CSIR: Human Capital Administrator Internship 2024 / 2025

The CSIR has a vacancy for a Human Capital Administrator Internship in the Human Capital Management Portfolio.

This is an entry-level position aiming to provide secretarial and administrative support to the Senior Manager: Learning and Capability Development and Corporate Social Investment (LCD & CSI) and the team in ensuring the efficient and effective smooth running of the portfolio.  This position is based in Pretoria.

This position reports to the Senior Manager:  Learning Capability Development and Corporate Social Development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the Senior Manager’s office by ensuring diary management, do travel and accommodation arrangements; having documentation ready for meetings; managing and controlling the department's stationery; co-ordinate equipment maintenance; telephonic communication;
• Maintain an efficient and effective filing system and receiving and dispatching documentation through a mechanism to track documentation flow to ensure document management;
• Produce documents by using all required software, including presentations; document formatting, spreadsheets, etc. for the department;
• Arrange meetings and events including the venue; refreshments; invites, equipment, etc. according to the needs of the department, for example induction;
• Draft agendas for meetings and/ or minute taking in line with specific meeting purpose and objective to follow up on actions to be taken;
• Follow up on outstanding invoices and check if invoices are paid;
• Coordinate and align Portfolio annual calendar with CSIR Human Capital annual calendar;
• Coordinate the on-boarding process of the Portfolios

Requirements:

• A National Diploma / Degree in: Administration or HR related field;
• Must have excellent administrative skills;
• Service orientation;
• Good relationship builder;
• Self-Reliance, use own discretion, initiative;
• Problem-solving skills;
• Ability to exercise tact and good judgment with highly sensitive information 
• Organizing skills

NB. All international qualifications require an evaluation report / certificate issued by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).