Senior Office Administrator (AD09)

at  University of the Witwatersrand

We are therefore looking to appoint a full time capable Senior Office Administrator that is service oriented and willing to work with academics, professionals and students.
The duties will include a wide range of administrative tasks from arranging meetings, minute taking, ordering stationery, arranging catering, printing, filing and the related financial transactions. These functions will support the Research Office staff and include project management and oversight.
The incumbent would be expected to become well integrated into the team within the Research Office, be a team-player as well as an independent worker, and have a high level of self motivation and ability to work without supervision. The successful incumbent would have excellent interpersonal skills and high levels of proficiency of all Microsoft Office programmes would be essential.
Qualifications:
A post-secondary school degree or diploma in administration is required as a minimum.
Prior experience in working in a research environment at Wits University is required.
An honours degree or higher would be beneficial.
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Applicants are invited to apply by registering your profile on the Wits i-recruitment platform located at https://irec.wits.ac.za and submitting your application, which should include a brief motivation, a curriculum vitae, together with the names and contact details of three references. The University reserves the right to have psychrometric testing carried out on shortlisted applicants.
By submitting an application for this post the Applicant acknowledges that their personal information will be processed by the University. The Applicant, by their conduct in proceeding with an application for this position, gives their consent to the processing of their personal information as required by the University’s Recruitment, Selection and Appointment Policy. Such processing includes logging their information on the University’s recruitment systems and disclosing their personal information to University employees identified to take part in the selection and recruitment process. The Applicant consents to any further processing of their personal information as may be required for relevant verification and reference check purposes. The confidentiality of the Applicant’s personal information will be maintained.
The University is committed to employment equity. Preference may be given to appointable applicants from the underrepresented designated groups in terms of the relevant employment equity plans and policies of the University. The University retains the right not to make an appointment and to verify all information provided by candidates.
Please note that correspondence will only be entered into with shortlisted candidates. Preference will be given to appointable internal candidates. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment or to re-advertise.
Enquiries to: Dr Robin Drennan (Research Office) University of the Witwatersrand, Robin.Drennan@wits.ac.za
Closing date for applications: 8 November 2024
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