Personal Assistant

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Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.

Job Description

Performs routine administrative duties such as drafting correspondences, scheduling appointments, organising and maintaining data, as well as assisting internal and external stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Administration : Produce, update, and provide best practice support on a wide range of Microsoft documents, databases, and other departmental systems.
• Business Meetings / Events Arrangement : Schedule appointments, make arrangements for meetings and conferences, and organize travel plans, following instructions to ensure more senior colleagues or a senior executive make the best use of their time.
• Correspondence : Prepare routine letters, email, minutes of meetings, and reports for approval by more senior colleagues or a senior executive.
• Document Preparation : Prepare moderately complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices, such as standard office software. Also responsible for gathering and summarizing data for reports.
• Work Scheduling and Allocation : Design own monthly schedule and, if necessary, assign work to others in order to speed up office workflow and ensure high-priority tasks get done.
• Data Collection and Analysis : Produce accurate reports for others by collecting data from a variety of standard sources and inputting it into standard formats.
• Insights and Reporting : Extract and combine data to generate standard reports.
• Budgeting : Monitor and analyze data using budgeting systems and protocols.
• Personal Capability Building : Develop and maintain excellent process or technical skills by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching.
• Operational Compliance : Develop working knowledge of the organization's policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards.
• Procurement : Support others by carrying out simple procurement tasks. Involves following established procedures.

The Recruitment Process

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Skills

Accounting, Action Planning, Budget Management, Calendar Coordination, Computer Literacy, Data Analysis, Database Reporting, Data Compilation, Data Interpretations, Executing Plans, Executive Leadership, Financial Acumen, Management Reporting, Microsoft Office, Numerical Aptitude, Office Administration, Oral Communications, Report Review

Competencies

Directs Work, Drives Results, Ensures Accountability, Manages Complexity, Optimizes Work Processes, Plans and Aligns, Tech Savvy

Education

NQF Level 3 & NQF Level 2 - Below school leaving

Closing Date

22 October 2025 , 23 : 59

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

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