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Bring your skills as a Risk and Compliance Analyst to Grahamstown and join a team that moves fast. This Eastern Cape role is one to watch.
What This Role Involves
The Risk and Compliance Analyst vacancy forms part of how the Grahamstown branch keeps performing. It pairs day-to-day delivery with longer-running priorities that keep the legal and security jobs side of the business moving forward.
Practically speaking, the successful applicant is given the room to plan, deliver and review their work without unnecessary noise. The organisation has built its Grahamstown team on trust, and the Risk and Compliance Analyst role will feel that from week one.
Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the legal and security jobs group in Grahamstown.
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 Grahamstown teams, and the new Risk and Compliance Analyst will feel that from the first week.
Equal Opportunity
Inclusion is a core part of how the team operates. This is an equal-opportunity employer, and candidates from all communities — including women, youth and persons living with disabilities — are encouraged to apply for this role in Grahamstown.
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.
Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Eastern Cape.
Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Grahamstown.
What We Offer
Importantly, the company invests in the people who join it. From structured onboarding to ongoing skills development, you will find clear paths to grow your career in legal and security jobs from your base in Grahamstown. Many colleagues across Eastern Cape have moved into senior roles after starting in positions just like this one.
Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Grahamstown teams.
Importantly, the company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Grahamstown keep progressing.
Benefits are clear and consistent. Beyond the package on offer, the role includes the supports you would expect from an established South African employer in Eastern Cape.
Meet the Team
You will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the legal and security jobs side of the business inside out. The Grahamstown group is a healthy mix of experienced operators and newer joiners, all of whom share a strong commitment to delivery and to one another.
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.
In addition, the team mix in Grahamstown reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.
Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.
Growing With Us
Career progression here is real, not a slogan. The legal and security jobs space in Grahamstown offers a clear runway from delivery into team leadership and beyond, and managers sit down with each team member regularly to map out the next step in Eastern Cape.
Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Grahamstown team member.
Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Grahamstown have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Eastern Cape.
Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.
Working in Grahamstown
Equally, the role is based in Grahamstown, near the Mthatha regional service centre. Public transport links and parking are within easy reach, making the daily commute manageable for candidates living across Grahamstown and the broader Eastern Cape region.
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 Grahamstown.
Many candidates already living within reach of Grahamstown cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Eastern Cape economy.
If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape.
Key Responsibilities
- Liaise with the Sheriff, Master’s Office and external counsel
- Operate access control points and verify visitor credentials
- Conduct legal research and prepare opinions for the legal team
- Maintain PSIRA registration and uphold the security industry code of conduct
- Patrol assigned premises and conduct visible security deterrence
- Draft, review and amend commercial contracts and service agreements
- Conduct searches and inspections in line with site procedures
Minimum Requirements
- Ability to remain calm and professional in high-pressure incidents
- Relevant qualification: LLB, paralegal diploma or PSIRA grading as required
- Clear criminal record verified through approved screening
- Sound understanding of POPIA and applicable legal frameworks
- 2+ years’ relevant experience in legal or security operations
- Willingness to work shifts, weekends and public holidays as required
- Excellent attention to detail when reviewing documents and evidence
Potential is considered alongside experience, so candidates who tick most of these boxes should still be considered.