Personal Assistant Mining (People Living with a Disability)

Purpose of Job

• To provide a day-to-day operational personal assistance and secretarial/administration function to the 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 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