What will you do?
An exciting opportunity has become available for an Administrative Assistant to the Manager: Knowledge Management; and Head: Quality Management. The successful incumbent will be based at our office inCenturion - Pretoria.
What will make you successful in this role?
The succesful incumbent will be expected to perform (but not limited to) the following secretarial duties:
Managing the calendar, screen incoming calls and correspondence and respond independently when possible.
Administrative support functions.
Liaising with external business partners
Arranging and coordinating all meetings
Preparing of presentations
Arranging travel plans and itineraries (local and international)
Preparation of records such as agendas, notices, minutes and resolutions for meetings, including minute taking.
Budget management and reconciliations
Coordinating and compiling all executive and management reports
Liaison for customer care system in group sourcing
Qualification & Experience
Grade 12 with a secretarial diploma/office management qualification
Minimum 3 years advanced office management / secretarial skills
Work independently, as well as part of a team, with strong interpersonal skills
Computer literate (advanced level of MS Office; Power Point and Excel)Extensive experience at top management level
Current experience with regards to preparing presentations
Proven track record as a personal assistant to a senior manager
Experienced at working with highly confidential information
Knowledge & Skills
Communicate at all levels verbally and in writing with a good command of the English language
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Excellent interpersonal, communication and networking skills
Strong client service orientation
Ability to work under pressure
Good judgement
Strong attention to detail
Must be reasonably numerate
Have excellent typing skills
Analytical ability and logical reasoning
Personal Attributes
Plans and aligns - Contributing dependentlyCommunicates effectively - Contributing dependentlyAction orientated - Contributing dependentlyOptimises work processes - Contributing dependentlyCore Competencies
Being resilient - Contributing dependentlyCustomer focus - Contributing dependentlyCollaborates - Contributing dependentlyCultivates innovation - Contributing dependentlyDrives results - Contributing dependentlyBuild a successful career with us
We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its four business clusters – Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.
Turnaround time
The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.Closing Date: 1st June 2021
Our commitment to transformation
Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding and transforming company and whilst based in South Africa, we are rapidly moving into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia.
Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is centred on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. We’re about people. People drive our business so it follows that we want to recruit the best people possible whether they work for us permanently or for a short time as temporary employees.
At Santam we are committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society. In achieving our employment equity goals we give preference to applicants from the designated groups in alignment with the Divisions Employment Equity targets.
