Senior Officer: Security Operations

The Road Accident Fund’s mission is to provide appropriate cover to all road users within the borders of South Africa; to rehabilitate and compensate persons injured as a result of motor vehicle accidents in a timely and caring manner; and to actively promote safe use of our roads.

Purpose of the Job: Reporting to the Manager: Security Operations, the successful incumbent is accountable to provide physical security services for the safety of employees, property, information, stakeholders, relevant RAF offices as well as hospitals in line with the geographic footprint.

Key Performance Areas

Crime and Loss Prevention

• Supervise control room operations.
• Monitor CCTV, fire detection, panic alarms, radio and telecommunication equipment, PA system, UPS generator and access control systems.
• Activate emergency procedures in case of emergency.
• Monitor access control (programming, issuing, enabling, disabling of access disks).
• Control all security registers.
• Investigate security breaches and compile reports.
• Undertake security threat and risk assessment (TRA)
• Implement effective access control measures.
• Develop post orders for security personnel.
• Monitor a security-guarding contract.

Reporting

• Contribute to the preparation and submission of Regulation reports.
• Aid in the development of functional reporting systems, for management, project or performance reporting.
• Report regularly and periodically, perform necessary submissions as and when required to provide progress updates and/or inform management decisions.

Event Security

• Coordinate security services during Board/ ministerial meetings.
• Conduct Close protection if and when necessary.
• Coordinate security during RAF approved offsite events.
• Supervise contract security during RAF events.
• Examine and transport claims documents.
• Ensure Safety and Security of stakeholders.
• Escort and guard RAF assets during the on the road projects.

Stakeholder Management

• Maintain proactive and progressive relationships with key stakeholders.
• Deal with inquiries and requests for information from both internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications and Experience

• National Diploma in Security Management related qualification.
• PSIRA Grading.
• Security Management Certificate (SSA) added advantage.
• Relevant 4 years’ experience in a Security environment.

NB: “RAF offers Total Employment Cost packages with no additional contributions from the Employer, successful candidates are required to structure their packages in a manner that will suit their needs”.

The Road Accident Fund subscribes to the principles of employment equity and preference will be given to People with Disabilities.

Applicants who have not received any correspondence from us within six weeks from the closing date can consider themselves unsuccessful

Security Vetting shall be conducted on all prospective employees

It is the applicants’ responsibility to have foreign qualification evaluated by the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA) and to provide proof of such evaluation.