Fresh Jobs at eThekwini Municipality

Job Purpose
To direct the consolidation of crime, traffic and by-law related inputs for functional objective setting purposes to give effect to the mandate of the municipality of protecting its citizens and enforcing Municipal Policing Laws and By-Laws by developing and aligning plans and responsibilities of the
Metropolitan Police Service's functional key performance areas; researching best practice
approaches and reviewing policy frameworks; implementing procedures, systems and controls to
guide the development of a management framework, overseeing of the operations and services in
relation to crime prevention, traffic enforcement and by-law enforcement; managing the process of
integrating information and management reporting requirements in order to ensure the
functionality is positioned to adequately deal with the three primary functions of a Metropolitan
Police Service.

Key Responsibility Areas

•  Manages the Metro Headquarters command, Operational command.
•  Formats strategic directives for the command in conjunction with the Head (Metro Police)
• through specialist input.
•  Determines the short, medium- and long-term goals, objectives, action plans, operating
• standards, performance targets of the command.
•  Responsible for the overall Training and Development function including, but not limited to
• Research and Planning of such functions.
•  Responsible for the overall public relations function, logistic functions, specialist technical
• functions.
•  Attends to complaints from the public, other departments, institutions / organisations which
• cannot be resolved at a lower level of command.
•  Controls and directs overall capital and operating budgets for the Metro Headquarters and
• Operational commands.
•  Controls and directs all departmental assets in the command.
•  Supervision and control of subordinate staff.

Competencies

•  Problem solving.
•  Negotiation and influencing.
•  Resilience.
•  Communication.
•  Ethics and professionalism.
•  Patrol, Enforcement and Emergency Response.
•  Interpersonal relationships.
•  Action and outcome orientation.
•  Change readiness
•  Team orientation
•  Direction setting.
•  Impact and influence.

Essential Requirements

•  Diploma (NQF Level 6) in Policing or related equivalent qualification.
•  Registered as a Traffic Officer.
•  Valid motor vehicle driving license.
•  Firearm Competency.
•  8 years relevant experience of which 3 must be at the level of a Superintendent.
•  Computer Literacy.