SECRETARY
Department of Land Reform and Rural Development · gauteng · Gauteng (Pretoria)
- Closing date
- 30 October 2026
- Reference
- 3/1/1/1/2026/280
- Salary band
- R 237 453
- Application method
- Email application
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Vacancy information from the employer
Department: Department of Land Reform and Rural Development Directorate: Land Reform Information Management, Risk And Compliance Location: Gauteng (Pretoria) Salary: R237 453 per annum (Level 05) 47 Requirements: Minimum requirements: Applicants must be in possession of a Grade 12 Certificate or relevant equivalent. Job related knowledge: Computer literacy (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, etc.). Job related skills: Good telephone etiquette. Sound organisational ability. Good people skills. Computer literacy. Ability to communicate well with people at different levels and from different backgrounds (both written and verbal). Ability to act with tact and discretion. Duties: Provide a secretariat / receptionist support service to the Director. Receive telephone calls and refer 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. computers and photocopiers. Provide a clerical support service to the Senior Manager. Liaise with travel agencies to make travel arrangements. Check arrangements when relevant documents are received. Arrange meetings and events for the senior manager and the staff in the unit. Identifies venues, invite role players, organise refreshments and sets up schedules for 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. Records basic minutes of 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, records and distributes all incoming and outgoing documents. Handle the procurement of standard items like stationary, refreshments etc. Collects all relevant documents to enable the Director to prepare for meetings. Remains 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. Keep abreast with the procedures and process that apply in the office of the senior manager. Application instructions: can be submitted by hand delivery during office hours to: 600 Lilian Ngoyi Street (formerly known as Van Der Walt Street) Berea Park, Pretoria, 0001 or by email to Post280@dlrrd.gov.za Enquiries: Ms N Makhubele Tel No: (012) 312 8142 Notes: EE targets: African, Coloured, Indian and White Males, and African, Coloured, Indian and White Females, and Persons with Disabilities. Closing Date: 2026-10-30T16:00:00+02:00
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Requirements
- ✓Minimum requirements: Applicants must be in possession of a Grade 12 Certificate or relevant equivalent
- ✓Job related knowledge: Computer literacy (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, etc
- ✓Job related skills: Good telephone etiquette
- ✓Sound organisational ability
- ✓Good people skills
- ✓Computer literacy
- ✓Ability to communicate well with people at different levels and from different backgrounds (both written and verbal)
- ✓Ability to act with tact and discretion
Key responsibilities
- •Provide a secretariat / receptionist support service to the Director
- •Receive telephone calls and refer 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
- •computers and photocopiers
- •Provide a clerical support service to the Senior Manager
- •Liaise with travel agencies to make travel arrangements
- •Check arrangements when relevant documents are received
- •Arrange meetings and events for the senior manager and the staff in the unit