Administration Clerk: Support (COMPREHENSIVE Health

Overview

Provide administrative and secretarial support to health programme managers, including data capture, procurement and logistics, at a Western Cape sub-structure office.

Requirements

• Minimum educational qualification: Senior Certificate (or equivalent).
• Experience: Appropriate administration experience in a Health Services environment.
• Experience as a support clerk to a manager.
• Experience in health programmes or primary health care or hospital health services.
• Inherent requirements of the job: Valid Code (B/EB) driver's licence.
• Competencies (knowledge/skills): Computer literacy in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and MS Teams.
• Sound planning, organisational and time-management skills.
• Knowledge and experience in data collection, capturing, monitoring, reporting and health information systems.
• Strong administrative, records management and report-writing skills.
• Knowledge of health programmes/services, including Maternal, Women and Child Health, HIV/TB and Community-Based Services.
• Good interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to maintain professional relationships with health facilities, government departments, NGOs, NPOs and private providers.

Duties

• Render effective administrative and secretarial support to Health Programme Managers and programme teams.
• Collect, capture, maintain and report programme information and health data to support monitoring and evaluation.
• Support procurement, logistics, stock control, ordering and issuing processes for resources.
• Coordinate facility, stakeholder/NPO engagements to support service delivery.
• Maintain professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide administrative support during wellness, outreach and health promotion activities.
• Support quality improvement, audit, compliance processes and training interventions.

How to apply

Applications are submitted online via www.westerncape.gov.za/health-jobs (click “online applications”).

Enquiries: Ms. Y Cottee Tel No: (021) 202-0925

Notes

No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post. Candidates will be subjected to a written/practical and oral assessment. It should be noted that advertised posts are linked to the Institution/ Facility that forms part of the Ecosystem Service platform. Upon appointment, incumbents will be expected to render services across institutions in the Ecosystem, as needed to sustain health service delivery. It will be expected of candidates to be available for selection interviews on a date, time and place as determined by the Department. Kindly note that excess personnel will receive preference. 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. Selection panel shall score both technical exercises as an additional criterion in the interview process. OTHER POSTS