SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE (SAPS) – HEAD OFFICE - SECTION COMMANDER: INVESTIGATIVE PSYCHOLOGY SECTION

 
Core responsibilities:
 Manage and coordinate the provision of forensic psychology input to investigators dealing with Psychologically Motivated Crimes (PMC).
 Manage and coordinate the provision of advice and assistance to investigators dealing with Psychologically Motivated Crimes (PMC).
 Manage and coordinate the provision of forensic psychological evidence and court room assistance.
 Manage and coordinate liaison with experts on related fields for investigative purpose.
 The effective and efficient management and utilization of all financial physical and human resources allocated to the immediate post environment in accordance with relevant directives and legislation.
 
 
General:
 Only the official application form (available on the SAPS website and at SAPS recruitment offices) will be accepted. The Z83 previously utilized will no longer be accepted. All instructions on the application form must be adhered to and all previous/pending criminal/disciplinary convictions must be declared. Failure to do so may result in the rejection of the application.
 The post particulars and reference number of the post must be correctly specified on the application form. A separate application form must be completed for each post.
 A comprehensive Curriculum Vitae must be submitted together with the application form.
 Certified copies (certification preferably by Police Officers) of an applicant’s ID document, motor vehicle drivers’ license. Senior Certificate and all educational qualifications obtained together with the academic record (statement of results) thereof and service certificates of previous employers stating the occupation and the period, must also be submitted and attached to every application. The copies must be correctly certified on the copy itself and not at the back. The certification must not be older than three months. All qualifications and drivers’ licenses submitted will be subjected to verification checking with the relevant institutions.

 The closing date for the applications is 2019-09-20. Applications must be mailed timeously. Late applications will not be accepted or considered.
 
 Appointments will be made in terms of the SAPS Act.
 If a candidate is short-listed, it can be expected of him/her to undergo a personal interview.
 Successful applicants to be appointed in terms of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act no 68 of 1995) and applicants not yet appointed in terms of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act no 68 of 1995) will have to undergo a medical examination and maybe subjected to a psychometric assessment and found to be medically and psychologically fit.
 They will further have to comply with the prescripts on the SAPS Dress Order, whereby tattoos may not be visible when wearing uniform, must be willing to undergo the prescribed Introductory Police Development Learning Programme and are expected to work flexi hours or shifts in the execution of their duties.
 The Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act, Act 37 of 2015 requires that all new recruits (appointments) in the South African Police Service as from 31st of January 2015 provide a buccal sample in order to determine their forensic DNA profile. The forensic DNA profile derived from the sample will be loaded to the National Forensic DNA Database.
 Short-listed candidates for appointment to certain identified posts, will be vetted in terms of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No 32 of 2007) and the Children’s Act, 2005 (Act No 38 of 2005). A candidate, whose particulars appear in either the National Register for Sex Offenders or Part B of the Child
Protection Register, will be disqualified from appointment to that post.
 All short-listed candidates will be subjected to fingerprint screening.
Candidates will be subjected to a vetting process which will include security screening and fingerprint verification.
 Correspondence will be conducted with successful candidates only. If you have not been contacted within three (3) months after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
 The South African Police Service is under no obligation to fill a post after the advertisement thereof.
 
NB: Applications and enquiries can be forwarded to the below mentioned address and telephone numbers.
Criminal Record Centre and Crime Scene Management
Attention: Lt Col Moeng/ Captain Vermaak
271 Francis Baard Street
Bothongo West Building
PRETORIA
0002
 
Tel: 012 393 3622 / 3881