Head - Resilience

ELIGIBILITY

Suitably qualified candidates

CLOSING DATE

16.10.2026

REFERENCE NUMBER

FPR 35/26 Ext

SALARY

TCOE salary: R 1 370 030 p.a.

DEPARTMENT

Risk and Resilience

DIRECTORATE

FUTURE PLANNING AND

RESILIENCE

Head - Resilience

Requirements

• A relevant 3-year tertiary qualification preferably in

resilience, sustainability, climate change, development

studies, urban planning, public policy, social sciences, risk

management, disaster management, environmental science,

engineering, and related fields (post graduate degree is

preferred)

• At least 8 years’ relevant experience inclusive of managerial/

supervisory experience

• Driver’s license is recommended

Key Performance Areas

• Provide operational leadership in advancing a city-wide

resilience agenda by leveraging professional expertise and

experience in managing complex, cross-cutting challenges

that strengthen the municipality's and Cape Town’s ability to

anticipate, mitigate, withstand, adapt to and recover from

shocks and stresses.

• Review and implement the organisation’s resilience strategy,

programmes and plans

• Develop, co-ordinate, and implement programmes across

the City line functions

• Undertake monitoring, evaluation and reporting reviews

related to resilience building implementation, including the

development of resilience indicators, dashboards, and

spatial analyses

• Undertake and guide scenario planning, stress testing,

vulnerability and impact assessments

• Build awareness of and guide the integration of resilience

into relevant strategies, sector plans, projects and

programmes

• Initiate and disseminate key research
• Communicate and partner with fellow professionals as well

as internal and external stakeholders and represent the City

on relevant platforms

• Develop and manage partnerships with other government

organisations and external stakeholders

• Supervise and coordinate the work of more junior staff and

other professionals