Administration Clerk - Losses & Claims

About the role

The Department of Agriculture (DOA) invites unemployed youth to apply for an entry-level position as Administration Clerk for Losses & Claims in Pretoria, Gauteng. The role covers the administration of losses and claims, including file management, investigations, register maintenance and clerical support within the component.

Key responsibilities

• Administer losses and claims and conduct compliance reviews of losses and claims invoices
• Open case files, label them correctly and attach supporting documents
• Investigate losses and claims by liaising with stakeholders and follow up on outstanding information
• Compile memos to Legal Services to obtain a legal opinion
• Maintain and update registers for losses and claims, and compile journals to clear the Damage Vehicle Suspense Account
• Reconcile processed journals with the Losses & Claims Registers
• Provide personnel administration and leave administration, and act as Local Transport Control Officer
• Provide financial administration support, capture and update expenditure, and check subsistence and travel claims before submission to the manager
• Handle telephone accounts and petty cash for the component

Required profile

• Grade 12 certificate; no experience required
• Degree or diploma advantageous
• Knowledge of the legislative framework governing the Public Service and working procedures in the workplace

Required skills

• Basic accounting principles
• Clerical duties and practices, data capture, computer operation and statistics collection
• Good verbal and written communication, planning and organisation, computer literacy
• Teamwork, flexibility and interpersonal relations