City of Cape Town, Manager: Metro Spatial Planning and Growth Management

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Spatial planning and environment – urban planning and design

Manager: metro spatial planning and growth management

Tcoe salary commencing from R1,327,510 to R1,749,498 per annum – ref no: SPE 21/22 – Civic Centre, Cape Town

Requirements:

• Professional degree in Town Planning/ City and Regional Planning or equivalent qualification
• Ten (10) years’ relevant experience
• Extensive managerial experience
• Experience within local government will be advantageous
• Valid Code B drivers licence.

Key performance areas:

• Oversee the preparation of metropolitan spatial development frameworks, policies, strategies and guidelines to guide future growth and development of the City and comply with statutory requirements
• Ensure alignment between metropolitan plans with regional, district, local and sector-based plans and overseeing specialist metropolitan spatial planning inputs
• Provide input and monitor the spatial alignment of capital budgets;
• Ensure the development of various digital tools and datasets to monitor the city’s growth trends and enable evidence-based decision making and policy and strategy development
• Provide critical leadership and input into the City’s Integrated Development, growth management and sector plans.
• Contribute to the streamlining of land identification, packaging and the roll out for integrated human settlements
• Internal and external stakeholder management: to ensure integration of plans and stakeholder buy-in for plans, strategies, policies, guidelines and mechanisms
• Lead, direct and manage staff within the branch so that they can meet the Council, Service and Directorate objectives and that a high level of performance is maintained.

Please apply online at www.capetown.gov.za/careers (external applicants) or via the SAP Portal (internal applicants) unless otherwise stated.

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Closing date: 15 April 2022

• Please quote the reference number of the vacancy in all communications.
• Certified copies of qualifications must be available on request.
• Copies of supporting documents will not be returned.
• Kindly note that applications will not be acknowledged in writing.
• Visit our website at www.capetown.gov.za/careers
• No late applications will be considered.
• If no notification of appointment is received within three (3) months of the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.

Posted on 04 Apr 12:13, Closing date 15