SECRETARY

Department of Land Reform and Rural Development

Directorate: Corporate Services

Reference number: 3/1/1/1/2026/183
Salary: R237 453 per annum (Level 05)
Centre: KwaZulu Natal (Pietermaritzburg)
Province: KwaZulu-Natal
Closing date: 7 August 2026
Circular: No 26 of 2026

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Requirements

Minimum requirements: Applicants must be in possession of a Grade 12 Certificate. Job related knowledge: Computer literacy (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) Job related skills: Good telephone etiquette. Sound organisational ability. Good people skills. Computer literacy. Ability to communicate well with people at different levels and from different backgrounds (both written and verbal). Ability to act with tact and discretion.

Duties

Provide a secretariat / receptionist support service to the Director. Receive telephone calls and refer the calls to the correct role players if not meant for the relevant senior manager. Record appointments and events in the diary. Type documents for the senior manager and other staff within the unit. Operate office equipment e.g. computers and photocopiers. Provide a clerical support service to the Senior Manager. Liaise with travel agencies to make travel arrangements. Check arrangements when relevant documents are received. Arrange meetings and events for the senior manager and the staff in the unit. Identifies venues, invite role players, organise refreshments and sets up schedules for meeting and events. Process the travel and subsistence claims for the unit. Process all invoices that emanate from the activities of the work of the senior manager. Records basic minutes of meetings of the senior manager where required. Draft routine correspondence and reports. Do filing of documents for the senior manager and the unit where necessary. Administer matters like leave registers and telephonic accounts. Receive, records and distributes all incoming and outgoing documents. Handle the procurement of standard items like stationary, refreshments etc. Collects all relevant documents to enable the Director to prepare for meetings. Remains up to date with regard to prescripts / policies and procedures applicable to her / his work environment to ensure efficient and effective support to the senior manager. Study the relevant public service and the departmental prescripts / policies and other documents to ensure that the application thereof is understood properly. Keep abreast with the procedures and process that apply in the office of the senior manager.

Where to send your application

Applications can be submitted by hand delivery during office hours to: 1st Floor, 270 Jabu Ndlovu Street (formerly known as Loop Street), Pietermaritzburg, 3200 or by email to Post183@dlrrd.gov.za

Enquiries

Ms N Ziqubu Tel No: (033) 264 9515

Note

EE Targets: African, Coloured, Indian and White Males and Indian and White Females and Persons with Disabilities.

Taken from Public Service Vacancy Circular 26 of 2026, published by the Department of Public Service and Administration on 24 July 2026. Open the PDF to check this post against the original. Last checked 30 July 2026.

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