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The successful applicant must manage this corporation's business office which entails general office management, filing, managing creditors and investment portfolios, handling correspondence, arranging travel itineraries and hotel accommodation, preparing documents for the corporation's auditors as well as answering any queries that may arise regarding the director and his spouse's personal affairs. The position also requires handling correspondence from South-Africa regarding the owner's business and professional affairs there.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Willing to travel
- Willing to travel regularly
- Valid driver's licence
- Travel expenses not paid by employer
- Public transportation is not available
Technical Terminology
- Business
Specific Skills
- Record and prepare minutes of meetings, seminars and conferences
- Maintain filing system
- Arrange travel schedules and make reservations
- Answer telephone and relay telephone calls and messages
- Answer electronic enquiries
Work Setting
- Private sector
Typing (Words Per Minute)
- 61 - 80 wpm
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
Security and Safety
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check (abstract)
Business Equipment and Computer Applications
- Windows
- Word processing software
- Electronic mail
- Electronic scheduler
- Presentation software
- General office equipment
- Accounting software
- Internet browser