Environmental Legal Advisor – Environmental Resource Management Job 2017
Reference Number:ERMD6136
Position:Environmental Legal Advisor
Department: Environmental Resource Management
Division:Legislative Compliance
Salary:R353 808 – R459 252 per annum (plus benefits)
Minimum Requirements:
- Degree in Law with specialization in Environmental Law or equivalent NQF Level 7 qualification
- A valid driver’s license
- Extensive computer literacy (Word & Excel)
- Accuracy and a good command of the English language (written and spoken)
- 3 – 5 years’ experience in a similar environment
Core Responsibilities:
- Render specialist environmental legal services to ensure legal compliance obligations associated with the environmental aspects of the EMM’s operations are appropriately addressed
- Participate in environmental law enforcement (administrative, criminal and civil) activities
- Maintain strategic relationships on managerial, national and provincial level for purposes of expectation management, knowledge sharing and integration to ensure a common approach to and mechanism for dealing with governance issues, enabling regular dialogue that promotes effective problem resolution
- Manage and implement the annual work plan (SDBIP) of the division, including protecting the interests of the Municipality with respect to environmentally sensitive land and commenting on land development applications ensuring that the set EMM, provincial and national targets are achieved
- Contribute to effective financial management processes to ensure proper financial management
- Develop a customer service orientated culture to ensure rewarding relationships and to allow others to provide exceptional customer service
- Monitor environmental governance and risk management strategies to ensure effective implementation of Council resolutions with regard to risk
- Provide strategic capability and leadership input into the divisional objectives to ensure that organisational demands are met in the short to medium term through managing the function to meet predetermined requirements
Interested candidates whose background and experience match these challenging and exciting positions are invited to submit their CV’s by email to critical.vacancies@ekurhuleni.gov.za
Enquiries: Tel: (011) 999 6356
Please quote reference number on application.
Note:The successful candidate who does not have the NQF Level 5 Finance Management qualification will be required to obtain it, in terms of the National Treasury Requirement.
Applications will not be considered if the necessary copies of the required qualifications, identity documents, driver’s license (if applicable) and current professional registration (if applicable), are not attached to the application / CV. Candidates may be requested to submit proof of the NQF level applicable to the qualifications they have obtained.
Should candidates not be informed of the outcome of the application within six weeks of the closing date, it should be regarded as having been unsuccessful. The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality subscribes to the principles of the Employment Equity Act.
Closing date:2017/04/07