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Administration Clerk: Admin Support

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Western Cape Posted 6 Sep 2026 Closes in 22 days

Overview

Render general clerical support services: Record, organise, store, capture and retrieve correspondence and data (line function). Update registers and statistics.

Requirements

  • Grade 12 (Senior Certificate or equivalent qualification)
  • Competencies: Good understanding of the following: Clerical duties, practices as well as the ability to capture data, operate computer and collecting statistics
  • Legislative framework governing the Public Service
  • Working procedures in terms of the working environment
  • Skills needed: Written and verbal communication
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • Presentation
  • Decision –making
  • Computer literacy
  • Interpersonal
  • Flexibility
  • Planning and organising

Responsibilities

  • Render general clerical support services: Record, organise, store, capture and retrieve correspondence and data (line function)
  • Update registers and statistics
  • Handle routine enquiries
  • Make photocopies and receive or send facsimiles
  • Distribute document s/packages to various stakeholders as required
  • Keep and maintain the filing system for the component
  • Type letters and/or other correspondence when required
  • Keep and maintain the incoming and outgoing document register of the component
  • Provide supply chain clerical support services within the component
  • Liaise with internal and external stakeholders in relation to procurement of goods and services
  • Obtain quotations, complete procurement forms for the purchasing of standard office items
  • Stock control of office stationery
  • Keep and maintain the asset register of the component (district offices)
  • Provide personnel administration clerical support services within the component
  • Maintain a leave register for the component
  • Keep and maintain personnel records in the component
  • Keep and maintain the attendance register of the component
  • Arrange travelling and accommodation
  • Provide financial administration support services in the component
  • Capture and update expenditure in component
  • Check correctness of subsis tence and travel claims of officials and submit to manager for approval
  • Handle telephone accounts and petty cash for the component

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