Applications are now invited for the Personal Assistant vacancy at the Department of Health. The job opening is available for the Environmental Health directorate within Environmental Health and Port Health Services chief directorate. Anyone with a senior certificate is eligible to apply. if you are interested, submit your application today!
Job Description
The successful incumbent will be stationed in Pretoria. This job offers a salary which amounts to R 196 407 per annum. In order to be qualified for the position, applicants are required to hold at least a senior certificate or equivalent NQF level 4 certificate. This qualification must be accompanied by a secretarial certificate or diploma or any of its relevant qualification. Furthermore, it is necessary for candidates to have at least one year experience in conducting administrative or secretarial support to senior management.
The Personal Assistant vacancy at the Department of Health also requires each candidate to have the following knowledge and skills:
- Knowledge of departmental procedures regarding to budgeting and finance
- Indepth and sound knowledge of relevant application and prescripts of human resources and understanding of the legislative framework governing the public service
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Good organization and planning skills
- Computer literacy like MS Office package
- Telephone etiquette
Once you are qualified for the job, below are some of the duties that you can expect to be involved in:
- Conduct receptionist or secretarial support services to the director
- Conduct administrative support services
- Collect inputs and compile records
- Ensure the effective flow of documents and information from and to the office of the director
- Provide support to the director in terms of meetings
- Records decisions or minutes and communicate to relevant role-players as well as follow-up progress made
- Provide support to managers with the administration of the director’s budget
- Obtain and coordinate all the documents that relate to the director’s budget
- Take care of filling system
- Ensure the safekeeping of every document in the office of the director as stipulated by the relevant policies and legislation
How to Apply
Please forward your application to: Reception (Brown application Box), Civitas Building, corner of Thabo Sehume (formerly known as Andries) and Struben Streets; Pretoria.
You are also allowed to direct their application via post to: The Director-General, National Department of Health, Private Bag X828, Pretoria. 0001
Please include the following documents within your application:
- Z83 application form. Mention the reference number here. It is (NDOH 49/2018).
- CV detailing previous experience
- Certified copies of ID documents, qualifications, driver’s license and service certificates
- Should you have foreign qualifications please bring them to SAQA to be evaluated and attach the results in your application
No faxed, emailed nor late application will be taken into consideration. The closing date for the Personal Assistant vacancy at the Department of Health is on August 13th 2018. The hiring department reserves the right not to fill the post. The qualified incumbent will be subjected to personnel suitability checks as well as other vetting procedures.
Should you have any further enquiries, please contact: Mr M Ramathuba Tel No: (012) 395 – 8518