New additional posts within the South African Police Service (SAPS) Forensic Services Division, under the SAPS Act (employment as a police official), have been added and are being advertised – http://www.saps.gov.za/careers/careers.php.

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Police officials are employed in terms of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No 68 of 1995). Click here to read the application process in terms of the SAPS Act.
CLOSING DATE for applications: 06 June 2014
Download the full advertisement for all the new forensic services posts, including how to apply and requirements (PDF).
Download the official application form from the SAPS website.
The following posts are available:
Post: Warrant Officer [Forensic Analyst]
Section: Crime Scene Laboratories
Component: Criminal Record and Crime Scene Management
Location of the post: Klerksdorp: North West (1 Post) (Ref FS 258/2013)
Protea Glen: Gauteng (1 Post) (Ref FS 259/2013)
Lyttelton: Gauteng (1 Post) (Ref FS 260/2013)
Phuthadijaba: Free State (1 Post) (Ref FS 261/2013)
Salary Level: Band B1Salary Notch R 212 286.00 (Per Annum)
Post: Warrant Officer
Section: Crime Scene Investigation
Component: Criminal Record and Crime Scene Management
Location of the post: Phokeng: North West (1 Post) (Ref FS 262/2013)
Mmabatho: North West (1 Post) (Ref FS 263/2013)
Butterworth: Eastern Cape (2 Posts) (Ref FS 264/2013)
Arconhoek: Mpumalanga (1 Post) (Ref FS 265/2013)
Pudimoe: North West (1 Post) (Ref FS 266/2013)
Vryburg: North West (1 Post) (Ref FS 267/2013)
Provincial CR & CSM: Durban: Kwazulu-Natal (2 Posts) (Ref FS 268/2013)
Ulundi: Kwazulu-Natal (1 Post) (Ref FS 269/2013)
Richardsbay: Kwazulu- Natal (1 Post) (Ref FS 270/2013)
Dundee: Kwazulu- Natal (1 Post) (Ref FS 271/2013)
Pretoria Central: Gauteng (1 Post) (Ref FS 272/2013)
Provincial CR & CSM: Johannesburg: Gauteng (1 Post) (Ref FS 273/2013)
Krugersdorp: Gauteng (1 Post) (Ref FS 274/2013)
Phalaborwa: Limpopo (1 Post) (Ref FS 275/2013)
Groblersdal: Limpopo (1 Post) (Ref FS 276/2013)
Salary Level: BAND B Salary Notch R196 269 (Per Annum)
Post: Warrant Officer [Forensic Analyst]
Sub-Section: Post Mortem Data Collection
Section: Victim Identification Centre
Component: Forensic Science Laboratory
Location of the post: Pretoria (2 Posts) (Ref FS 277/2013)
Salary Level: Band B1Salary Notch R 212 286.00 (Per Annum)
Post: Warrant Officer [Forensic Analyst]
Section: Victim Identification Centre
Sub – Section: Ante Mortem Data Collection
Component: Forensic Science Laboratory
Location of the post: Pretoria: Gauteng (1 Post) (Ref FS 278/2013)
Salary Level: Band B1Salary Notch R 212 286.00 (Per Annum)
Post: Warrant Officer (Provisioning Administration Officer)
Sub-Section: Supply Chain Management: Moveable Government Property
Section: Nodal Support Centre (1 Post) (Ref FS 279/2013)
Component: Forensic Science Laboratory
Location of the post: Port Elizabeth: Eastern Cape
Salary Level: BAND B Salary Notch R196 269 (Per Annum)
GENERAL INFO:
- Only the official application form (available on the SAPS website and at SAPS recruitment offices) will be accepted. The Z83 previously utilized will no longer be accepted. All instructions on the application form must be adhered to and previous criminal convictions must be declared. Failure to do so may result in the rejection of the application.
- The post particulars and reference number of the post must be correctly specified on the application form.
- Persons who retired from the Public Service by taking a severance package, early retirement or for medical reasons, as well as persons with previous convictions, are excluded.
- A comprehensive Curriculum Vitae must be submitted together with the application form.
- Certified copies (certification preferably by Police Officers) of an applicant’s ID document, motor vehicle drivers license (Police Act appointments), Senior Certificate and all educational qualifications obtained and service certificates of previous employers stating the occupation and the period, must also be submitted and attached to every application.
- Applicants are requested to initial each and every page of the application form, CV and annexures.
- The copies must be correctly certified on the copy itself, not at the back. The certification must not be older than three months.
- All qualifications and driver’s licenses submitted will be subjected to verification checking with the relevant institutions. The South African Police Service will verify the residential address of applicants and conduct reference checks.
- Applications must be mailed timeously. Late applications will not be accepted or considered.
- The closing date for the applications is 6th of June 2014.
- Appointments will be made in terms of the SAPS Act or Public Service Act as applicable to the post environment.
- If a candidate is short-listed, it can be expected of him/her to undergo a personal interview.
- Applicants appointed under 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 training institution, where applicable.
- 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.
- All short-listed candidates will be subjected to fingerprint screening.
- 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.
- The South African Police Service is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and it is the intention to promote representivity in the Public Service through the filling of these posts. Persons whose transfer/appointment/promotion will promote representivity will therefore receive preference.
APPLICATIONS AND ENQUIRIES CAN BE DIRECTED TO:
Lt Moonsamy / Captain Mashakane
Tel: (012) 421-0584/ 0194
Tel: (012) 421-0539
POSTAL ADDRESS
Private Bag X 322
PRETORIA
0001
HAND DELIVERY:
Cnr Beckett and Pretorius Street
Strelitzia Building
Arcadia
0083
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