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POST 41/06: SECRETARY

REF NO: 3/2/1/2022/629

Directorate: Corporate Services

DUTIES:         

  • Provide secretarial/receptionist support service to the Director.
  • Receive telephonic calls and refers the calls to the correct role players if not meant for the relevant senior manager.
  • Record appointments and events in the diary.
  • Type documents for the senior manager and other staff within the unit. 
  • Operate office equipment e.g., Fax machine and photocopier.
  •  Provide clerical support services to the senior manager. 
  • Liaise with travel agencies to make travel arrangements.
  • Checks the arrangements when relevant documents are received. 
  • Arrange meetings and events for senior managers and staff in the unit.
  • Identifies venues, invites role players, organise refreshments, and sets up for scheduled meeting and events. 
  • Process the travel and subsistence claims for the unit. 
  • Process all invoices that emanate from the activities of the work of the senior manager. 
  • Record basic minutes of the meetings of the senior manager where required. 
  • Draft routine correspondence and reports.
  • Do filing of documents for the senior manager and the unit where necessary.
  • Administer matters like leave registers and telephonic accounts.
  • Receive, record and distribute all incoming and outgoing documents.
  • Handle the procurement of standard items like stationery, refreshments etc.
  • Collect all relevant documents to enable the Director to prepare for meetings.
  • Remain up to date with regard to prescripts/policies and procedures applicable to her/his work environment to ensure efficient and effective support to the senior manager.
  • Study the relevant Public Service and the departmental prescripts/policies and other documents to ensure that the application thereof is understood properly.
  • Remain abreast with the procedures and processes that apply in the office of the senior manager.


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REQUIREMENTS:          

  • Applicants must be in possession of a Grade 12 Certificate. 
  • No experience is required.

Job-related knowledge:

  • Computer literacy (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc).

Job-related skills:

  • Good telephone etiquette,
  • Sound organizational skills,
  • Computer literacy,
  • Language skills and ability to communicate well with people at different levels and from different backgrounds,
  • Communication skills (written and verbal),
  • Ability to act with tact and discretion and Good presentation skills.

ENQUIRIES: Ms YP Ngubane Tel No: (033) 264 9500

SALARY: R176 310 per annum (Level 05)

CENTRE: KwaZulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg)




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