide approach to contract management as set out in the Contract Management Framework and other relevant City of Cape Town (City) policies and procedures
• Policy implementation, monitoring and reporting
• Stakeholder management
• Improve contract management maturity of the directorate
• Standardisation of contract management processes
• Provide contract management advice and support
• Conduct contract reviews
• Conduct project gate reviews (commercial and regulatory case)
• Oversee management of transversal contracts
• Ensure auditability of all directorate contracts
• Coordinate contract management training and assist in the improvement of individual competence in this discipline through mentoring and other developmental interventions