Coordinator: CPS Investigations at University of Western Cape

Role Clarification & Key Performance Areas

• The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is a vibrant, diverse and dynamic university, rooted in the African continent with an increasing global reach. UWC actively responds in critical and creative ways to the development needs of the country, within an ever-changing and challenging global context.
• Campus Protection Services seeks a suitably qualified and experienced energetic individual that will manage a team of investigators within Campus Protection Services at UWC.
• Reporting to the Manager: Campus Protection Services (CPS), the Coordinator: Investigations will be responsible for coordinating investigations services to the CPS section within the Risk & Compliance department.

Responsibilities include:

• Pro-actively planning, organising, controlling and monitoring the section’s team and resources.
• Allocating work and responsibilities to staff.
• Foster and maintain strong working relationships with relevant stakeholders.
• Perform investigations.

Reporting and Analysing

• Responsible for the submission of scheduled reports that illustrate crime statistics and related incidents.
• Analysing crime stats and constantly reporting of trends, threats and risk locations.
• Resourcing of concentrated risk factors established through the analysis.
• Reporting of predicted crime due to intelligence and/or analysis.

Investigations and Legislation

• Responsible for the allocation of investigations (fraud, criminal etc).
• To comply with all relevant legislation (PAIA, POPI, Criminal procedures and security Act).
• Activities undertaken to assist SAPS (and other authorities): 
• Open case dockets and submit investigations and dockets to SAPS for recording in terms of SAPS compliance requirements.
• Support in identifying suspects for arrest by SAPS.
• Attend court proceedings and provide constant feedback.
• Manages victims for trauma counselling by proper referral to specialists and in particular with the family and violent crimes unit (SAPS FCS unit).
• Manage confiscated goods, substances, and lost and found items.
• Responsible for managing internal investigations with the Proctor's officer, SAPS, Hawks, Metro Police, Law enforcement and outsourced security personnel who feeds into the investigation process.
• Responsible for gathering information relating to threats to the institution.
• Responsible for specific and / or defined investigations assigned to you by the CPS Manager, or an authorised person, to do so.

File Managing

• Responsible for; conducting/managing preliminary investigations in crimes committed, complete dockets for criminal investigations, identify suspects and tracing of suspects.
• Allocation of dockets to investigating officers under supervision.
• All cases and dockets to be captured on GV-Chase system.

Vehicle maintenance 

• Completing and ensuring log book and recording mileage done daily of departmental vehicles.
• Paying personal fines.
• Conducting vehicle inspections of the Unit and provide reports.
• Reporting on defects, incidents/ accidents and service requirements for insurance purposes to leadership and transport unit.

Minimum Requirements

• Grade 12 ( National Senior  certificate).
• A Degree or Post Graduate diploma in Security Management, Policing Criminology or Forensics (NQF 7) qualification.
• 3 years’ staff management/supervision experience.
• Valid PSIRA grade “A”.
• A valid driver’s license.
• 5 years’ relevant experience in an investigation environment.

Skills and Competencies

• Proven Computer Literacy skills.
• Knowledge and application of relevant legislation.
• Proven interpersonal skills.
• Organisational skills.
• Handwriting analysis.

Advantages

• Experience at tertiary institution would be advantageous.
• Intelligence experience (info gathering & profiling).
• Certificate in Forensics Examination and Intelligence would be advantageous .
• SAPS detective experience will be an advantage.

Closing Date

• 6/11/2026