POST 44/24 : COURT INTERMEDIARY (X9 POSTS)
SALARY : R376 413 – R443 403 per annum. The successful candidate will be required to sign a performance agreement.
CENTRE :
Provincial Office: Gauteng Ref No: 2024/24/GP
Magistrate Tembisa Ref No: 2024/25/GP
Magistrate Tsakane Ref No: 2024/26/GP
Magistrate Benoni Ref No: 2024/27/GP
Magistrate Oberholzer Ref No: 2024/28/GP
Magistrate’s Offices: Harrismith Ref No: DOJ24/19/FS
Magistrate Office: Colesburg Ref No: 82/24/NC/COL
Magistrate office: Galeshewe Ref No: 83/24/NC/GAL
Magistrate Office: Clanwilliam Ref No: 38/2024/WC
REQUIREMENTS : Three year Bachelor Degree/ National Diploma academic qualification in one of the following fields;
Teaching,
Social work/
Family counselling,
Child care and youth development,
Paediatrics,
Psychiatry,
Clinical counselling,
Educational psychologist;
Applicants must be duly registered with the relevant professional/ scientific organization/body in their field of specialization;
Minimum of three years’ working experience in the applicable field;
Advantage: Experience in working with different types of disabilities, exposure to court procedure, court etiquette, legal terms and terminology and functions of courts will be added advantages;
Knowledge of the relevant legal and regulatory framework (Constitution of RSA, 1996; Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No 51 of 1977), particularly sections 153, 158 and 170A of the Act; Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No 32 of 2007); Children’s Act, 2005 (Act No 38 of 2005); Domestic Violence Act (Act No 116 of 1998); Proficiency in the following languages: Provincial Office, Gauteng: English, Sepedi and Venda; Magistrate Tembisa: English, Venda and Tsonga; Magistrate Tsakane: English, Xhosa and Zulu; Magistrate Benoni and Magistrate Oberholzer: English and Afrikaans; Magistrate’s Offices: Harrismith: English, Sesotho, IsiZulu and IsiXhosa; Magistrate Colesburg; English, Afrikaans and Sesotho; Magistrate Galwshewe; English, Afrikaans, Setswana and Xhosa; Magistrate Clanwilliam; English, Afrikaans and IsiXhosa. Skills and Competencies: Communication and empathic listening skills (with children, persons with mental disabilities and other traumatized witnesses); Trauma and basic counseling skills; interpersonal skills; Customer focus and responsiveness; Administrative skills; Computer literacy (Ms Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel); Problem solving and decision making skills. DUTIES : Key Performance Areas: Provide intermediary services to children, persons with mental disabilities and other traumatised witnesses; Provide specialized child language and disability services; Maintain intermediary room by ensuring that the equipment of the private testifying room is always in good order; Provide support services to witnesses and make appropriate referrals, where necessary; Render administration support service in court; Assist children to testify with the aid of anatomically-detailed dolls.
ENQUIRIES : Gauteng: Ms RR Moabelo Tel No: (011) 332 9000 Free State: Ms NM Dywili Tel No: (051) 407 1800/ 073 775 0709 Northern Cape: Mr L A Swartz Tel No: (053) 802 1300 Western Cape: Mr D Xegwana Tel No: (022) 482 1121
APPLICATIONS :
Gauteng: Quoting the relevant reference number, direct your application to: Provincial Office-Gauteng, Private Bag X6, Johannesburg, 2000 or Physical Address: Provincial Office–Gauteng; Department of Justice and Constitutional Development; 7th floor Schreiner chambers, 94 Pritchard, Johannesburg or EMAIL TO:
Free State: Please direct your applications to: The Director: Human Resource, Private Bag X20578, Bloemfontein, 9300, Email:
OR hand deliver at No 108 St Andrew Street, Bloemfontein
Northern Cape: Quoting the relevant reference number, direct your application to: Postal address: The Provincial Head: Justice and Constitutional Development, Private Bag X6106, Kimberley, 8300 or hand delivers at the New Public Buildings, 26 (Magistrates Court) of Knight and Stead Streets, 7th floor, Kimberley, 8301 or email to
Western Cape: Please direct your applications to: Provincial Head: Private Bag X 9171, Cape Town, 8000 or physical address: 8 Riebeeck Street, 5th Floor; Norton Rose House, Cape Town or email to
For Attention: Ms P Paraffin
NOTE : Separate application must be made quoting the relevant reference number.
NOTE : Interested applicants must submit their applications for employment to the address specified in each post. The application must include only completed and signed new Form Z83, obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the internet at www.gov.za, and a detailed Curriculum Vitae. Certified copies of Identity Document, Senior Certificate and the highest required qualification as well as a driver’s license where necessary, will only be submitted by shortlisted candidates to HR on or before the day of the interview date. Application that do not comply with the above specifications will not be considered and will be disqualified. It remains the responsibility of an applicant to ensure that application reaches the department noting different options provided for submission. A SAQA evaluation report must accompany foreign qualifications. All shortlisted candidates for SMS posts will be subjected to a technical and competency assessment. A pre-entry certificate obtained from National School of Government (NSG) is required before appointment for all SMS positions. Candidate will complete a financial disclosure form and also be required to undergo a security clearance. Foreigners or dual citizenship holder must provide the Police Clearance certificate from country of origin only when shortlisted. The DOJ&CD is an equal opportunity employer. In the filling of vacant posts the objectives of section 195 (1) (i) of the Constitution of South Africa, 1996 (Act No: 108 of 1996), the Employment Equity imperatives as defined by the Employment Equity Act, 1998 (Act No: 55 of 1998) and relevant Human Resources policies of the Department will be taken into consideration. Reasonable accommodation shall be applied for People with Disabilities including where driver’s license is a requirement. Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only. If you do not hear from us within 3 months of this advertisement, please accept that your application has been unsuccessful. The department reserves the right not to fill these positions. Women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply and preference will be given to the EE Target.
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