Junior Product Assistant — Scrum, Docs & Testing

NxaTel; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 152,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

UIF

Pension when permanent

Job summary

NxaTel in Menlo Park, Gauteng, South Africa is seeking a highly organized Junior Product Assistant to support the Product Owner and team in day-to-day product development activities.

This hands-on role combines product administration, Scrum coordination, requirements documentation, task management and manual testing, with collaboration across Product, Development, QA and Support teams.

Qualifications

• Qualification or studies in product management or IT or related field.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Good organisational and time-management abilities.
• Ability to understand and document business processes clearly.
• Ability to write clear instructions, requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Basic understanding of software development and testing processes.
• Comfort with digital task-management tools and collaboration.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and follow through.
• Willingness to learn new systems and product processes.
• Independent working style with the ability to escalate when needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day admin and operational support to the Product Owner.
• Coordinate product priorities, tasks, documentation and delivery activities.
• Prepare information and updates for product meetings.
• Follow up on tasks, blockers and delivery commitments.
• Maintain organised product records and documentation.
• Assist with product demonstrations and release preparation.
• Manage Scrum processes and daily stand-ups.
• Support sprint planning, reviews and backlog refinement.
• Allocate tasks and track progress across teams.
• Write clear user stories, acceptance criteria and business rules.
• Document user journeys and wireframes where required.
• Test features to ensure alignment with requirements and quality.

Skills

Clear written communication

Strong written and verbalcommunication

Strong attention to detail

Organisational skills

Document business processes

Write clear instructions

Software development basics

Task-management tools

Manage multiple tasks

Willingness to learn

Independent working

Education

Relevant studies in Product Management/IT/BA/Software Dev/PM

Tools

Zoho Projects

Jira

ClickUp

Trello

Figma

Miro

Lucidchart

Job description

NxaTel in Menlo Park, Gauteng, South Africa is seeking a highly organized Junior Product Assistant to support the Product Owner and team in day-to-day product development activities.

This hands-on role combines product administration, Scrum coordination, requirements documentation, task management and manual testing, with collaboration across Product, Development, QA and Support teams.