NEWCASTLE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

The following vacancies exists in the department as mentioned hereunder:-

DEPARTMENT: BUDGET AND TREASURY OFFICE

Position MANAGER FINANCIAL REPORTING: POST ID: BTO3110

Remuneration

R782 268,74 (Task Grade 16)

Qualifications

• Matric/ Grade 12

• National Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting / Financial Management or Equivalent qualification

Requirements

• Computer Literacy: MS Office

• Valid driver’s license

Experience

• 5 Years relevant experience in Local Government of which 2 years must be at supervisory level

Responsibilities

• Prepare the annual financial statements for submission to the Auditor General.

• Prepare the monthly, interim financial statements for in-year monitoring and reporting processes.

• Manage general ledger accounts to achieve fair and proper presentation of financial statements.

• Implement and manage working session on capacity building on matters that related to financial and expenditure management, GRAP compliance and reporting.

• Implement and manage the remedial measure action plan in relation to the final audit report and management report.

• Review all reconciliations done to reconcile to the general ledger and clearing of suspense accounts monthly.

• Provide status and progress on performance and spending of infrastructure and other grant allocations.

• Manage the closure of month-end and financial year -end processes.

• Monitor and guide council after the economic and analytical reviews with regards to the financial position of the municipality to manage it future obligations to the redemption of it short, medium and long-term liabilities.

• Ensure that acquisition of external loan is in compliance with relevant sections of the Municipal Finance Management Act and policies of council.

• Provide guidance on municipal investments and other bank accounts and maintain healthy relations with financial institutions.

• Perform regular review of reconciliation of loans statements to general ledger and perform regular review of reconciliation of investments and bank accounts to general ledger.

• Manage the process for the compilation and review of cash management and investment policy to ensure that they fully comply with the latest GRAP accounting standards.

• Manage the process of timely compilation and submission of VAT returns to SARS in terms of relevant prescripts.

• Perform regular review of reconciliation of SARS VAT statements to general ledger.

Where advertised Internal/ Newcastle Municipality website

Detailed CV’s can be placed in the box with the Security: Rates Hall, Tower Block, 1st Floor, Murchison Street, Private Bag X6621, NEWCASTLE, 2940. For further information you may contact Director: Budget & Financial Reporting and Assets Management: Mr MS Ndlovu at 034 – 328 7807.

DEPARTMENT: TECHNICAL SERVICES

Position MANAGER: ELECTRICAL SERVICES: POST ID: TS4630

Remuneration R 782 268,74 per annum (Task Grade 16)

Qualifications

• Grade 12/ matric.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent qualification

• Registered as professional Engineer with ECSA

• Computer Literacy: MS Officer.

• Valid Driver’s License

Experience

• 5 Years relevant experience of which 2 years must be at supervisory level.

Responsibilities

• Developing network plans and expansion strategies.

• Conducting load forecasting and demand analysis.

• Evaluate the electrical impacts and provide the analysis report.

• Manage the maintenance and operation of distribution networks

• Manage the electrical testing and commissioning of infrastructure.

• Oversee the switching operations, fault response and load management.

• Implementing policies and procedures in accordance with legislation.

• Monitor the adherence to occupational health and safety standards.

• Maintain the records and documentation for auditing purposes.

• Inspect the completed work against specifications and standards

• Coordinate the project planning and implementation.

• Develop the project proposals and securing approvals/funding

• Prepare and manage the directorate budget.

• Monitor the expenditure against approved budget.

• Develop the subordinate performance plans and conduct the reviews.

Where Advertised Internal/ Newcastle Municipality website

Detailed CV’s can be placed in the box with the Security: Rates Hall, Tower Block, 1st Floor, Murchison Street, Private Bag X6621, NEWCASTLE, 2940. For further information you may contact the SED: Technical Services: BP Mnguni 034-328 7958

DEPARTMENT: DEVELOPMENT PLANNING & HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

Position JUNIOR TOWN PLANNER: POST ID: DPHS3105

Remuneration R 402 676,80 per annum (Task Grade 11)

Qualifications

• Grade 12

• National Diploma in Town & Regional Planning

• Ms. Office – Computer Literacy

• Valid Drivers License

Added Advantage

• Registration with SACPLAN as Planner

Experience

• 2 years relevant experience

Responsibilities

• Assist in revision of the Newcastle Town Planning Scheme

• Enforcement and management of the Town Planning Scheme

• Processing specific applications for special consent, rezoning and building line relaxations

• Evaluating applications for subdivision and consolidation of land

• Liaison with the relevant stakeholders regarding the Town Planning matters.

