Job Description
<span lang="EN-US" style="transition-property: all; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); letter-spacing: 0.4px; text-align: justify;">The incumbent is&nbsp;</span><span style="transition-property: all; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); letter-spacing: 0.4px; text-align: justify;">required to incorporate and promote disaster risk reduction principles, practices and standards in national, sectoral, local and community-based sustainable development programmes.</span>
Key and Critical Responsibilities
<ul><li><span style="font-family: " work="" sans";"=""></span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); letter-spacing: 0.4px;">Assists the Mitigation Manager with identification of known disaster hazards and related planning issues.</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;">Reviews the development plans submitted by Town and Country Planning and Regional Corporations.</span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;">Assists in formulating legislation and regulations in the field of physical and urban planning as related to disaster management.</span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;">Recommends to the appropriate authorities, physical planning measures to reduce risks.</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;">Creates and maintains database of relevant laws and regulations relating to physical and development planning.</span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;">Reviews standards and guidelines as directed.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;">Reviews Building Code Zoning and physical planning issues in national plan development.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;">Develops standards for hazard prone areas.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4px;">Performs any other related duties as required.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br></li></ul>
Key Competency
<ul><li><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: " work="" sans";="" letter-spacing:="" 0.4px;"="">Excellent communication skills (oral and written).</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: " work="" sans";="" letter-spacing:="" 0.4px;"=""><span style="font-family: " work="" sans";="" letter-spacing:="" 0.4px;"="">Good report writing skills.</span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: " work="" sans";="" letter-spacing:="" 0.4px;"=""><span style="font-family: " work="" sans";="" letter-spacing:="" 0.4px;"=""><span style="font-family: " work="" sans";="" letter-spacing:="" 0.4px;"="">Proficient use of Microsoft Office Suite.</span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: " work="" sans";="" letter-spacing:="" 0.4px;"=""><span style="font-family: " work="" sans";="" letter-spacing:="" 0.4px;"=""><span style="font-family: " work="" sans";="" letter-spacing:="" 0.4px;"=""><span style="font-family: " work="" sans";="" letter-spacing:="" 0.4px;"="">Knowledge of relevant planning laws and regulations.</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: " work="" sans";="" letter-spacing:="" 0.4px;"=""><span style="font-family: " work="" sans";="" letter-spacing:="" 0.4px;"=""><span style="font-family: " work="" sans";="" letter-spacing:="" 0.4px;"=""><span style="font-family: " work="" sans";="" letter-spacing:="" 0.4px;"=""><span style="font-family: " work="" sans";="" letter-spacing:="" 0.4px;"="">General knowledge of the hazards (natural and man-made) and how they impact on development planning.</span></span></span></span></span><br></li></ul>