SECRETARY (SE12)

The School of Physiology is a vibrant, productive, research-orientated School in the Faculty of Health Sciences. We are looking for a secretary to provide secretarial support to staff in the School. Applicants with appropriate skills are invited to apply for a post to be filled at SE12 level.

Main purpose of the post:

To provide secretarial and administrative support to Head of School and academic staff in the School

Responsibilities:

The primary duties will be to provide secretarial and administrative assistance to the Head of School and other academic staff. The successful applicant will be expected to deal with enquiries (often telephonic) from within and outside of the School, type documents like examination scripts and letters.

Qualifications and experience:

The minimum qualification is a Secretarial certificate/diploma and minimum of 1-2 years relevant experience. The appointed person will need to have good typing skills, experience with MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint together with good interpersonal and communication skills.

Remuneration: Dependent on qualifications and experience. The package includes a provident fund, medical aid and bursaries, subject to the University’s regulations.

Closing Date:   23 April 2012

To apply:

Please submit a covering letter clearly indicating which post you are applying for, a detailed CV with names, addresses, contact numbers and e-mail addresses of 3 referees via i-Recruitment https://irec.wits.ac.za 

The University is committed to employment equity.  Preference may be given to appointable applicants from the underrepresented designated groups in terms of the relevant employment equity plans and policies of the University.  The University retains the right not to make an appointment and to verify all information provided by candidates.

Preference will be given to appointable internal candidates.

Please note that correspondence will only be entered into with shortlisted candidates.  The University reserves the right not to make an appointment or to re-advertise.