Principal Cadastral Officer (35/100) – DPSA Circ 35
Department of Land Reform and Rural Development
📝 About the role
The Department of Land Reform and Rural Development is hiring a Principal Cadastral Officer in the Directorate: Cadastral Information Maintenance and Supply Services in East London, Eastern Cape. The role captures, examines and maintains cadastral (land survey) records and spatial data, and supplies cadastral information to clients.
✅ Key duties
- Capture, maintain and update alphanumeric data from simple and complex cadastral documents
- Do mathematical consistency checks and data verification for proposed new land parcels
- Maintain, amend, endorse, withdraw and cancel cadastral documents as legally instructed
- Technically examine diagrams, general plans, survey records and sectional title plans
- Archive, issue and repair cadastral records
- Research and supply cadastral information, aerial photos and maps to clients and Land Reform
- Capture and maintain cadastral spatial data and check for spatial overlaps
- Scan new and updated cadastral documents and link images to data, with quality checks
🎓 Requirements
- Grade 12 certificate
- National Certificate in Geomatics or Survey Officer Certificate (NQF level 5)
- At least 6 years' post-qualification experience in a geomatics or cadastral survey environment
- Knowledge of GIS software and fundamentals
- Knowledge of Surveyor-General's Office procedures and cadastral surveys
- Problem solving, decision making, team leadership and conflict management
- Communication, computer literacy, planning and organising
📮 How to apply
Submit a completed Z83 form and detailed CV (one PDF, max 10 MB) by email or hand delivery before 16 October 2026 at 16:00. Submit a separate application for each post and do not send duplicates. Shortlisted candidates will provide certified copies of documents and do a practical exercise and integrity assessment. Hand deliver during office hours to 1A Waverley Office Park, 31–33 Phillip Frame Road, Chisehurst, East London, or email Post248@dlrrd.gov.za.
Email your application to: Post248@dlrrd.gov.za and use the subject line Application: Principal Cadastral Officer (35/100) – DPSA Circ 35 (Ref 3/1/1/1/2026/248).
Hand-deliver or post to: 1A Waverley Office Park, 31–33 Phillip Frame Road, Chisehurst, East London (hand delivery, office hours)
Enquiries: Ms N Ngcaba, Tel (043) 783 1400
Original advert: Department of Land Reform and Rural Development