ELIGIBILITY

Suitably Qualified

Candidates

CLOSING DATE

11.10.2024

REFERENCE NUMBER

SPE 48/24 Ext

SALARY

Basic: R499 822 p.a

DEPARTMENT

Urban Planning and Design

DIRECTORATE

SPATIAL PLANNING AND

ENVIRONMENT

Professional Officer - Spatial Analyst

Requirements

• Must have a Bachelors or post graduate degree in Urban Planning,

Geoinformatics, or a related discipline in the Built Environment;

• A minimum of 2 years’ relevant experience;
• Must be competent in spatial planning: policy, research, data

analysis and application;

• Must have an intermediate level of skill in GIS (Geographic

Information Systems) and have some scripting or coding skills;

• Must have a basic understanding of the professional roles of other

built environment professionals;

• Must be or eligible to be registered as a Professional Planner with

SACPLAN (South African Council for Planners) or as a Geographical

Information Science Technologist/Professional with SAGC (South

Africa Geomatics Council); and

• A valid Code EB driver’s license.

Key Performance Areas

• Undertake spatial and statistical analysis (extract trends, patterns

and spatial implications) to inform spatial development frameworks

and policy interventions;

• Manage (store, secure or disseminate) and integrate various data

types;

• Identify internal and external data sources and leverage new data

collection and generation processes;

• Apply analytics to extract useful information from structured and

unstructured data;

• Design and develop tools and processes to support the

implementation of spatial planning policy; including spatial targeting

tools to guide investment, planning interventions and/or mechanisms

to ensure alignment of public and private sector investment;

• Design and develop monitoring mechanisms to monitor the

implementation of spatial policy;

• Undertake research to enhance and improve the development of

innovative and empirically-based spatial planning intervention and

mechanisms to support the implementation of spatial development

plans;

• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders;
• Support senior staff manage functional administrative