Immigration Specialist - Saldanha Bay at Border Management Authority

REQUIREMENTS:

• A Grade 12 Certificate as recognised by SAQA with minimum of 1 year work experience in customer care service /law enforcement / security experience 
• A relevant 3 year tertiary qualification recognised by SAQA will serve as an added advantage
• Completion of the Cadet or Internship Programme within the Department of Home Affairs will be an added advantage 
• Knowledge of the South African Constitution, Public Service Act and Regulations, Public Finance Management Act, Immigration Act, Refugees Act, Criminal Prosecution Act 
• Knowledge of International and Regional agreements and instruments 
• Computer literacy 
• Customer orientation and service delivery improvement orientation, within the context of legal frameworks 
• Good written and verbal communication 
• Proven business partnering and stakeholder engagement 
• Patriotic 
• Honesty and Integrity 
• Interrogation skills 
• Security oriented, Team player, Decisive 
• Shift work and willingness to work.
• Candidates should be prepared to relocate to other Ports of Entry should operational requirements necessitate. Preference will be given to local applicants.

 
DUTIES: 
The successful candidate will be responsible for, amongst others, the following specific tasks:

• Exercise control over the admission and departure of persons to and from the Republic through the Port of Entry 
• Conduct clearance of travellers and signing in of crew members on arrival and departure 
• Ensure effective processing of asylum seekers in terms of the Refugees Act 
• Clear out conveyers upon arrival and before departure 
• Ensure effective processing of inadmissible, undesirable and prohibited persons
• Ensure effective processing of stowaways 
• Ensure that conveyors who contravene the Immigration Act are issued with prescribed administrative fines
• Facilitate the prosecution of imposters and people travelling with fraudulent documentation.