Administration Clerk – Security Management

About the role

The Gauteng Department of Community Safety is recruiting an Administration Clerk for its security management unit in Johannesburg. The advertised salary is R237 453.00 per annum plus service benefits. The post is open to applicants with Grade 12 or equivalent and no experience.

Key responsibilities

• General clerical support: record, organise, store, capture and retrieve correspondence and data, update registers and statistics, handle routine enquiries, type letters and keep the incoming and outgoing document register.
• Supply chain clerical support: liaise with stakeholders on procurement of goods and services, obtain quotations, complete procurement forms for standard office items, stock control of office stationery and maintain the asset register of district offices.
• Personnel administration support: maintain the leave register, personnel records and attendance register, arrange travelling and accommodation.
• Financial administration support: capture and update expenditure, check subsistence and travel claims and submit them to the manager, and handle telephone accounts and petty cash.

Required profile

• Grade 12 (NQF Level 4) certificate or equivalent; no experience required.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Applicants must apply online using a fully completed and signed Z83 form, accompanied by a recent comprehensive CV; foreign qualifications need an SAQA evaluation certificate.

Required skills

• Basic knowledge of supply chain duties and practices, and ability to capture data, operate a computer and collect statistics.
• Basic knowledge of the Public Service legislative framework and of work procedures.
• Communication, interpersonal relations, flexibility, teamwork, planning and organisation.

Shortlisted candidates face a technical exercise and a personnel suitability check. Applications are not acknowledged and late or incomplete applications are not considered.