DIRECTOR: COASTAL DEVELOPMENT & COORDINATION REF NO: OC15/2023

CENTRE : Cape Town

DUTIES : Develop and maintain strategies for the sustainable development of the coast. Implement and support coastal management institutional arrangements including providing secretariat support for statutory forums. Implement, review and monitor institutional/ statutory coastal management programmes. Engage with stakeholders on outputs, indicators and dependencies. Develop Reports required by legislation Promote sustainable coastal development through regulation and decision support. Develop and enhance coastal decision support tools. Issue permits in terms of coastal legislation. Ensure high quality, effective and timely inputs to Departmental queries, questions and documents. Submit all Mandates/inputs for international engagements within required timeframes. Submit all Cabinet documents within required timeframes. Effectively and efficiently manage the Directorate finances and projects. Manage the quality control of all outputs in the Directorate. Strategically and effectively manage the Directorate.

ENQUIRIES : Adv. R Razack Tel No: (021) 493 7037

CLOSING DATE : 03 July 2023

APPLICATIONS : Pretoria: Must be submitted to the Director-General, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Private Bag X447, Pretoria, 0001 or hand-delivered to: Environment House, Erf 1563 Arcadia Extension 6, Cnr Soutpansberg and Steve Biko Road, Arcadia, Pretoria.
Cape Town and Eastern Cape: May be submitted to the Director-General, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Private Bag X4390, Cape Town, 8000 or hand-deliver to 14 Loop Street Cape Town
FOR ATTENTION : Human Resources Management

NOTE : Application must be submitted on a New signed Z83 form obtainable from any Public Service Department accompanied by a recent detailed Curriculum Vitae only, to be considered. Shortlisted candidates will be required to submit certified copies of qualifications, Senior Certificate, identity document and driver’s license on or before the day of the interview. It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA). The National Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Preference may be given to appointable applicants from the underrepresented designated groups in terms of the Department’s equity plan. Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Correspondence will be limited to successful candidates only. Short-listed candidates will be subjected to screening and security vetting to determine their suitability for employment, including but not limited to: Criminal records; Citizenship status; Credit worthiness; Previous employment (reference checks); and Qualification verification. Short-listed candidates will be expected to avail themselves at the Department’s convenience. Entry level requirements for SMS posts: In terms of the Directive on Compulsory Capacity Development, Mandatory Training Days & Minimum Entry Requirements for SMS that was introduced on 1 April 2015, a requirement for all applicants for SMS posts from 1 April 2020 is a successful completion of the Senior Management Pre-Entry Programme as endorsed by the National School of Government (NSG). The course is available at the NSG under the name Certificate for entry into SMS and the full details can be obtained by following the below link: https://www.thensg.gov.za/training-course/sms-pre-entry-programme/. The successful candidate will be required to provide proof of completion of the NSG Public Service Senior Management Leadership Programme Certificate for entry into the SMS. Furthermore, candidates shortlisted for the SMS post will be subjected to a technical exercise that intends to test relevant technical elements of the job. Following the interview and the technical exercise, the Selection Panel will recommend candidates to attend a generic managerial competency assessment in compliance with the DPSA Directive on the implementation of competency-based assessments. The person appointed to this position will be subjected to a security clearance, the signing of performance agreement and employment contract. The Department reserves the right not to make an appointment. If you have not been contacted within three 3 months after the closing date of the advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.