ASSISTANT CHIEF: DISASTER RISK MITIGATION

City of Tshwane • Tallahassee, FL

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About The Position

To promote and sustain an integrated and coordinated approach to disaster risk management in the City of Tshwane by preventing and reducing risks and vulnerability, mitigating disaster severity, ensuring emergency preparedness, facilitating rapid and effective response, ensuring the provision of relief and coordinated rehabilitation and reconstruction measures and consistently ensuring sustainable development in order to give effect to the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act 57 of 2002) and other applicable legislation and policies

Requirements

• Grade 12
• A three-year national diploma majoring in Disaster Management
• At least eight years’ relevant experience in the field of disaster risk management, of which at least four years should be at relevant managerial experience level
• A valid Code B driving licence
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office
• Must undergo a criminal record check and such a person shall allow their fingerprints to be taken by the Tshwane Metro Police Department at own cost
• Willingness to be assigned to any geographical fire station in Tshwane
• Willingness and ability to be on standby and work overtime and after hours on weekends and public holidays with little or no notice

Nice To Haves

• Registration with the Disaster Management Institute of Southern Africa (DMISA) at an Associate level may be an added advantage
• An undergraduate degree or postgraduate qualification in Disaster Management will be an added advantage

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate detailed knowledge of the main areas of disaster risk management, disciplines or practices, including an understanding of and an ability to apply the key terms, concepts, facts, principles, rules and theories of that field, discipline or practice to unfamiliar but relevant contexts
• Demonstrate knowledge of disaster risk management or areas of specialisation and how that knowledge relates to other fields, disciplines or practices
• Lead operational and tactical planning
• Support and participate in strategic planning
• Ensure a climate conducive to promoting and sustaining motivational levels, productivity and performance by directing and controlling outcomes associated with the use, productivity and performance of personnel within the section
• Deliver financial inputs and assistance in line with Council requirements

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED