Office Administrator

ExecutivePlacements.com - The JOB Portal; Polokwane; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading initiative is seeking an Office Administrator in Polokwane to provide essential administrative support through the Youth Employment Service (YES). This role focuses on enhancing the office's efficiency by managing records, correspondence, and daily operations, aimed at empowering unemployed youth. With a stipend of R5,200 per month, the position offers valuable work experience within a vital program dedicated to youth employment in South Africa.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Strong organisational and reporting skills.
• Excellent communication and digital literacy skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to ensure the smooth operation of the office.
• Manage day-to-day activities, maintain records, handle correspondence.
• Assist in preparing documents for all meetings and manage office supplies.

Skills

Organisational

Reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Digital literacy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Public Administration

Bachelor's degree in Business Management

Job description

Recruiter:

Signa Opportunity

Job Ref:

JHB000662/Moshi

Date posted:

Friday, July 4, 2025

Location:

Polokwane, South Africa

SUMMARY:

Signa Opportunity is recruiting unemployed youth for quality workplace experience through the Youth Employment Service (YES) initiative.

About The YES Initiative

The initiative was launched by the President in 2018 and is a partnership with the government and labour department to collectively devise a national plan to build economic pathways for South Africa’s youth by creating workplace opportunities for South African youth over 12 months.

Position: Office Administrator

Stipend: R5 200 pm

Location: Louis Trichardt (Venda)

POSITION INFO:

The Office Administrator provides administrative support to ensure the smooth operation of the office.

This includes managing day-to-day activities, maintaining records and databases, handling correspondence, and performing various tasks to support staff and management.

Key Responsibilities:

• General administration duties (filing, emails, binding of documents, etc.)
• Assist on preparing documents for all meetings.
• Assist in monitoring leave register for all sections.π
• Photocopying and E-mailing.
• Attending meetings and minute’s scriber.
• Perform any duties that may be delegated by officials.
• Generate a report as required by the mentor and/or supervisor.
• Capturing data.
• Follow up on outstanding correspondence.
• Filing and records management.
• Record incoming and outgoing documents.
• Assist in ordering office stationary supplies.
• Controlling the stationary register as well as the physical control of the stationary.
  
  

Requirements:

• South African unemployed youth aged between the ages of 18 and 34.
• Must not have participated in the YES Programme previously.
• Bachelor's degree in Public Administration, Business Management or equivalent.
• Excellent organisational, reporting, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• High ethical standards and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and digital literacy skills and excellent with spreadsheets
• Experience managing donor expectations and reporting impact.
• Bookkeeping or finance admin knowledge beneficial
• Highly attentive to detail
• Highly engaging with some track record of caring for stakeholders
• Innovative and focused on continuous improvements
• Self-starter with a keen interest in education-aligned philanthropic initiatives
• Applicants must reside in surrounding areas.
  
  

Please consider your application unsuccessful when you have not heard from the Signa Opportunity team within two weeks of submitting your application.