Personal Assistant to Regional Support Manager (PG06): SanlamConnect East Coast Region: Umhlanga

Personal Assistant to Regional Support Manager (PG06): SanlamConnect East Coast Region: Umhlanga

Date: 9 Apr 2025

Location: Umhlanga, KwaZulu Natal, ZA

Who are we?

SanlamConnect is dedicated to supporting, growing and empowering clients with affordable, easy and suitable solutions, primarily through face-to-face intermediary channels, but also directly. We have approximately 2,000 tied advisers and 2,000 supporting independent brokers, all dedicated to meet the financial needs of our clients. Our vision is to aspire to be the best at building enduring relationships by connecting clients with Sanlam. We create sustainable value by attracting new clients, supporting ongoing client engagement and providing adaptive solutions designed to answer life’s financial questions. Ultimately, we empower people to be financially confident, secure and prosperous.

Responsibilities

Provide secretarial support to the Regional Support Manager in terms of the following:

1. Travel arrangements
2. Organising and preparation of meetings, functions, presentations and conferences
3. Diary management
4. Mail and information management
5. Client liaison
6. Time and priority management
7. Office and telephone administration
8. Administration support to various support structures that report into the Regional Support Manager
9. Collate, analyse and interpret data sheets

What will make you successful in this role?

Qualification & experience

1. Grade 12 (matric) or equivalent qualification
2. Secretarial experience and computer literacy with an ability to execute tasks virtually
3. Previous experience in a sales support environment with knowledge of S.net and the MS-Office package will serve as an advantage
4. Previous experience with intermediaries will serve as an advantage
5. MIS and Cubus knowledge will serve as an advantage
6. Driver’s license and own vehicle essential

Process for Application

If you meet the above criteria and are interested in applying for this role, please submit your CV. The closing date for applications is 17 April 2025.

The recruiter reserves the right to withdraw the advertisement prior to the closing date or to allow further applications to be submitted after the closing date indicated.

Turnaround times

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.

Our aim is to help you build 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 business clusters – Life and Savings, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Sanlam Corporate, Sanlam Investment, Santam, as well as the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

The Sanlam Group is committed to transformation and embracing diversity and our employment equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. 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 as well as people with disabilities.