Administration Clerk Production

About the role

The Department of Water and Sanitation is hiring an Administration Clerk Production in Infrastructure Management: Southern Operations Cd: Water Resource Infrastructure Operations and Maintenance Dir: Operations, based in Gqeberha/Port Elizabeth. This is a permanent post, paying R237,453 a year. How to apply: All applications to be submitted online on the following link: https://erecruitment.dws.gov.za/ Reference number to quote: 301026/44 Closing date: 30 October 2026 Use the new Z83 form and attach a detailed CV. Note: Preference will be given to candidates from the Nelson Mandela District

Responsibilities

• Render general clerical support services.
• Record, organize, store, capture and retrieve correspondence and data.
• Update registers and statistics.
• Handle routine enquiries.
• Make photocopies and receive or send facsimiles.
• Distribute documents/packages to various stakeholders as required.
• Keep and maintain the filing system for the component.
• Type letters and /or other correspondence when required.
• Keep and maintain the incoming and outgoing document register of the component.
• Provide supply chain management support services within the component.
• Maintain a leave register for the component.
• Keep and maintain personnel records in the component.
• Keep and maintain the attendance register of the component.
• Arrange travelling and accommodation.
• Provide financial administration support services in the component.
• Capture and update expenditure in the component.
• Check correctness of subsistence and travel claims of officials and submit to manager for approval.
• Handle telephone accounts and petty cash for the component.

Requirements

• A Senior/Grade 12 certificate or relevant qualification.
• Knowledge of clerical functions, practices as well as the ability to capture data and collate administrative statistics.
• Computer literacy.
• Knowledge of basic financial operating systems (SAP).
• Knowledge of working procedures in terms of the working environment.
• Basic knowledge of problem solving and analysis.
• Good communication skills.
• Client orientation and customer focus.
• Ability to work in a team and have good interpersonal relations.