TCTA Jobs – 25 September 2026

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Sustainability and Transformation Specialist (Centurion)

2026/09/25

Reference Number

TCTA-40

Description

Purpose Of The Job:

To ensure the integration of TCTA’s Sustainability and Transformation Strategy and lead the development of a Framework and Medium-Term Execution Plan. This framework will address governance, change initiatives, and compliance requirements extending beyond B-BBEE to include broader sustainability imperatives in support of TCTA’s vision to be an ethical and responsible corporate citizen and employer.

Sustainability Focus:

To drive the integration of environmental and social sustainability principles into TCTA’s strategy, operations, and project delivery. This role provides expert advice to enhance ESG alignment, maintain compliance, and support national climate and sustainability commitments, thereby strengthening TCTA’s credibility in securing funding.

Transformation Focus:

To support and coordinate internal and external transformation agendas in line with the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Act, Employment Equity (EE) legislation, and other relevant legislations and sector transformation charters. The role ensure TCTA not only complies but also contributes meaningfully to socio-economic redress and empowerment within the water sector value chain.

1. Strategy Integration, Execution and Monitoring

• Develop and maintain a TCTA Sustainable Developmental and Transformation Framework, and a medium-term Execution Plan, ensuring equal emphasis on ESG priorities and transformation objectives, informed by ESG materiality analysis and transformation diagnostics and aligned to TCTA’s business Strategy.
• Translating high-level strategy into clear programmes, milestones, and performance measures.
• Monitor the implementation of the Execution plan, evaluating progress and performance, recommending adjustments as required.

2. Analysis and Risk Advisory

• Conduct risk assessments related to key elements of sustainability and transformation, including climate impact management, resource efficiency, as well as transformation risks such as B-BBEE nonperformance, Employment Equity gaps, skills pipeline risks, supplier transformation underperformance, socio-economic impact delivery risks, and corporate social responsibility initiatives.
• Interprets risk implications and highlights key considerations to support informed planning, prioritisation and risk mitigation decisions.
• Develop and maintain an organisational transformation risk register aligned to legislative requirements (B-BBEE, EE, Skills Development Act, etc.) and organisational targets.

3. Specialist coordination and advice

• Lead the internal collaboration and advice on the development and integration of sustainability and transformation plans (including diversity, inclusion and gender mainstreaming initiatives) aligned to all TCTA operational impacts and lender obligations.
• Act as the organisation’s sustainability and transformation advocate and champion by chairing the EESDC and sustainability committees, thereby fostering awareness, accountability, and commitment to organisational transformation and sustainability objectives across all divisions.

4. Compliance management

• Lead the integration of legislative and other compliance requirements, such as BBBEE, into the sustainability and transformation work portfolio.
• Coordinate associated monitoring, evaluation, and verification processes and provide recommendations to ensure compliance and mitigate risks.

5. Integrated reporting

• Design an integrated reporting framework using appropriate ESG / sustainability and transformation metrics.
• Develop and maintain organisational transformation dashboards, including BBBEE scorecard tracking, Supplier development, Employment Equity progress, and skills development performance.
• Investigate requirements and implement an electronic reporting platform to enable transparent and efficient sustainability reporting to all stakeholders, including the Board, Lenders, DWS, Employees, and Regulators.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications Required

• B Degree (NQF7) A degree in Human Resources, Environmental Science, Sustainability, Business Administration, Corporate Governance or a related field.
  A relevant Honour’s level (NQF8) qualification will be ADVANTAGOUS 

Minimum Experience Required

• 8 years’ work experience, with 4 at practitioner’s level

Required Experience

1) ESG frameworks and reporting standards.
2) Environmental risk and impact management.
3) Practical experience in Social Responsibility, Supplier development, B-BBEE scorecard management and verification processes.
4) Practical exposure to EE and Skills Development planning, reporting and compliance.

Advantageous Experience

1) Sustainability and Transformation in SOE environment.
2) Mega Infrastructure Environment.
3) Sustainable Financing.

TCTA’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, the organisation actively encourages and welcomes people with various disabilities to apply. If you have not been contacted within 30 days after the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.

All appointments shall be subject to Competency Assessments. A detailed job profile is available on request.

closing date

01 October 2026 Internal

09 October 2026 External

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Social Practitioner (Umtata)

2026/09/18

Reference Number

TCTA-39

Description

Ensure the management of social aspects during the implementation of TCTA projects. Monitor the social compliance of the projects in line with the Environmental Authorization, Environmental Management Programme, Lender’s requirements, legislation and best practices. Coordinate the implementation of social strategy and provide leadership to the project stakeholders. Establish and maintain good relationships between the project and key stakeholders. Ensure the continual identification of project social risks and management thereof.

1. Implementation of the project social strategy.
Facilitate education and awareness of the profile and dynamics of the project area social environment in relation to the project activities.
Ensure that adequate social monitoring is undertaken.
Co-ordinate implementation of social strategy and provide leadership to stakeholders.
Fast track processes to obtain social approvals (e.g. land zoning for Resettlement purposes, agreements for servitudes on communal land).
Prepare operational plans for the implementation of the social strategies and budgets.
Supervise the implementation, impacts and the effectiveness of social mitigation measures.

