Key Responsibility Areas:

• Provides assistance on projects in the Environmental Planning and Climate Protection Department.
• Assists with the work of the Biodiversity Planning Branch during the course of its day-to-day activities.
• Collects, collates and assesses presentation of information collected through research and surveys.
• Contributes to the implementation of the National Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations and ensuring compliance with legislation.
• Assists with the work of the Climate Protection Branch.
• Responds to or re-directs enquiries from the public on biodiversity and climate change matters of a routine nature.
• Maintains the electronic databases systems.
• Undertakes site investigations with other EPCPD staff.
• Responds or redirects from the public on biodiversity and climate change matters of a routine nature.

Competencies:

• Planning.
• Organisational awareness.
• Attention to detail.
• Discipline specific skills.
• Data processing & Analysis.
• Interpersonal relationships.
• Communication
• Service delivery.
• Action and outcome orientation.
• Resilience
• Cognitive ability.
• Team orientation.

The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality, created in 2000, that includes the city of Durban and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.