Personal Assistant

About the role

Sasol is seeking a proactive Personal Assistant to provide day‑to‑day operational and secretarial support to senior management. The role serves as the first point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, ensuring smooth coordination of business functions, diary management, and office administration.

Key responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate and manage meetings, including booking rooms, arranging catering, and handling visitor access and parking.
• Maintain effective e‑mail and diary management, anticipating clashes and resolving conflicts.
• Receive visitors and telephone calls, take messages, schedule appointments and provide information to callers.
• Compose, type and proofread routine letters, agendas, memoranda, reports and minutes of meetings.
• Prepare and maintain office records, reports and correspondence, both hard‑copy and electronic.
• Utilise, reconcile and manipulate data for management reports, extracting key information.
• Identify and schedule appropriate venues, travel and accommodation arrangements locally and internationally.
• Project a professional company image through in‑person and phone interactions.

Required profile

• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and negotiate meeting timeframes and deadlines.
• Proactive and independent, capable of managing projects and delivering within set timelines.
• Excellent written communication, with attention to grammar, format and completeness.
• Flexible and adaptable, able to resolve issues quickly while managing changing priorities.
• Professional demeanor when interacting with stakeholders both in person and via phone.

Required skills