2. Establish and maintain the relationship between all project key stakeholders.
Development and maintenance of a stakeholder database.
Records keeping, address and prompt feedback of issues raised by stakeholders and complete record of all project’s interested and affected persons (including interested parties, stakeholder groups and stakeholder sectors), their contact details and all interactions.
Develop and sustain good relations with internal and external stakeholders.
Pro-actively engage with project specific interested and affected parties.
Develop and maintain social dialogue with stakeholders (through structure meetings and formal communication) throughout the project life cycle.

3. Strengthening Social compliance
Monitor the compliance of the project against social aspects identified in the Environmental Authorisation, Environmental Management Programme, Socio-Economic Development Baseline, Health and Safety plans, legislation, and best practices.
Document lessons learnt in relation to the social aspect of each project.

4. Support and provide input to land acquisition processes
Identify social risks related to land acquisition and resettlement requirements.
Facilitate meetings required by land acquisition specialists for information disclosure to the landowners, affected parties and communities.
Assist in the facilitation of consultation processes with affected parties
Facilitate processes relating to compensation queries and finalisation of claims and acquisition agreements with landowners.
Arrange required follow up meetings to clear off any queries/concerns which may arise from the affected parties

5. Support the implementation of Community Development (CSI legacy) Projects.
Facilitate processes towards project specific community development (CSI legacy) projects implementation.
Mobilise and coordinate stakeholders involved in the community development projects

6. Management reporting and improvement in communication
Responsible for social input into the monthly, quarterly and annual progress reports on status of various project activities, risks and mitigation measures proposed.
Ensure reporting on social activities as per contractual specifications.
To constitute and ensure the effective operation of a Social and Environment Committee (SET) comprising of representatives from the TCTA, Professional Service Provider (PSP) and the Contractor.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

• B Degree in Social Sciences, Community Development, Communications, Public Relations & Environmental Management and related fields

Minimum Experience:

• Five (5) years’ experience in dealing with social matters.
• Experience in engaging communities, municipalities, service providers, contractors, consultants, and donors in a project environment.
• Experience with land, environmental and health & safety aspects in infrastructure or mining projects.
• Fluent in IsiXhosa added Advantage

TCTA’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, the organisation actively encourages and welcomes people with various disabilities to apply. If you have not been contacted within 30 days after the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.

All appointments shall be subject to Competency Assessments. A detailed job profile is available on request.

closing date

02 October 2026

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Cost Controller (Gauteng)

2026/09/11

Reference Number

TCTA-38

Description

• Develop, implement, and maintain the project cost baseline document.

• Develop and maintain the project cashflow baseline document.

• Report on cost performance against contractual commitments and project cost baseline documents.

• Implement proper project cost control governance framework.

• Custodian of overall invoices on the project.

1.Project cost baseline document which is aligned with the project cost estimate and approved funding, work breakdown structure and the procurement / contracting strategy.

• Project cost baseline document.

• Project charter budget compiled from cost baseline document.

• Project baseline cashflow document.

• Establishment and maintenance of the cost information data base including estimates and Bill of Quantities, actual equipment, labour, and material costs.

2. Monitoring and tracking of project changes against the approved project cost baseline and the project charter budget. Project cost reporting, forecasting and project closure.

• Monthly project cost reports and cost flow information.

• Monthly dashboard reports.

• Summary cost report to various stakeholder’s reports.

3. Project management of change process against cost baseline documents and contractual commitments.

• Conducts assurances to ensure compliance by external service providers with the agreed management of change procedure.

• Obtains / compiles cost estimate of the proposed variations.

• Monthly change management reports and change registers.

• Approved variation orders, variations from plans, potential variations from plans.

• Assurance reports.

4. Contract administration and payment of invoices on time.

• Maintain close awareness on overall project invoicing and, as a signatory support the verification processes through internal and external meetings to ensure value for money in line with contract agreements.

• Approved proforma invoices and tax invoices.

• Approved payment certificates.

5. Maintain high standard of cost reporting and ensure that the project health status is reflected through accurate tracking and reporting of changes and risk and the remaining contingencies and risk allowances.

• Custodian of tender cost evaluation.

• Cost inputs to management reports based on monthly cost reports.

• Half-yearly way and end of the year accruals information from service providers within the agreed timelines.

• Earned value management reports.

• Projects capitalization and financial closures.

6. Manage key internal and external stakeholders.

• Achieve and maintain a healthy relationship with service providers and TCTA employees directly and indirectly involved with projects.

7. Manage project cost and schedule risk registers.

• Participate in risk sessions and workshop to ensure that the project risk registers are developed and maintained.

• Project updated risk register reports.

8. Participate in progress meetings with services providers

• Service Providers progress reports.

• Service provider project quality reports.

• Minutes of meetings.

9. Assurances and audits.

• Respond to cost related audit findings and develop and implement remedial actions.

• Remedial actions or actions plans and progress reports.

• Lessons learned reports.

• Update to the cost control procedures and management of change procedure.

Requirements

Minimum Qualification Required

• B Degree/B Tech Engineering, Quantity Surveying/BCom

Minimum Experience Required

• 6 years Project Cost Control or Quantity Surveying Experience

Technical/Professional Standards: SACQSP Required

TCTA’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, the organisation actively encourages and welcomes people with various disabilities to apply. If you have not been contacted within 30 days after the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.

All appointments shall be subject to Competency Assessments. A detailed job profile is available on request.

closing date

11 September 2026 Internal

25 September 2026 External

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