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Job Description

We are seeking a highly organised, detail-oriented, and proactive professional to join our team, primarily focused on design compliance, council submissions, and regulatory coordination.
This role plays a critical part in ensuring that all architectural deliverables are accurately documented, compliant with statutory requirements, and efficiently submitted and tracked through relevant authorities.
The successful candidate will work closely with internal stakeholders and external partners, requiring strong administrative discipline, excellent record-keeping abilities, and clear, consistent communication to ensure projects are delivered in line with business objectives, regulatory frameworks, and brand standards.

Responsibilities

Architectural Design

Contribute to the planning, design, construction, testing, communication, evaluation, and implementation of architectural solutions.

Construction Advice

Provide professional advice relating to construction regulations and best practice with regard to the maintenance, alteration, and construction of buildings.

Building Surveys

Undertake building and technical surveys, with support and guidance from experienced surveyors, to determine the building condition and identify defects and associated risks. Includes conducting a wide range of surveys on complex sites.

Personal Capability Building

Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching. Develop and maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare, coordinate, and submit council plans to relevant authorities:

  • ±90+ retail store submissions annually

  • ±30+ commercial office submissions annually

• Manage and track submission processes, ensuring all applications are:

  • Complete and compliant

  • Submitted within required timeframes

  • Monitored through to approval and OC stage

• Maintain accurate records and documentation, including:

  • Submission registers

  • Approval statuses

  • Correspondence with municipalities and landlords

• Ensure strict compliance with:

  • SANS & NBR regulations

  • Municipal by-laws and statutory requirements

  • Organisational standards and brand guidelines

• Act as a key liaison between:

  • Municipalities

  • Landlords

  • Internal project teams
    Ensuring clear, professional, and timely communication at all times

• Manage multiple deadlines and priorities, ensuring deliverables are met consistently and efficiently

• Facilitate the space planning layouts for:

  • Retail banking branches

  • Commercial office fit-outs

• Interpret design briefs and headcount requirements into accurate, compliant working drawings

• Conduct SAPOA measurements and site surveys when required

• Collaborate with internal teams including:

  • Project Managers

  • Leasing and Legal departments

Key Competencies & KRA’s

• Reporting to the Property Architecture Compliance Manager

• Strong administrative and organisational capability, with a focus on:

  • Process management

  • Document control

  • Tracking and reporting

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to:

  • Engage professionally with external authorities

  • Keep stakeholders and management consistently updated

  • Follow up proactively on approvals and outstanding items

• Solid understanding of:

  • SANS and National Building Regulations

  • Occupational Health & Safety requirements

• Highly detail-oriented, with a strong commitment to accuracy and compliance

• Proactive, solutions-driven mindset, able to anticipate risks and delays in submissions

• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a team

• Strong coordination skills with the ability to manage high volumes of submissions simultaneously

Minimum Requirements

• Matric

• Registered with SACAP as Senior Architectural Technologist (Professional)

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a Senior Architectural Technologist in retail store or commercial office interior design

• Retail store design experience

• Commercial office interior space experience

• SAPOA measurement knowledge

• Strong working knowledge of SANS 10400 Regulations

• Proven council submission experience

• Strong administrative, coordination, and organisational skills

• Understanding of town planning laws (advantageous)

• Computer proficient: Revit, AutoCAD, InDesign, Excel, MS Word, Adobe programs

• Own transport and valid driver’s licence

Personal Effectiveness

• Accountable for delivery and output quality through own efforts

• Strong time management and ability to prioritise effectively

• Collaborative approach to achieving team objectives

• Demonstrates company values consistently

Key emphasis added:

• Strong administrative and coordination nature of the role

• Heavy focus on council submissions, compliance, and tracking

• Importance of record-keeping and status management

• Need for a proactive communicator and organiser

 

Skills

Action Planning, Building Design, Business Case Development, Business Requirements Analysis, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Creative Design, Data Compilation, Data Controls, Data Management, Engineering Construction, Engineering Design, Futures Thinking, Solution Analysis, Survey Development

Competencies

Business Insight

Collaborates

Communicates Effectively

Courage

Ensures Accountability

Instills Trust

Manages Complexity

Plans and Aligns

Education

NQF Level 7 - Degree, Advance Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate or equivalent

Closing Date

06 September 2026 , 23:59

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

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