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This is a current vacancy. Role: Security Guard. Location: Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.
What This Role Involves
Crucially, this Security Guard role has been briefed against a clear set of outcomes for Ladysmith. The successful candidate will work alongside an established team and will be expected to contribute meaningfully to the legal and security jobs pipeline across KwaZulu-Natal.
Expect a structured first ninety days, with onboarding milestones, regular check-ins, and an early focus on getting comfortable with the systems and processes that underpin the Ladysmith team.
Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Security Guard is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in KwaZulu-Natal is consistently high and consistently fair.
Tools, systems and information are there to support the role rather than slow it down. The company continues to invest in the technology that backs its Ladysmith teams, and the new Security Guard will feel that from the first week.
Equal Opportunity
The organisation supports a respectful workplace. Applications are welcome from suitably qualified candidates across KwaZulu-Natal, and recruitment is intended to be fair and transparent.
Practically speaking, the hiring organisation’s applicable employment-equity and inclusion practices will be explained in the final vacancy details for KwaZulu-Natal.
Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Ladysmith.
B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.
About the Team
You will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the legal and security jobs side of the business inside out. The Ladysmith group is a healthy mix of experienced operators and newer joiners, all of whom share a strong commitment to delivery and to one another.
In addition, the team structure and working relationships for this role in Ladysmith will be explained during the hiring process.
Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.
Collaboration is the default working mode. Whether picking up a quick query or working through a complex project, you will find colleagues willing to lean in and help.
Why Join Us
In addition, you will join a team that values respectful collaboration, honest feedback and shared wins. The Ladysmith colleagues take pride in supporting one another and in doing the legal and security jobs side of the business properly, day in and day out.
Importantly, the role’s development opportunities, training and benefits, if offered, will be set out in the final vacancy details.
Career development may be available depending on the role, business needs and the hiring organisation’s policies.
Equally, the package, working arrangements and any available support will be confirmed by the hiring organisation for this vacancy.
Based in Ladysmith
Practically speaking, the role is based in Ladysmith, on the Umhlanga Ridge business corridor. Public transport links and parking are within easy reach, making the daily commute manageable for candidates living across Ladysmith and the broader KwaZulu-Natal region.
Many candidates already living within reach of Ladysmith cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local KwaZulu-Natal economy.
Accessibility is taken seriously: where the role allows, the team works toward a balance of in-office presence and flexibility for candidates based in and around Ladysmith.
Candidates should review the listed location, schedule and travel requirements before applying for this role in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor CCTV systems and respond to alarms and incidents
- Maintain PSIRA registration and uphold the security industry code of conduct
- Manage matter files, court diaries and litigation deadlines
- Draft, review and amend commercial contracts and service agreements
- Run compliance training for staff on POPIA, FICA and ethics
- Liaise with the Sheriff, Master’s Office and external counsel
Candidate Profile
- 2+ years’ relevant experience in legal or security operations
- Sound understanding of POPIA and applicable legal frameworks
- Willingness to work shifts, weekends and public holidays as required
- Active PSIRA registration at the appropriate grade for security roles
- Computer literacy and experience with case or incident management systems
- Ability to remain calm and professional in high-pressure incidents
If most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.