Director: Community Police Relations, Ref No. POCS 14/2025

The Department of Police Oversight and Community Safety, Western Cape Government has an exciting employment opportunity for a suitably qualified and competent individual who would like to make a difference by wanting to build capacity within communities against crime through increasing levels of consciousness, institutionalising structures for community participation, empowering community policing and establishing uniform partnerships with communities to decrease the levels of crime and levels of perception of crime. This post is stationed in Cape Town, CBD.

An appropriate 3-year B-degree/ Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) or higher qualification as recognised by SAQA;

A minimum of 5 years relevant middle/senior management experience;

Successful completion of the Senior Management Pre-entry Programme for entry into the SMS upon appointment.

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Strategic Management, advice and guidance will entail the following:

• Develop stakeholder engagement and relationship building capacity
• Implement stakeholder engagement and relationship building programme and provide project implementation support.
• Facilitate the establishment and functionality of Community Safety Forums (CSFs) at municipal level.
• Support the establishment and functionality of Community Policing Forums (CPFs).
• Foster partnerships between communities and uniformed services.
• Build community capacity through targeted training, awareness, and empowerment initiatives focused on crime prevention and safety promotion.
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of community safety initiatives to ensure sustainable and measurable outcomes.

Strategic Management and Change Management will entail the following:

• Define and review on a continual basis the purpose, objectives, priorities and activities of the Directorate.
• Drive the Directorate's strategic planning process.
• Drive the development and management of the strategic and business plans for the Directorate.
• Evaluate the performance of the Directorate on a continuing basis against pre-determined key measurable objectives and standards.
• Report to the Chief Director on a regular basis on the activities of the Directorate and on matters of substantial importance relating to operational management support.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with relevant legislation and prescripts in respect of adequate and appropriate record keeping of the activities of the Directorate, and of the resources (people, finances and assets) employed by it.
• Foster and promote a culture of innovation within the Directorate, and the Department.
• Diligently perform all duties assigned to the post of Director

People Management will entail the following:

• Recruitment and Selection.
• Employee Development.
• Performance Management.
• Capacity Building.
• Labour Relations and Discipline Management.

Financial Management

• Budget participation and preparation.
• Financial reporting, accountability and proper record keeping.
• Tender Procurement and Tender procedures.
• Contract Management.
• Strategic alignment.
• Asset Management.
• Contract Management.
• Risk Management.

Proven knowledge of and working experience of the following:

• Legislation, regulatory frameworks, policies, and best practices relevant to the line functions of the Directorate; Legislation, regulatory frameworks, policies and best practices that have a bearing on the line functions, amongst others, the SAPS Act 68 of 1995; the CSPS Act 2 of 2011; the WCCSA 3 of 2013; the ICVPS, 2022 and the Community Policing Policy, 2020. Information and Knowledge Management Systems; Procurement and tendering processes; Policy development and Strategic Management; Broad understanding of global, regional and local political, economic and social dynamics affecting the Western Cape Government; Labour relations legislation, regulations, and best practices; Performance Management Systems and Frameworks.

Core Competencies:

• Strategic capability and leadership; People Management and Empowerment; Programme and Project Management; Financial Management; Change Management.

Skills:

• Numeracy; Computer literacy; Project Management; Accounting/ Finance/Audit; Strategic Planning; Conflict Management skills.

All–inclusive salary package of R per annum (salary level13).

Note: The remuneration package consists of a basic salary (70%) and the employer's contribution to the Pension Fund. The remainder of the package may be structured according to your personal needs.

Only applications submitted online will be accepted. All shortlisted candidates must make themselves available to be interviewed at a date, time and place as decided by the selection panel.The selection process will be guided by the EE targets of the employing department. Kindly note that technical support is only available from Monday to Friday from 8:00 to Should you experience any difficulties with your online application you may contact the helpline at

All shortlisted candidates will be subjected to a technical exercise that intends to test relevant technical elements of the job, the logistics of which will be communicated by the Department. Following the interview and technical exercise, the selection panel will recommend candidates to attend a generic managerial competency assessment (in compliance with the DPSA directive on the implementation of competency based assessments). The competency assessment will be testing generic managerial competencies using the mandated DPSA SMS Competency Assessment tools.

To be considered for nomination into an SMS post, you must complete the Senior Management Pre-Entry Programme. The purpose of the Senior Management Pre-Entry Programme, which is a public service specific training programme applicable to all applicants who aspire to join the SMS, is to ensure that potential SMS members have a background on processes and procedures linked to the SMS. The duration of the online Pre-Entry Programme is 120 notional hours (15 days). Full details may be sourced by the following link: Furthermore, thanks to the huge public interest we receive many applications for our positions, and as such will not be able to respond personally to all applications. Therefore, should you not hear from us within 10 weeks from close of advert please consider your application unsuccessful. Please ensure that you submit your application before the closing date as no late applications will be considered.