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Personal Assistant at Sasol

  • Job Type Full Time
  • Qualification National Certificate
  • Experience 3 years
  • Location Gauteng
  • Job Field Administration / Secretarial&nbsp

Personal Assistant at Sasol

Personal Assistant

Purpose of Job

  • To provide a day-to-day operational personal assistance and secretarial/administration function to the SVP/VP and acts as the manager’s first point of contact with people from both inside and outside the organisation.
  • To co-ordinate business functions of the unit that include personnel administration, office co-ordination and budget monitoring and management.
  • To ensure effective e-mail, diary and admin management, for SVP/VP.

Key Accountabilities

  • Plan, coordination of meetings and manage daily operations.
  • Effectively manage diary/calendar.
  • Ensure availability of key stakeholders and to coordinate critical meetings within the required timelines.
  • Proactively anticipate and respond to diary clashes and resolves conflicts.
  • Book meeting rooms and organise access and parking for visitors.
  • Arrange catering and refreshments for agreed meetings.
  • Receive visitors and telephone calls, take messages, schedule appointments for management staff and provide information to callers.
  • Perform a full range of secretarial assignments, such as composing, typing routine letters/agenda, memoranda, reports and minutes of meetings.
  • Project a professional company image through in-person and phone interaction.
  • Prioritise/negotiate organizational needs regarding meetings, timeframes and deadlines.
  • Attend meetings, takes minutes and meeting notes.
  • Work independently to manage and plan projects and executes deliverables within timelines.
  • Proofread prepared materials for correct grammar, format, completeness.
  • Assist and manage time and ensures a high level of service is maintained.
  • Plan and organise workload to resolve issues quickly and professionally, managing within changing set of priorities, needs to be flexible and adaptable.
  • Prepare and maintain office records, reports and correspondence.
  • Utilise, reconcile and manipulate data for management reports from different internal/ external sources.
  • Apply an understanding of the information in order to extrapolate key data.
  • Stores and file documents for easy future access, maintains hard copy and electronic filing system.
  • Keep abreast of technological changes and masters new technology.
  • Photocopy and prints documents as and when requested.
  • Identify and schedules appropriate venue, travel and accommodation arrangements, locally and internationally.
  • Manage logistics of all venue, travel and accommodation requirements.
  • Make arrangements for passports, international visas, international drivers licenses, car hire, international roaming facilities, foreign currency allowances, if and when required.
  • Monitor budget/expenses, provide report and analyse trends.
  • Control, order and maintain stationery, office supplies and equipment timeously.
  • Provide recommendations/improvement opportunities in the administrative functions.
  • Obtaining and oversee the appropriate use of office equipment, facilities, and materials needed.
  • Adhere to all safety standards and procedures.
  • Develop, maintain effective relationships with internal/ external customers through oral and written communications. Keep informed on industry developments.
  • Adapt the content, style and medium of communication to ensure appropriateness and to maximize understanding and impact among a wide range of audiences.
  • Assist other PAs on systems or processes.
  • Effectively respond to internal stakeholder queries in a timely manner.

Formal Education

  • High School / School Diploma or similar

Working Experience

  • Experience: 3+ relevant years

Deadline:18th July,2025

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to Sasol on jobs.sasol.com to apply

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