South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No. 68 of 1995)RegulationsSouth African Police Service Employment Regulations, 2018Chapter 4 : Employment MattersPart 4 : Appointments and other employment matters46. Advertising |
| (1) | The National Commissioner must ensure that vacant posts in the Service are advertised so as to reach, as efficiently and effectively as possible, the entire pool of potential applicants, especially designated groups. |
| (2) | An advertisement for a post must specify the inherent requirements of the job, the job title and core functions. |
| (3) | The National Commissioner must advertise any other vacant post in the SMS nationally, as a minimum, inside the Service, but may also advertise such post simultaneously both inside and outside the Service. |
| (4) | The National Commissioner must advertise any other vacant post as a minimum within the Province or Division concerned, but may also advertise such post— |
| (a) | in the Service as a whole; |
| (b) | elsewhere in the public service; or |
| (c) | outside the public service either nationally or locally. |
| (5) | An advertisement contemplated in subregulation (4) may be utilised to create a pool of potential employees for a period of not more than 12 months from the date of advertisement to fill any other vacancy in the service if— |
| (a) | the job title, core functions, inherent requirements of the job and the salary level of the other vacancy is the same as the post advertised; and |
| (b) | the selection process contemplated in regulation 47 has been complied with. |
| (6) | A funded vacant post must be advertised within six months after becoming vacant and be filled within 12 months after becoming vacant. |
| (7) | If the Service does not comply with subregulation (6), the reasons for the noncompliance must be recorded in writing. |
| (8) | The National Commissioner may fill a vacant post without complying with subregulations (3) and (4), if— |
| (a) | the Service can fill the post from the ranks of supernumerary staff of equal grading; |
| (b) | the Service can absorb into the post an employee who was appointed under an affirmative action programme referred to in regulation 21(4), if the employee meets the requirements of the post; |
| (c) | the Service plans to fill the post as part of a programme of laterally rotating or transferring employees to enhance organisational effectiveness and skills; or |
| (d) | the post is to be filled through a transfer in terms of section 12(3) or 14 of the Public Service Act. |
| (9) | The National Commissioner may utilise an appropriate employment or recruitment agency to identify candidates for posts, as long as the advertising and selection procedures comply with this regulation and regulation 47. |
| (10) | An advertisement for a post shall not unfairly discriminate against or prohibit any suitably qualified person or employee from applying. |