Job opportunities have been made available at the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA). Twelve candidates are needed in the Gauteng, Free State, and Western Cape regions. Applications are open until 8 August 2023.

More info: Circular 24 of 2023

Qualifications for the Administration Clerk Role:

• Grade 12 or equivalent qualification.
• National Higher Certificate/Diploma (NQF Level 5) advantageous.

No experience is required.

Skill Requirements for the Administration Clerk Role:

• Knowledge of clerical duties.
• Ability to capture data, operate a computer, and collect statistics.
• Knowledge and understanding of the legislative framework governing the Public Service.
• Knowledge of working procedures in terms of the working environment.

Job-related skills:

• Language skills (in at least 2 official languages).
• Good communication skills (verbal and written),
• Planning and organisation skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Interpersonal relations.
• Flexibility.
• Ability to work within a team.

Duties for the Administration Clerk Role:

• 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 documents/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.
• Take and draft minutes.
• Provide supply chain clerical support services within the component.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders in relation to the 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.
• 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 travel and accommodation.
• Provide financial administration support services in the component.
• Capture and update expenditure of the component.
• Check the correctness of subsistence and travel claims of officials and submit to the manager for approval.
• Handle telephone accounts and petty cash for the component.

Salary is R202 233 per annum (Level 05)

Submission Requirements for the Administration Clerk Role

Gauteng (Pretoria) applications can be submitted by post to:

Private Bag X833, Pretoria, 0001

or hand delivered during office hours to:

600 Lilian Ngoyi Street (formerly known as Van der Walt Street), Berea Park, Pretoria, 0002 or

to Agriculture Place, 20 Steve Biko (formerly Beatrix) Street, Arcadia, Pretoria, 0083.