Property Rights Specialist

**Company Description**

**By looking after our assets, you’ll become an asset too.**

Thungela Resources [Thungela means “to ignite” in isiZulu] is a leading South African thermal coal business, focused exclusively on thermal coal production. It is one of the largest pure-play producers and exporters of thermal coal in South Africa based on aggregate coal reserves and marketable coal production. Thungela focuses on exporting its thermal coal portfolio mainly to the Indian, Asian, Southeast Asian, Middle East and North African markets.

**More of your responsibilities will include**:

- Determining the eligibility of new tenants (financial, criminal check), determine rates and hectares and applicable rental amount
- Taking responsibility for lease and relationship management with existing tenants and private landowners in line with operational requirements as well as ensuring lease agreements are inline with the operational requirements
- Assist in negotiating access with tenants and private landowners for project and operational purposes
- Monitoring tenant payments in line with the contractual agreements as well as conducting site visits to monitor compliance to lease terms of the contract
- Maintaining the tenants’ complaints register and resolve complaints as well as assisting in mediating grievances between tenants and the community and ensuring conflict resolution
- Developing and maintaining a core land strategy schedule and maps in respect of rehabilitation, renewable and sustainable and community projects
- Developing and maintaining a servitude schedule for existing servitudes (owned and not owned) and assess operational requirements against schedule as well as assessing the feasibility of new servitude requests
- Reviewing and drafting annual lease agreements (property descriptions, maps, hectares etc.) of third-party leases
- Plotting and verifying coordinates and property descriptions pertaining to appeals & objections and notice documents (eg section 10 Notice, bid documents etc)
- Managing and maintaining property schedule to ensure an updated schedule of Thungela
- owned properties and ensure that they are aligned with the mineral right properties
- General administration relating to the property portfolio

**Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in law, Environmental Science, Construction studies or related discipline (NQF 7)
- Conveyancer or Notary qualification (advantage)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Property Management (advantage)

**Experience**
- Minimum of 6 years’ property related experience within a mining environment

**Additional Information** Advanced knowledge of mining and other relevant legislation**:

- Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, No 28 of 2002
- Mineral and Petroleum Resources Royalty Act, No 28 of 2008
- National Environmental Management Act, No 107 of 1998
- Broad-Based Economic Empowerment Act, No 53 of 2003
- Mine Health and Safety Act, No 29 of 1996
- Deeds Registries Act, No 47 of 1937
- Transfer Duty Act, No 40 of 1949
- Municipal By-laws
- Subdivision of Agricultural Land Act, No 70 of 1970
- Interim Protection of Informal Land Rights Act, No 31 of 1996
- Restitution of Land Claims Act, No 22 of 1994

**What we offer**

When you join Thungela, you can expect to enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package. But more than this, you’ll find yourself in an environment where the opportunities for learning and growth are second to none. From technical training to leadership programmes, we bring out the best in our people. There are plenty of opportunities to move onwards and upwards too. We’re a large, successful multinational company - and we’re still growing all the time.

**Who we are?**

Thungela is a pure play coal mining business. Our portfolio of world-class mining operations provides the metals and minerals that make modern life possible. We use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and mine, process, move and market our products to our customers around the world.

**Inclusion and Diversity**

Thungela is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.

**How we are committed to your safety**

Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day’s work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, we’re also continually investing in new technologies - from drones to data analytics - that are helping to make mining safer

**How to apply**

**Closing date:03/03/2025