Senior Administrative Officer

Overview

Senior Administrative Officer at Department of Basic Education to manage data transcription, collection and analysis across schools and offices.

Requirements

• Applicant must be in possession of three (3) years relevant post matric qualification (NQF level 6) or equivalent qualification as recognised by SAQA;
• Two (2) years’ experience working in the Basic Education Sector;
• Knowledge of the education policy and legislation environment;
• Must have a strong language competency in Sepedi and isiZulu;
• An understanding of Whole- School Evaluation (WSE);
• Strong communication (verbal and writing) skills;
• An understanding of both qualitative and quantitative research methodology;
• Sound analytical skills;
• Report writing and presentation, including MS PowerPoint presentation skills;
• The ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines;
• Computer skills in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook);
• Ability to work independently without supervision to meet targets;
• Willingness to work extensive hours and be prepared to travel;
• A passion to making a positive contribution to South African education.

Duties

• The successful candidate will be responsible for transcribing, recording interviews verbatim to prepare for the analysis of data;
• Capturing and collecting data from schools, district offices and provincial offices through questionnaires;
• Cleaning and sorting data captured in different databases;
• Sorting and packaging hundreds of documents researchers collect from the field;
• Assisting in calling schools and districts in preparation for visits by researchers;
• Assisting in calling schools and districts to make follow-ups on documents that the researchers need to prepare reports;
• Training, supervising and guiding a team that capturing and cleaning data;
• Scanning and filing completed data instruments;
• Formatting prepared reports;
• Keeping Leave and Risk Registers;
• Monitoring expenditures using the monthly cashflow statements;
• Making travelling plans for researchers to collect data;
• Quality-assuring researchers’ S&T claim forms before they are submitted for payment;
• Carrying out other activities as assigned by the Supervisor within the ambit of labour law.

How to apply

Submitted via post to: Private Bag X895, Pretoria, 0001 or hand-deliver to: The Department of Basic Education, 222 Struben Street, Pretoria or you can email your applications LowerApplications@dbe.gov.za FOR ATTENTION : Ms M Mahape/Ms N Kumalo

Enquiries: Ms M Mahape Tel No: (012) 357 3291/Ms N Kumalo Tel No:(012) 3573 3398

Notes

All shortlisted candidates, including the SMS, shall undertake two pre-entry assessments. One will be a practical exercise to determine a candidate’s suitability based on the post’s technical and generic requirements and the other must be an integrity (ethical conduct) assessment. The successful candidate must sign an annual performance agreement, annually disclose his/ her financial interests and be subjected to a security clearance. OTHER POSTS