Open Positions at Newcastle Municipality

Qualifications

• Grade 12 with Mathematics or Accounting passed.
• Computer literacy

Experience

• 1 Year relevant experience

Responsibilities

CASH RECEIPTING:

• Receive payment against services rendered from the Public by communicating with the customer and attending to specific payments.
• Collecting and counting payment tendered, verifying total against amount due.
• Issuing receipt reflecting amount tendered and confirms recording with the customer.
• Daily balancing and cashing up procedures.
• Assisting the public with their queries where applicable.
• Cleaning of offices where applicable.
• Maintaining the security controls of the office where applicable.
• Compilation of registers such as caravan parks and picnic areas and adherence to the relevant procedures thereof where applicable.
• To ensure customer enquiries and payment transactions are effectively attended to and accurately processed in accordance with laid down departmental guidelines.

CASH RECONCILIATION:

• Reconciles cash received against receipts issued to customers.
• Separating denominations and commencing with control counting sequences.
• Tallying amounts and verifying cash totals to receipts issued.
• Verifying cash receipts schedule/ reports against cash/ cheque totals with the immediate supervisor and/ or attending and rectifying deviations in recordings or counts prior to forwarding for depositing.
• Maintaining transactional information and records, filling transactional documentation and notification in alpha-numeric/ chronological sequence and/ or retrieve information to support query resolution.
• Preparation of deposit slips (banking) for collection by the fidelity group where applicable.
• Allocation of receipts from bank statements where applicable.
• Relevant adjustment to the customer accounts in respect of correcting misallocations where applicable.
• To ensure cash received and receipts issued and reconciled, totals confirmed and schedules verified in accordance with laid down departmental guidelines.

Deadline:15th August,2025

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Qualifications

• Grade 12
• Valid Lifeguard Certificate or Equivalent with current annual re-test
• Valid Level 2 First Aid Certificate

Experience

• 1 Year relevant experience

Additional requirements

• Shortlisted Candidates will undergo a swimming test.
• Responsibilities Providing information to pool users on the depths of the specific areas and defined zones/ restriction for new users.
• Observing swimmers in the pool and issuing warnings to stop unsafe practices / activities.
• Controlling crowds during festive holidays / organized swimming events, checking and communicating with group leaders or individuals to confirm understanding of rules.
• Checking of pool equipment (high diving boards, etc), observing and / or reprimanding unsafe practices.
• Responding to distress calls and removing bathers who are in difficulty at specific depths.
• Resuscitating victims using first aid techniques to revive breathing and pulse.
• Checking on the condition / recovery and / or determining the need to further treatment and arranging for emergency services to collect and transport patient.
• In order to ensure public behaviors is monitored, unsafe actions identified and stopped enabling all users to enjoy the facilities safely.

Deadline:15th August,2025