10 Oct
MECS Africa
Centurion
- 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.
▶️ Land and Rights Specialist â Centurion
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