Job Description

• B Degree/ B Tech or equivalent, in one of the following disciplines Surveying (Geomatics)/Real Estate/ Property Valuation/Town and Regional Planning/ Environmental Science/ Law at NQF 7
• Eight (8) years minimum experience in land and rights acquisition-related field.
• Experience in linear infrastructure-related projects in both private and public sector
• working experience working in the water environment/sector is advantageous
• Knowledge of key relevant legislation such as Expropriation Act 63 of 1975, Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000, and National Water Act 36 of 1998
• Knowledge of basic property valuation and property law principles.

THE KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS OF THE ROLE IN FOCUS, ARE:

• Facilitate the acquisition of land and servitude rights

• Provide land and rights acquisition expertise to the integrated team (project management, engineering, environment, and social) to optimize the design aspects of the project location and route selection.
• Initiate and maintain negotiations with landowners parties and/or holders of real rights in respect of any land, for the acquisition of land and/or servitude rights required over such land before construction.
• Address landowner`s complaints and other queries relating to construction impacts on affected land before, during, and after construction.
• Ensure the survey diagrams are approved by the Surveyor General office and registration of land and servitude rights at the Deeds Office.

• Participate in project governance

• Develop land and rights-related procedures.
• Provide project-specific land and rights progress reporting into monthly and quarterly management reports.
• Provide land and rights-related input into the EIA process to ensure compliance with environmental laws.
• Participate in the Public Participation Process (PPP) to ensure that interested and affected parties, such as landowners' concerns, are addressed adequately.
• Facilitate the applications of SPLUMA and site development plans with the local municipality and obtain approval thereof.

• Provide project management and contract management functions for land and rights activities within a project.

• Procure and manage the project-specific land acquisition service providers (property valuers, land surveyors, relevant specialists, and panel of experts)
• Monitoring deliverables and contractually managing the land acquisition service providers.
• Issue instructions from time to time to the conveyancing attorneys to undertake the transfer and registration of land and rights acquired and manage their performance.

• Land & Rights Document Management

• Ensure that the maintenance of the land and rights records, such as assets registers and landowners database, are accurate and up to date.
• Ensure that legal documents such as Notices of Expropriation and PAJA, Agreements, Survey Diagrams, and Deeds are safeguarded.

• Land & Rights planning activities

• Provide land and rights advice and support to DWS: land matters where there is an advisory directive.
• Provide awareness and information to lenders, auditors, independent assurers, and interested and affected parties regarding land and rights acquisition process.

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