Project Facilitator (Cape Town)

In brief

**Overview** This role is for a Project Facilitator based in Cape Town, working for the Housing Development Agency (HDA). The HDA is a national public sector development agency responsible for acquiring, preparing, and developing land, as well as project managing the development of housing and human settlements. The agency operates in partnership with various stakeholders including national, provincial, and local government and municipalities. **What you will do** Key responsibilities for the Project Facilitator include: * **Community Liaison:** * Creating effective communication networks with the community. * Promoting the project to the community. * Building a trusting and open relationship with the community through open, honest, and realistic communication. * Assisting to resolve conflicts involving contractors and beneficiary communities. * Identifying effective communication channels, using existing ones, and establishing contact with Ward and Sub-councilors. * Facilitating and being responsible for the establishment of the Project Steering Committee (PSC). * Attending PSC meetings to obtain information regarding community needs, expectations, and opinions, and communicating project progress to the community via the PSC. * Interacting with designated Councilors and relevant Community leaders to gather information on community needs, expectations, and opinions. * Fulfilling all secretarial functions for PSC meetings, including chairing, attendance registration, record keeping, minute keeping, and approval of previous minutes. * **Community Education:** * Improving community knowledge about the housing and relocation process. * Providing feedback and insight into the construction and development process. * Setting up and implementing services to ensure process understanding for both the community and individual beneficiaries. * Developing and running training programmes to promote project objectives. * **HDA / community intermediary:** * Establishing systems to liaise with Project Managers and Project Administrators on project status to provide feedback to communities. * Advising Project Managers and contractors on cross-cultural matters and awareness. * **Relocations:** * Verifying beneficiaries to ensure eligibility and rightful occupancy. * Overseeing the relocation of beneficiaries from informal to formal structures, including attending to administrative processes like signing relocation certificates, deeds of sale, and confirming legitimate beneficiaries have been relocated. * Coordinating training of residents. * **Surveys (Enumerations):** * Assisting in undertaking surveys to confirm details of occupants and their structures (formal and informal). * **Subsidy applications:** * Providing community leadership with information for broader communication on how the subsidy application process will be implemented and where forms can be collected and submitted. * Establishing subsidy application information desks in communities to assist members with collecting, submitting, and completing applications. * Scrutinising each application for correctness, completeness, and supporting documents. * **Administration:** * Assisting in building a beneficiary and stakeholder database. * Developing and compiling reports as required. * Establishing and maintaining good practice guidelines. * Ensuring the correctness, compliance, and timeous collection of documentation received via contractors. * Performing any other reasonable administration requirements that may arise in the day-to-day functioning of the project. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * At least a grade 12 or equivalent qualification. * 3 years’ experience in a large scale social / development environment of which 2 years must have been in a Community Liaison role. * Computer Literacy. **Who should apply** Candidates should have at least a Grade 12 or equivalent qualification. They must possess a minimum of 3 years of experience in a large-scale social or development environment, with at least 2 of those years specifically in a Community Liaison role. Applicants should also be computer literate. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/project-facilitator-cape-town-housing-development-agency-hda Source: myjobmag

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