Senior Superintendent

EThekwini Municipality is a Metropolitan Municipality found in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. Home to the world-famous city of Durban. EThekwini is the largest City in the province and the third largest city in the country. It is a sophisticated cosmopolitan city of over 3 468 088 people. It is known as the home of Africa's best-managed, busiest port and is also a major centre of tourism because of the city's warm subtropical climate and extensive beaches. The eThekwini Municipality is an employer of choice, with excellent working conditions and competitive salary packages for employees. The Municipality is committed to creating a great place to work by creating development opportunities for employees to grow. Working for eThekwini Municipality will give you a chance to make a difference in people's lives and become part of our team to make Durban the most caring and liveable city in Africa.Job Purpose To direct the consolidation of crime, traffic and by-law related inputs for functional objective setting purposes to give effect to the mandate of the municipality of protecting its citizens and enforcing Municipal Policing Laws and By-Laws by developing and aligning plans and responsibilities of the Metropolitan Police Service's functional key performance areas; researching best practice approaches and reviewing policy frameworks; implementing procedures, systems and controls to guide the development of a management framework, overseeing of the operations and services in relation to crime prevention, traffic enforcement and by-law enforcement; managing the process of integrating information and management reporting requirements in order to ensure the functionality is positioned to adequately deal with the three primary functions of a Metropolitan Police Service. Key Responsibility Areas Manages the Metro Headquarters command, Operational command. Formats strategic directives for the command in conjunction with the Head (Metro Police) through specialist input. Determines the short, medium- and long-term goals, objectives, action plans, operating standards, performance targets of the command. Responsible for the overall Training and Development function including, but not limited to Research and Planning of such functions. Responsible for the overall public relations function, logistic functions, specialist technical functions. Attends to complaints from the public, other departments, institutions / organisations which cannot be resolved at a lower level of command. Controls and directs overall capital and operating budgets for the Metro Headquarters and Operational commands. Controls and directs all departmental assets in the command. Supervision and control of subordinate staff. Competencies Problem solving. Negotiation and influencing. Resilience. Communication. Ethics and professionalism. Patrol, Enforcement and Emergency Response. Interpersonal relationships. Action and outcome orientation. Change readiness Team orientation Direction setting. Impact and influence. Essential Requirements Diploma (NQF Level 6) in Policing or related equivalent qualification. Registered as a Traffic Officer. Valid motor vehicle driving license. Firearm Competency. 8 years relevant experience of which 3 must be at the level of a Superintendent. Computer Literacy.