Social Media Official (Warrant Officer) at South African Police Service (SAPS)

General:

• The closing date for applications is 2024-10-04. 
• Only the official application form (available on the SAPS website (www.saps.gov.za) and at SAPS recruitment offices/Police Stations) will be accepted. All instructions on the application form must be adhere to. Failure to do so may result in the rejection of the application. The Z83 previously utilized will no longer be accepted. 
• Late applications will not be accepted or considered. 
• The post particulars and reference number of the post must be correctly specified on the application form. 
• A comprehensive Curriculum Vitae as well as well as uncertified copies of an applicant’s ID document, motor vehicle driver’s licence (where required), all educational qualifications obtained together with academic records thereof and service certificates of previous employers stating the occupation, must be submitted together with the application form. 
• Original documentations of short-listed candidates must be produced during the selection process as requested. 
• Qualifications and driver’s licences submitted will be subjected to verification with the relevant institutions. 
• The South African Police Service will verify the residential address of applicants and conduct reference checks on all short listed candidates. 
• All short-listed candidates will be subjected to fingerprint screening. 
• Short-listed candidates for appointment to certain identified posts, will be vetted in terms of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No 32 of 2007) and the Children’s Act, 2005 (Act No 38 of 2005). A candidate whose particulars appear in either the National Register for Sex Offenders or Part B of the Child Protection Register, will be disqualified from appointment to that post. 
• Persons with previous convictions are excluded. 
• Applicants appointed in terms of the Police Service Act will be subjected to a medical assessment by a medical practitioner as determined by SAPS prescripts. 
• Applicants appointed under the Police Service Act will be subjected to undergo a lateral entry programme at a SAPS Academy & Training Centre and will be expected to qualify as competent and to maintain such competency throughout his or her service, by the employee to possess and use of a firearm(s) as required by the SAPS. 
• If a candidate is short-listed, it can be expected of him / her to undergo a personal interview and subjected to security clearance. 
• Appointments will be made in terms of the South African Police Service Act, (Act 68 of 1995) as applicable to the post environment. 
• Correspondence will be conducted with successful candidates only. If you have not been contacted within three (3) months after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. 
• The South African Police Service is under no obligation to fill a post after the advertisement thereof. 

 Application forms must be forwarded to the following address(es): 

• Hand delivered applications: 421 Curator Building: Corner Pretorius Street and Nelson Mandela Drive, Arcadia, Pretoria. (Application must be deposited into the box available at the reception area). 
• Posted applications: The Section Head: Corporate Support, (Attention: Lt Col JL Shandu/ Capt SJ Matlopela), Corporate Support, SAPS, Private Bag x 94, Pretoria, 0001. 
• Enquiries can be directed to Lt Col JL Shandu/ Capt SJ Matlopela/ W/O TB Tshabalala/ SPO KK Mashiloane at telephone: 012 397 7240/ 7246/7256 / 012 432 7946.