Manager: Human Settlements
Lekwa Local Municipality · Mpumalanga
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- B-Tech/B Degree in Urban/Town and Regional Planning/ or Construction and Project Management.
Minimum Requirements
- Registration as a Professional Manner with the South African Council for Project & Construction Management Professions SACPCMP
- 3-5 years' experience in human settlements planning and development.
- Knowledge and experience of local government legislation or SATPLAN
- Knowledge and experience of legislative and policy framework guiding human settlements in South Africa.
- Knowledge and experience of spatial and land use planning.
- Good communication skills, interpersonal, unalytical and organising skills.
- Good management and leadership skills including stakeholder management.
- Computer literacy MS Word, Excel, Power Point.
- Valid Code & Driver's licence.
Key Performance Areas
- Manage all integrated and sustainable human settlements programmes and projects.
- Develop, review and implement the human settlements sector plan.
- Develop, review and implement Informal Settlements Upgrading Plans.
- Profiling of informal settlements
- Develop, review and implement Informal Settlements By-laws.
- Implement mechanisms to prevent lund invusions within the municipality.
- Develop, review and implement Housing Beneficiary Management Policy.
- Ensure compliance with legislative and policy framework guiding human settlements.
- Manage all the staff within Human Settlements Division.
- Develop, review and implement Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plan SDBIP of the Division. Collaborate with Town Manning Division und other divisions in human settlement planning
- Compile reports on human settlements to various committees of council.
Inherent requirements
- Problem-solving skills
- Research and report writing capability
- Sound and professional interpersonal skills
- Ability to give attention to detail
- Administrative, and organizational skills
- Ability to handle pressure and meet deadlines
- Strong sense of responsibility
- Decision making skills.
Closing Date: 2026-08-17