Job Description

ELIGIBILITY



Suitably Qualified



Candidates



CLOSING DATE



21.07.2025



REFERENCE NUMBER



SPE 45/25 Ex



SALARY

Basic:

R532 737 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/urban 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);



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;



Interpret spatial trends and identify implications for policy. 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;



Apply analytics to extract useful information from structured and

unstructured data;



Design and develop processes to monitor the implementation of

spatial policy;



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

types;



Identify internal and external data sources and leverage new data

collection and generation processes;



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

arrangements, in order to support effective project management of



tasks relevant to the Spatial Targeting and Mechanisms unit.