Administrative Assistant
- Employer
- Global Academy Jobs
- Location
- South Africa
- Closing date
- Jun 1, 2016
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- Sector
- Science, Life Sciences, Cell and Molecular Biology
- Hours
- Full Time
- Organization Type
- University and College
- Jobseeker Type
- Professional
Job Details
Division of Health Policy and Systems
School of Public Health and Family Medicine
Faculty of Health Sciences
The Health Policy and Systems Division in the School of Public Health & Family Medicine is seeking to appoint a full-time Administrative Assistant to support the division, postgraduate teaching activities, and to provide administrative support to the division.
The teaching activities of the division include the Health Systems track of the UCT MPH (around 50 students), including three course modules in the MPH programme (HPP, HIS, HRSE), the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Management (also known as the Oliver Tambo Fellowship Programme), as well as a PhD Programme.
Requirements:
- Tertiary qualification plus a minimum of 2 years’ relevant administrative experience, or if qualified by experience, 5 years of relevant experience
- High level of computer literacy, including the use of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel), Outlook and Internet
- Experience in academic administration
- Strong interpersonal, organisational and planning skills
- Ability to coordinate, multi-task and to work in a team as well as independently, with minimal supervision
- Ability to work under pressure in a highly demanding environment with competing pressures and very tight deadlines
- Ability to pay meticulous attention to detail
- Ability to take initiative
Responsibilities:
- Academic administration, including administrative support for all teaching activities of the division, logistic preparation for teaching blocks, assistance with examination process and marks processing at the end of each block
- Maintain student academic and personal records, and serve as focal point for queries
- General office administration for the division
Experience in using Peoplesoft would be advantageous.
The annual cost of employment, including benefits (where applicable), is between R152 148 and R279 277.
Telephone: 021 406 6608
Website: www.hr.uct.ac.za
Reference number: E60529
Closing date: 1 June 2016
UCT is committed to the pursuit of excellence, diversity and redress in achieving its equity targets. Our Employment Equity policy is available at http://www.uct.ac.za/downloads/uct.ac.za/about/policies/eepolicy.pdf. For this post we seek particular to attract Black South Africans.
UCT reserves the right not to appoint.
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