Driver/ VIP Protector to the Council Whip (X1)

Driver/ VIP Protector to the Council Whip (X1)

REFERENCE NUMBER: NDM/CS/27/01/2025

POST LEVEL: 5/9

SALARY SCALE: R721 525 (Total cost to Company/ All-inclusive package)

REQUIREMENTS:

1. NQF 3: Intermediate Certificate.
2. Valid Driver’s License.
3. Use of Firearm/Control Certificate.
4. Computer Literacy (MS Word, Excel, and Power Point) and typing skills.
5. Advance/Defensive Driving Certificate, VIP Protection/ and or Bodyguard Training will serve as an added advantage.

EXPERIENCE: The candidate must have a minimum of 1-3 years’ work experience.

DUTIES:

• Provide driving/ chauffeuring/Protection to the council Whip in the discharge of his official duties.
• Always ensure fitness and maintenance of the vehicle of the council Whip including washing and cleaning.
• Report damage and/or vehicle defects to the Office of the council Whip.
• Maintain a proper record of trips undertaken by the council Whip.
• Always obtain trip authorization from the Office of the Municipal Manager for the trips being undertaken.
• Ensure that the vehicle is properly registered.
• WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: the ability to communicate in writing as appropriate to specific audiences.
• ORAL COMMUNICATION: the ability to articulate a message in an understandable and convincing manner.
• ATTENTION TO DETAIL: Ability to scrutinize own work and that of others to ensure accuracy and compliance with the relevant municipal standards.
• INFLUENCING: the ability to understand the Municipality’s objectives, and the impact of decisions on the community and the functioning of the department.
• PROBLEM SOLVING: the ability to identify potential problem areas, to break the problem into component parts, generate potential solutions, select an option and implement it.
• PLANNING AND ORGANISING: the ability to plan activities within specific timeframes and then to execute these activities according to plan.

PLEASE NOTE:

Nkangala District Municipality is a designated, equal opportunity, representative employer. It acknowledges its mandate to take affirmative action measures to ensure equitable representation of suitably qualified people from designated groups in all occupational levels and categories and promotes representivity based on race, gender, and disability in Local Government through the filling of positions. Candidates who will promote the EE target and goals of the Municipality will therefore receive preference. People living with disability, black, Indians, women, white males are encouraged to apply, although this does not suggest that the process of recruitment excludes members from non-designated groups.

PLEASE NOTE: The successful candidates will undergo security and qualifications vetting. Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only. Applicants should apply online attaching: an application letter, detailed CV together with certified copies of qualifications and identity document, as well as the completed NDM approved general application form for employment (available from Council’s website www.nkangaladm.gov.za) and apply through the link https://e-recruit.nkangaladm.gov.za.

Closing Date: 06 February 2025

For enquiries: Contact Ms Susan Silinda on (013) 249 2082