Control Environmental Officer: Pollution Prevention And Regulatory Services (pollution And Chemicals Management)
Retail
Minimum Requirements
- An appropriate 4-year B-degree/honors (equivalent or higher qualification) in environmental management, natural or physical sciences, or engineering; a minimum of 6 years’ relevant experience in environmental management; a valid (Code B or higher) driving license.
- Knowledge, proven experience, and understanding of the following: The National Environmental Management Act as well as pollution management-related guidelines, policies and best practices
- Environmental management, especially related to integrated pollution management and application of environmental legislation
- The functioning and responsibilities of the three spheres of government as it pertains to environmental pollution management.
- Compliance monitoring and enforcement, with respect to statutory obligations (e.g.
- NEMA)
- Financial Management and public procurement prescripts and processes
- Human resource management
- Methodologies and techniques for the evaluation and monitoring of pollution impacts
- Skills in the following: Supervision of staff; numeracy; computer literacy in the MS Office package (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.); communication skills (written and verbal), including presentation skills; report writing; planning and implementation; project planning and management; data analysis; analytical and creative thinking to address complex environmental challenges; research; and time management.
Responsibilities
- Implement pollution case management, including investigation, compliance monitoring, and stakeholder engagement;
- manage and administer financial and human resources and
- provide strategic inputs into business planning; actively engage,
- support, and
- provide input into transversal initiatives and forums relevant to pollution and chemicals management, including implementation of the Western Cape Sustainable Water Protection
- Plan; and
- manage and
- provide specialist comment on various legislation, policies, norms and standards, EIAs and action plans, etc. in terms of avoiding or minimizing pollution impacts on the environment.
