Shift Leader at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

• Ensure effective supervision on the shift. 
• Ensure proper handing over of shifts and optimal functioning of security equipment.
• Maintain overall supervision of operational areas i:e duty room, Monitoring Room, Guard houses etc.
• Ensure patrolling of security vulnerable areas on and around campus by Incident Response Officer.
• Ensure optimal deployment of members on his or her shift.
• Ensure compliance with the Service Level Agreement by the contracted Security Officers and escalate non compliances to operations coordinator.
• Ensure that the leave of their reporting lines is administered in with HR policies.
• Ensure that performance plans for reporting lines are in place and progress is tracked on the Performance Management System.
• Attend to any other tasks that are in the best interest of the UFS and or staff and students
• Ensure that all reported incidents are responded to and all the relevant stakeholders are informed on need-to-know basis.
• Ensure that preliminary investigations are conducted for reported incidents involving and are captured on CIIMS.
•  Attend scheduled, ad hoc or delegated meetings as and when a need arises.
• Submit member's overtime requests forms and capture the shift time sheets on finance system.
• Ensure monthly attendance shift registers are compiled, certifying documents of staff, students, and visitors and carry out any ad hoc duties assigned by the department.

Inherent requirements:

• Grade 12 or National Vocational Certificate on NQF Level 4. 
• A valid Grade B PSIRA certificate (attach a copy).
• Valid South African driving license, code 8 (attach a copy).
• A minimum of one (1) year’s relevant work experience relating to the duties and responsibilities.

Recommendations:

• Three-year National Diploma on NQF Level 6 or an Advanced Diploma/ bachelor’s degree on NQF Level 7 in Security management/Policing/Criminology or a closely related field.
• Experience or exposure in a campus security environment.
• First Aid training (attach proof).
• Fire Fighting training (attach proof).