KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs invites interested and suitably qualified candidates to apply for the following positions.
POSITION: Personal Assistant to Chief Director X11 Posts
SALARY: R308 154 per annum (Level 07)
CENTRE: Pietermaritzburg:
Chief Directorate: Municipal Service Delivery Support: Ref No: 63/2024 (PA)
Chief Directorate: Traditional Resource Administration: Ref No: 64/2024 (PA)
Chief Directorate: Municipal Administration and Governance: Ref No: 65/2024 (PA)
Chief Directorate: CDW’S and Public Participation: Ref No: 66/2024 (PA)
Chief Directorate: Capacity Development: Ref No: 67/2024 (PA)
Chief Directorate: Municipal Infrastructure: Reference: 68/2024 (PA)
Chief Directorate: Corporate Services: Ref No: 69/2024 (PA)
Chief Directorate: Municipal Local Economic Development Support: Ref No: 70/2024 (PA)
Chief Directorate: Chief Financial Officer: Ref No: 71/2024 (PA)
Chief Directorate: Monitoring, Evaluation and Strategic Planning: Ref No: 72/2024 (PA)
Director: Office of The Head of Department: Ref No: 73/2024 (PA)
REQUIREMENTS:
- The ideal candidate must be in possession of a Secretarial Diploma or equivalent qualification coupled with 3-5 years experience in rendering a support service to senior management.
- Essential Knowledge
Skills and Competencies Required: The successful candidate must have:
- Computer software; Office management
- Basic knowledge on financial management
- Knowledge of the relevant legislation/policies/prescripts and procedures
- Good language skills
- Good telephone etiquette
- Computer literacy
- Sound organisational skills
- Good people skills
- Ability to do research and analyze documents and situations
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to communicate well with people at different levels and from different backgrounds; a valid driver’s license.
DUTIES: The successful candidate will be required to render a secretarial support service to the senior manager with the following responsibilities:
- Provides a secretarial/receptionist support service to the manager
- Renders administrative support services
- Provides support to the manager regarding meetings
- Supports the manager with the administration of the managers budget
- Studies the relevant Public Service and Departmental prescripts/policies and other documents and ensures that the application thereof is properly understood.
HOW TO APPLY
APPLICATIONS: applications to be posted to: The Chief Director, Human Resource Management & Development, Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Private Bag X9078, Pietermaritzburg, 3200 or Hand Delivered to: The Chief Registry Clerk, 2nd Floor, South Tower, Natalia, 330 Langalibalele Street, Pietermaritzburg. Applications can also submit their Z83 and CV via e-Recruitment System on www.eservices.gov.za.
FOR ATTENTION: Ms E Perumal
CLOSING DATE: 29 November 2024. Applications received after this date will not be accepted
NOTE: Applications must be submitted on the new Application for Employment Form (Z83) available from any Public Service Department and should be accompanied by a comprehensive CV.
The Department discourages applications sent by registered mail and will not be held responsible for applications sent via registered mail which are not collected from the post office. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the application reaches the Department timeously.
Failure to comply with any instruction will disqualify applicants. Appointment is subject to a positive outcome obtained from State Security on the following checks (Security Clearance, Citizenship, qualification verification, criminal records, credit records and previous employment). Faxed or late applications will not be accepted. Should applicants not receive any response from the Department within three months
of the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
All shortlisted candidates for SMS posts will be subjected to a technical exercise that intends to test the relevant technical elements of the job, the logistics of which will be communicated by the Department. Following the interview and the technical exercise, the selection committee will recommend the candidates to attend a generic managerial competency assessment (in compliance with the DPSA Directive on the implementation of competency-based assessments).
The competency assessment will be testing generic managerial competencies using the mandated DPSA SMS competency assessment tools.
The Department is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and is committed to empowering people with a disability