Senior Investigator at South African National Parks (SANParks)

Requirements:

• Be in possession of a National Diploma in Policing / Forensic Investigation/ Environmental Management or equivalent.
• Be able to handle firearms.
• Be in possession of a Driving license.
• Should have a minimum of 5 years of work experience in the crime investigation environment.
• Knowledge of relevant laws.
• Knowledge of environmental crime investigation.
• Knowledge of criminal investigations.
• Knowledge of crime intelligence management.
• Knowledge of project management.
• Knowledge of auditing and forensics.
• Knowledge of financial management.
• Knowledge of people management.
• Knowledge of crime scene management.
• Knowledge of stakeholder management.
• Strategic thinking and project management skills.
• Leadership and team-building skills.
• Ability to work across teams.
• Analytical/technical mindset.
• Administration skills.
• Interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Communications skills.
• Investigative skills.
• Informant networking skills.
• Multi-linguist skills.
• Ability to multi-skill.
• Problem solving skills.
• Firearm handling skills

Responsibilities:

• Firearm handling skills
• Investigate and collect information for level 1 to 4 environmental crime and support crime investigation in general.
• Implement a crime scene management plan, when conducting crime investigations.
• Implement reactive and proactive specialized anti-poaching operations.
• Conduct tactical crime analysis and compile reports that will inform strategic operations in and outside the Parks.
• Conduct debriefing on active and completed investigation projects, according to the information management cycle.
• Gather and analyze tactical information, compile reports of arrested suspects, and identify risk for tactical trends.
• Liaising with security stakeholders bordering a national park (RSA and neighboring countries) for tactical information gathering and investigations.
• Partake in national and international cross-border crime combating operations.
• Attend to administration and reporting e.g. information notes.
• Manage the asset register of the unit.
• Manage the human capital of the unit.