To assist with the management and coordination of Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage (MUCH) resources, to assist the Manager: Archaeology, Paleontology, and Meteorites (APM) & MUCH, and to provide administrative and technical support to the APM & MUCH unit.
1) Management and Coordination of Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage Resources:
Site visits (planned):
- Assist with the planning and logistics of site visits
- Conducting site visits on land and underwater (SCUBA diving)
- Assist with compiling site visit reports
Grading and Declaration:
- Assist with compiling of nomination (grading) dossiers
- Presenting at Grading and Declaration Review Committee meetings
- Assisting with public consultation & responses
- Liaising with owners, nominators, Heritage Protection Unit, and communities
Policy development:
- Assist the SAHRA Policy and Skills Development Unit in policy development, producing guidelines and updating Standard Operating Procedures
- Participating in policy consultations by giving input to HRM policies
- Assist with conducting consultation with stakeholders as part of policy development
Permitting:
- Checking SAHRIS for new applications twice a week and assigning them
- Processing all Section 32, 34, and 35 permit applications within 60 days of compliance
- Liaising with applicants and assisting them to achieve compliance
- Drafting of all permit letters and permit conditions on SAHRIS
- Completing case tracking for permit applications as needed
- Reviewing permit reports and providing feedback
- Uploading permit reports to SAHRIS
2) Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage Promotion and Stakeholder Management:
Promotion:
- Updating social media with information regarding MUCH:
- Producing promotional material (e.g. flyers, brochures, interpretive signs, popular articles, website/online content)
Public Engagement:
- Responding to all queries from members of the public
- Completing the quarterly complaints register for submission to Heritage Protection unit
- Giving public seminars, lectures, presentations, or talks
- Responding to requests for comment and information by the Media
- Giving interviews for documentaries, radio, or similar
- Building capacity through student and learner development at universities and schools
- Presenting MUCH-related research at academic conferences
- Attendance at academic conferences
Stakeholder Engagement:
- Liaising with stakeholders
- Attending stakeholder meetings
- Providing specialised input to stakeholder documents that concern MUCH
3) Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage Identification and Research:
Site Research and Verification:
- Planning visits to MUCH sites as part of research
- Diving on MUCH sites as part of research
- Conducting visits to MUCH sites as part of research project activities to verify their location, condition, and significance
- Recording MUCH sites by taking video footage, photographs, and producing site maps and sketches of site features
- Producing baseline site data for the purposes of future monitoring and maintenance of MUCH resources (including 3D models)
- Writing reports on MUCH sites and resources
- Conducting desk-based research to augment MUCH unit records on sites and resources
- Seeking information on MUCH sites and resources from members of the public, private collectors, owners, museums, and other institutions and stakeholders to update unit records
- Identifying avenues for research, producing project proposals (including funding proposals), and implementing project activities that support the mandate of the MUCH unit
- Writing and publishing research papers on MUCH
MUCH Database and Geographical Information System (GIS):
- Updating the MUCH database with information gathered through research activities
- Improving the quality and quantity of data in the MUCH GIS
- Writing an annual report on all information added to the database and GIS
4) APM & MUCH Unit Operations and Records Management:
Procurement and Payments:
- Assist with drafting terms of reference for required goods and/or services
- Liaising with Supply Chain Management regarding submission process
- Completing and submitting Payment Requisition Forms and Supplier Evaluation forms
- Following up with Finance regarding payment of outstanding invoices
Records Management:
- Keeping copies of all payment requisitions and submissions
- Keeping records of stakeholder meetings arranged by SAHRA (i.e. register, minutes)
Performance management:
- Signing performance plan and contract with manager
- Completing performance self-assessments (first, interim, and final)
- Attending performance management review meetings with manager
- Completing/updating Personal Development Plan
Operational Reporting:
- Creating and updating lists of assigned tasks
- Providing a Portfolio of Evidence for all targets achieved
Underwater Archaeology and Maritime History jobs 