Senior Advisor :Environmental Management & Sustainability-64893
| Location | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Date Posted | June 6, 2022 |
| Category |
Administration
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| Job Type |
Full-time
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| Currency | ZAR |
Description
Duties & Responsibilities
Undertake research, analysis, monitoring and evaluation in order to inform policy and support the company environmental management and sustainability initiatives; Develop guidelines to assist municipalities in complying with applicable legislation and policies; Represent local government in the development of national and even global policy and legislation in the area of environmental management and sustainability in order to ensure that the local government perspective is taken into account in such; and undertake benchmarking and knowledge sharing of best practices to ensure effective service delivery within a local municipal context. Provide technical support to municipalities as relates to meeting their legislative and regulatory obligations in terms of the National Environmental Management Act, the specific environmental Acts and any other relevant legislative and policy framework.
KEY PORTFOLIO AND PERFORMANCE FOCUS AREAS
Multidisciplinary team and business integration: The incumbent will work as a multi-disciplinary and integrated team to find possible solutions to complex challenges in municipalities.
Stakeholder management and relationships: The incumbent will build and maintain relevant stakeholder relationships/ partnerships in the area of responsibility. Ensure appropriate and timely communications with all stakeholders. Build partnerships with relevant stakeholders including non-governmental organisations, learning institutions, business, civil society organisations and community to ensure programme success and to increase the company's capacity to make an impact. Create reports to communicate about the programme and provide updates for website and social media. Identify key role players to create a link to environmental sustainability and handover of programmes; and implementation.
Team Work: The incumbent will work as a multi-disciplinary and integrated team to find possible solutions to complex challenges in municipalities. Support organisational priorities and the implementation of resource mobilisation systems and processes. In line with the organisational culture, role model and educate peers and Advisors on the importance of alignment of personal and organisational values for improved performance. Support the Executive and Senior Management Team in building a high-performance culture. Actively participate in the performance management and development processes to drive high performance on an ongoing basis.
Programme/Project Management: Implement appropriate project management methodologies and disciplines; and manage full project cycle on assigned projects including M&E. Plan and integrate programme roll-out to municipalities. Develop terms of reference for identified programmes. Ensure that projects are implemented against contract specification and payments are based on agreed milestone. Identify spin-off projects and opportunities from the programme.
Good Governance, Compliance and Risk Management: Uphold sound corporate governance principles in the day-to-day operation of the area of responsibility/ professional discipline. Ensure compliance with organisational policies and procedures. Support the identification and mitigation of organisational and operational risks identified in the area of responsibility/ professional discipline. Develop and maintain programme risk register and ensure that mitigation steps are applied. Assign values to risks in order to understand financial implications of risk.