• Participating in various meetings and presenting project reports and providing comments on divisional outcomes

• Monthly reporting to the Portfolio Steering Committee on ongoing projects, statutory land use matters and progress on applications

• Handling unauthorised land use through the proper enforcement of the Newcastle Town Planning Scheme provisions

• Assisting with the implementation and/or provide the inputs on the Land Use Management strategy against planning policies, architectural trends and economic forces

• Providing inputs to the Municipal Planning Tribunal as the deputy registrar and presenting submissions made to the same

• Formulation of all-encompassing panel of consultants for Town Planning projects within the municipality

Where advertised Internal / Newcastle Municipal Website

Detailed CV’s can be placed in the box with the Security: Rates Hall, Tower Block, 1st Floor, Murchison Street, Private Bag X6621, NEWCASTLE, 2940. For further information you may contact SED: Development Planning & Human Settlements: Mrs NP Khathide at 034 – 328 7696.

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DEPARTMENT: BUDGET & TREASURY OFFICE

Position SENIOR ADMIN OFFICER: POST ID: BTO3003

Remuneration R475 395,51 per annum (Task Grade 12)

Qualifications

• Grade 12

• National Diploma in Public Administration or Equivalent Qualification

• Computer Literacy: MS Office

OR

•Grade 12

• Diploma in Public / Office Administration or Equivalent Qualification

• Computer Literacy: MS Office

Experience

• 3 Years relevant experience

• 5 - 8 years or more relevant experience

Competencies

• Knowledge of the municipality‘s policies and procedures

• Understand how a business units functions.

• Demonstrate effective oral and written communication.

• Execute tasks according to plan in order of priority, using some discretion.

• Understanding of POPIA and ways to keep confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing administrative support to Budget & Planning Directorate

• Monitor and replenish the office stationery.

• Process the orders on the online system and make follows with SCMU on the completing the processes.

• Gather data and consolidate monthly and quarterly directorate reports.

• Gather the portfolio of evidence for SDBIP, Risk Registers and RFI’s.

• Maintain the directorate records and ensure that records are filed promptly.

• Handle the directorate queries and route queries to the relevant personnel.

• Ensure the bookings for directorate meetings and other engagements.

• Distribute and cascade all correspondence (e.g. letters, emails and packages)

• Liaise with relevant departments on the maintenance and upkeep of the offices, arranging for repairs and replacement of furniture.

• Ensure the submission of timesheets and applications for leave of the directorate staff members are processed and approved accordingly

• Development and monitor the timesheets for students, interns and contract workers.

• Schedule in-house and external events.

• Conduct the quality checks of work of subordinates for errors and omissions before submission.

Where advertised Internal / Newcastle Municipal Website

Detailed CV’s can be placed in the box with the Security: Rates Hall, Tower Block, 1st Floor, Murchison Street, Private Bag X6621, NEWCASTLE, 2940. For further information you may contact Director: Budget & Financial Reporting and Assets Management : Mr MS Ndlovu at 034 – 328 7807.

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DEPARTMENT: BUDGET & TREASURY OFFICE

Position CLERK: DEBT MANAGEMENT X2: POST ID: BTO3179 & BTO3180

Remuneration R239 004,69 per annum (Task Grade 7)

Qualifications

• Grade 12 with Mathematics or Accounting passed.

Requirements

• Computer literacy - MS office

Additional Requirements

• Applicant must be able to speak English and at least one of the other official languages.

• Must be able to work under pressure.

Experience

• 12 Months Working Experience.

Responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Notify consumers with delinquent accounts and attempts to secure payment using Emails, Telephone , SMS or personal visits.

• Confer with customers by telephone / email in an attempt to determine the reason for non payment.

• Printing of statements for consumers.

• Attend to email / telephonic or walk in queries.

• Interacting with services departments in respect of disconnections / reconnections or resumption of services.

• Report on debt management activities as required.

• Filing and scanning of all documentation.

Where advertised Internal / Newcastle Municipality Website.

Position JUNIOR ACCOUNTANT: DEBT MANAGEMENT: POST ID : BTO 3177

Remuneration R475 395,51 per annum (Task Grade 12)

Qualifications

• Grade 12

• National Diploma in Financial Accounting ,BCom Law or Equivalent qualifications.

Requirements

•  Computer Literacy – MS Office

Additional requirements

• Applicant must be able to speak English and at least one of the other official languages.

• Must be able to work under pressure.

• Knowledge of credit control and debt management procedures

• Higher certificate in Paralegal will be an added advantage

Experience

• 3 Years Relevant Experience.

Responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perusing through the Debtor Age Analysis Report , identifying with specific long outstanding debts and verifying preliminary measures affected to resolve and settle debts.

• Manage multiple delinquent accounts for debt collection efforts.

• Keep track of assigned accounts to identify outstanding debts.

• Plan a course of action to recover outstanding payments.

• Negotiate payoff deadlines or payment plans.

• Handle questions or complaints relating to the account.

• Investigate and resolve discrepancies in payments or accounts not allocated.

• Communicating with debt collection agencies/persons and making available the necessary information to enable recovery.

• Checking and or completing documentation and submitting for approval on specific legal procedures .

• Monitoring the status of debts handed for recovery and collating preparing consolidated schedules to reflect successful recoveries and amounts outstanding

Where advertised Internal / Newcastle Municipality Website.

