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SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE (SAPS)
 
POST: Section Commander: Legal Services (Colonel) 
LOCATION: Corporate Support Services, Provincial Office, Germiston 
LEVEL OF REMUNERATION: MMS: R838 407 per annum 
REFERENCES: DPCI/GP/48/2021 (1 post) 
 
Generic Requirements: 
 Applicant must display competency in the post-specific functions of the post; 
 Be in possession of a Senior Certificate (Grade 12) and a relevant (to the post) three (3) year Diploma/Degree registered on the National Learner Record Database on at least a NQF 6 level; 
 Be proficient in at least two official languages, of which one must be English.
 Must be a South African citizen. 
 Must have no previous criminal/departmental convictions or criminal or departmental cases pending; 
 Applicants will be subjected to a vetting process which will include security screening; 
 Be in possession of at least a valid light motor vehicle driver’s licence; 
 Relevant courses in the field of the post may be an advantage; 
 Must not have tattoos which will be visible when wearing summer uniform. 
 
Additional Requirements: 
 An applicable three (3) year Diploma/ Degree registered on the National Learner Record Database on at least a NQF 6 level in Law or other related field of study and have four (4) years relevant experience in the field of the post of which three (3) years should be on supervisory level. 
 
Core Functions: 
 Provide legal support on operational capacities; 
 Provide formal legal opinions regarding operational effectiveness within the set time frames; 
 Provide recommendations on policy and legislative imperative (Legislation/ Standard operating procedures/ official directives/ internal prescripts); 
 Provide proactive formal legal interventions to promote operational effectiveness; 
 Conduct workshops/ training interventions to promote compliance with policy to address incidents that may lead to claims; 
 Provide legal support through litigation; 
 Investigation of civil claims, motion for finalisation; 
 Ensure court attendance by witnesses, finalise the process of determining the recovery of state losses; 
 Identify challenges regarding policy compliance within the DPCI support environment and provide formal legal opinions regarding thereto; 
 Conduct research in order to give legal advice on procedural and substantive favours of employer; 
 Ensure finalisation of review applications in favour of the employer; 
 Overseeing conformation to and applying standards for information security, as prescribed by the Minimum Information Security Standards document and other legislation relating to the protection of information; 
 Manage and utilise all resources allocated to the immediate post environment in accordance with the relevant directives and legislation. 
 
 
General:
 Only the official application form (for salary level 1-12) which will be available at all SAPS Offices, Stations and may also be downloaded on the SAPS website will be accepted. All instructions on the application form must be adhered to; 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. 
 Comprehensive Curriculum Vitae must be submitted together with the application form. 
 Certified copies of an applicant's ID document, motor vehicle driver's licence, all educational qualifications obtained together with academic records must be attached to each application. 
 Applicants will be subjected to fingerprint screening. 
 Persons who retired from the Public Service by taking a severance package, early retirement or for medical reasons, as well as persons with previous convictions, are excluded. 
 Appointments will be made in terms of the South African Police Service Act, 1995. 
 Applicants appointed under the Police Service Act will be subjected to a medical assessment by a medical practitioner as determined by SAPS prescripts. 
 It is the responsibility of the applicants to submit applications timeously to the correct postal/physical/email address as provided below. Failure to which the applications would not be considered. 
 
 The closing date for all applications is 02 April 2021. Late applications will not be accepted or considered. 
 
 If an applicant is short-listed, it can be expected of him/ her to undergo a personal interview and such candidates may be subjected to security clearance. 
 Correspondence will be conducted with successful candidates only. If you have not been contacted within 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 advertisement thereof. 
 Candidates short-listed 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 of Sex Offenders or Part B of the Child Protection Register, will be disqualified from appointment to the post. 
 
 Application forms may be posted or hand delivered to the following addresses: 
Applications for DPCI: GAUTENG can be posted to:
Lieutenant Colonel Mashakane 
Private bag X57 
Braamfontein
2000
 
Hand delivered to: 
165 Meyer Street, Benmare Building 
GERMISTON
 
Enquiries/applications can be directed/emailed to: 
Lieutenant Colonel Mashakane and Captain Maswabi 
Telephone number: (011) 776 5305 / 5542 / 5527 
Email: MaswabiM@saps.gov.za  (for DPCI-Gauteng posts only)
 
 
WE WELCOME APPLICATIONS FROM PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES