Publishing Administrator

OUP; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Press, based in Goodwood, Cape Town, seeks a Publishing Administrator to provide administration, project coordination, supplier management and reporting support for multiple teams and projects.

You will manage purchase orders, travel requests, and general admin tasks while coordinating meetings and supporting product teams across the publishing workflow.

Qualifications

• National Senior Certificate or National Certificate Vocational or Equivalent NATED or NCV qualification.
• 2 - 5 years of relevant working experience.
• Minimum of 2 years' administrative system experience.
• Experiencing processing POs and running regular PO, stock and other reports.
• Qualification in compliance or contract management advantageous.
• Work experience in the publishing industry is advantageous.
• SAP

Responsibilities

• Process purchase orders and payments for vendors.
• Manage the distribution of advance copies.
• Manage administration for meetings and small events.
• Assist the product team with ad-hoc administrative tasks.

Skills

Administrative experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

National Senior Certificate or National Certificate Vocational or Equivalent NATED or NCV qualification

Tools

SAP

Job description

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Learning changes lives- and we're here to drive that change. We support people wherever and however they want to learn, so they can achieve their learning goals and uncover new possibilities.

Today, we reach more learners than ever, in more ways than ever.

About the Role

The Publishing Administrator: POs/General/Travel provides administration, project co-ordination, supplier management and reporting support for multiple teams and projects. The Publishing Administrator takes overall responsibility for efficiently and accurately managing all purchase orders and travel requests across the team, as well as general support functions such as arranging meetings, processing courier requests and managing gratis copies. The Publishing Administrator may be asked to focus on general or specific tasks or to support specific teams as determined from time to time by the priorities of the team.

This role will be reporting to the Editorial Services and Workflow Manager based in Goodwood, Cape Town.

What you will do:

Provide administrative support to the product teams

• Process purchase orders and payments for vendors
• Manage the distribution of advance copies
• Manage administration for meetings and small events
• Assist the product team with ad-hoc administrative tasks

Cross-functional collaboration and relationships

• Works closely with and fosters ongoing positive relationships and workflow best practice with Product, Rights, Finance and Royalties teams
• Develops and maintains productive working relationships with all stakeholders that leads to the creation of market-leading products and services

About you

Criteria

• National Senior Certificate or National Certificate Vocational or Equivalent NATED or NCV qualification
• 2 - 5 years of relevant working experience
• Minimum of 2 years' administrative system experience
• Experiencing processing POs and running regular PO, stock and other reports.
• Qualification in compliance or contract management advantageous
• Work experience in the publishing industry is advantageous
• SAP

Attributes

• Highly organised
• Process -orientated
• Agile
• Support teamwork

Oxford University Press, an equal opportunity employer, seeks a talented individual to fill this post based in the Goodwood, Cape Town. Oxford University Press will consider all applications in terms of its Employment Equity Plan, which acknowledges the need for transformation.

We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.