Position JUNIOR ACCOUNTANT: CUSTOMER RELATIONS: POST ID: BTO3141

Remuneration R475 395,51 per annum (Task Grade 12)

Qualifications

• Grade 12

• National Diploma/ Accounting/ Financial Management or equivalent

Requirements

• Computer Literacy – MS Office

Experience

• 3 Years Relevant Experience.

Responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supervising the daily operations of the customer service desk.

• Overseeing the process of opening and closing accounts.

• Verifying cash receipts schedule/ reports against cash totals as the immediate superior and/ or attending and rectifying deviations in recordings or counts prior to forwarding for depositing.

• Checking and approval of new accounts and ensuring accurate tariffs on accounts prior to billing.

• Communicating with the customer and attending to specific payment or sale enquiries and/ or providing information on tariffs for specific services.

• Calculating balances and explaining transactional recordings and penalties applicable and/ or providing information on specific services (prepaid electricity vending)

• Follow up on balances outstanding on closed accounts and processing of deposits refund when necessary.

• Managing customer portal and ensuring statements to customers are correctly linked.

• Establishing the adequacy and availability of personnel against agreed outcomes and motivating to the immediate superior for additional resources.

• Addressing workplace conflict/ conduct through the initiation and co-ordination of consultative process and implementation of specific disciplinary procedures.

Where advertised Internal / Newcastle Municipality Website.

Detailed CV’s can be placed in the box with the Security : Rates Hall, Tower Block, 1st Floor, Murchison Street, Private Bag X6621, NEWCASTLE, 2940. For further information you may contact Mrs. A Haripersad Director :Financial Management : Budget and Treasury Office at 034 – 328 7847

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DEPARTMENT: COMMUNITY SERVICES

Position JUNIOR FIRE FIGHTER: POST ID: COMM3097

Remuneration R 269 081,00 (Task Grade 8)

Qualifications

• Matric/ Grade 12

• Firefighter I course

• Hazmat Awareness

• First Aid Level 3

• Valid Driver’s license

Requirement

• Physical and mentally fit

• No criminal record

Experience

• 0 - 1 Year operational experience

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

• Understanding of fire bylaws.

• Knowledge of fire safety codes, standards and applicable bylaws.

• Knowledge of Fire principles

• Knowledge of rescue techniques

Responsibilities

• Responding to fire call - out and performing fire extinguishing activities at the site of fire.

• Responding to HAZMAT incidents and other special services.

• Undertaking rescue services within the Municipality during disaster, incidents and other occurrences necessitating rescue operations.

• Cutting of trees during emergency situations and burning of fire breaks as required.

• Execute any other duties within the fire functionality which the incumbent is adequately trained for.

• Cleaning vehicles, building and inspecting firefighting equipment and premises when not on fire responding to call – outs

Where advertised Internal/ Newcastle Municipality website

Detailed CV’s can be placed in the box with the Security: Rates Hall, Tower Block, 1st Floor, Murchison Street, Private Bag X6621, NEWCASTLE, 2940. For further information you may contact Chief Fire Officer: SL Botha: Community Services at 034-328 7600.

• Canvassing for appointment will automatically disqualify an applicant.

• If no reply to your application has been received within 60 days of the closing date, you should consider your application as being unsuccessful.

• The Directorate: Human Resources will not accept responsibility for information not mentioned in applications.

• Applicants must submit copies of supporting documents. Note that certified copies must be submitted by shortlisted applicants.

• NO late applications will be accepted.

• NO e-mails or faxes will be accepted.

• The Directorate: Human Resources will not be held responsible for lost applications unless proof of submission can be supplied.

• All applicants may be required to undergo a proficiency test.

• The Newcastle Municipality adheres to the provisions as contained in the Employment Equity Act to ensure representatively through the process of affirmative action.

• It would be expected of candidates to be subjected to thorough evaluations and that previous and current employers and references will be contacted. Verifications will be done on his / her qualifications, criminal and credit records.

• Applicants must have no criminal record or pending criminal/departmental or civil cases. The candidate will be required to disclose all financial interest and will be subjected to competency assessment.

• Applicants will be subjected to a vetting process which will include security screening and fingerprint verification.

• Applicants should be a South African citizen or permanent resident.

• SHOULD the candidate be successful in the interview and thereafter decline the offer, such candidate will be liable for all costs incurred to have the position re-advertised.

• The attached application form for employment must be completed in full, accurately, and legibly.

• All information relevant to a candidate must be provided on this form.

• Any additional information may be provided on the cv.

• Newcastle Municipality reserves the right not to make an appointment, if you do not receive any response within 90 days of the closing date, please accept that your application has been unsuccessful. Regret correspondence will only be sent to interviewed candidates

NB: “The Municipality complies with the Employment Equity Sectoral Determination Regulations and Employment Equity Act, No. 55 of 1998.”

CLOSING DATE: 30 SEPTEMBER 2026