Job Description

SASA - Industry Affairs Administrative Assistant

The South African Sugar Association (SASA) has a permanent vacancy for an Industry Affairs Administrative Assistant in Mount Edgecombe, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

The South African Sugar Association's (SASA) Industry Affairs Division is responsible for the provision of a range of key support services to the Council of SASA as well as to SASA as an organization

To provide administrative support to the Industry Affairs Division (comprising Autolab, Cane Testing Service, Governance and Compliance, Grower Affairs and Information Systems)

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Providing an efficient and professional front-line service for the Industry Affairs Division
• Secretarial functions include screening of telephone calls, arranging catering, typing of correspondence, monthly reports, diary management, travel arrangements and managing the booking of meeting rooms
• Administrative functions such as general procurement, cellphone administration, ordering of office supplies for the team
• Typing of minutes, formatting of electronic agendas, letters, reports and distribution thereof
• Scheduling of meetings with internal and external stakeholders
• Supporting the various services provided by the divisional managers

The ideal candidate must ensure that confidentiality and effectiveness of all tasks and objectives are maintained; must have excellent planning and prioritising skills as well as efficient paper/systems management skills

Essential Skills:

• A clear credit and no criminal record
• A three-year recognised Secretarial / Administration Diploma with a minimum of three years relevant experience in a corporate environment
• Excellent knowledge of MS Excel and MS Word together with MS Outlook
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, supported by an ability to interact with internal and external stakeholders at different levels within the industry
• Ability to work under pressure within stringent deadlines

Salary:

• Market related

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