University of Cape TownAdministrative Assistant
Mar. 2011 - Dec. 2019Cape Town Area, South AfricaThe University of Cape Town is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa | www.uct.ac.za As Administrative Assistant, I attend to a range of clerical & administrative tasks & I am responsible for all the department's administration, secretarial, reception, purchasing, HR & the departments fleet management. • Performing receptionist duties, greeting visitors, receiving all incoming correspondence via telephone & email, as well as returning & following up on this.
• Responsible for all correspondence & office documentation, recording, preparing, sorting, classifying & filing thereof.
• Managing my manager's diary & making appointments as well as managing the maintenance managers scheduling & appointments & providing feedback to students & co-workers regarding work progress.
• Assisting the maintenance manager with administrative duties within engineering services & maintenance departments as circumstances dictate.
• Coordinating & organizing 3rd party contractors’ access within the residences & campus to be able to complete their work.
• Generating requisitions for purchase orders, following up on payment of all invoices, collation of delivery notes with purchase orders, reconciliation of invoices with purchase orders for payment.
• Processing all HR administration for all staff within the department, coordinating internal staff
• leave & queries & booking courses for department staff.
• Preparing tender documentation, calling for pricing in compliance & ensuring compliance with
• tender & procurement policies. Transcribing information into softcopy, as well as proofreading &
• correcting copy.
• Ordering & management of office supplies, maintenance stock & material inventories.