Department Of Agriculture: Entry level Jobs

The Department Of Agriculture, Land Reform And Rural Development invites unemployed youth to apply for the following Government entry level Jobs / positions.

Job level: Grade 12 / Junior / Entry level SA Government Jobs

The following entry level job opportunities are open for applications:

Secretary (Directorate: Sector Capacity Development)

Directorate: Sector Capacity Development

Location: Gauteng (Pretoria)

Reference No: 3/2/1/2023/380

Salary: R202 233 per annum (Level 05)

Requirements: Grade 12 Certificate. No experience required

Knowledge: Computer literacy (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc).

Duties: Provide secretariat / receptionist support service to the Director. Receive telephonic calls and refers the calls to the correct role players if not meant for the relevant senior manager. Record appointments and events on the diary. Type documents for the Director and other staff within the unit. Operate office equipment e.g. fax machine and photocopier. Provide clerical support services to the Director. Liaise with travel agencies to make travel arrangements. Checks the arrangements when relevant documents are received. Arrange meetings and events for Director and staff in the unit. Identifies venues, invites role players, organise refreshments, sets up for scheduled meeting and events. Process the travel and subsistence claims for the unit.

Secretary (Directorate: Sectoral Colleges)

Directorate: Sectoral Colleges

Location: Gauteng (Pretoria)

Reference No: 3/2/1/2023/381

Salary: R202 233 per annum (Level 05)

Requirements: Grade 12 Certificate. No experience required

Knowledge: Computer literacy (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc).

Duties: Provide secretariat / receptionist support service to the Director. Receive telephonic calls and refers the calls to the correct role players if not meant for the relevant senior manager. Record appointments and events on the diary. Type documents for the Director and other staff within the unit. Operate office equipment e.g. fax machine and photocopier. Provide clerical support services to the Director. Liaise with travel agencies to make travel arrangements. Checks the arrangements when relevant documents are received. Arrange meetings and events for Director and staff in the unit. Identifies venues, invites role players, organise refreshments, sets up for scheduled meeting and events. Process the travel and subsistence claims for the unit.

Secretary (Directorate: Veterinary Public Health)

Directorate: Veterinary Public Health

Location: Gauteng (Pretoria)

Reference No: 3/2/1/2023/382

Salary: R202 233 per annum (Level 05)

Requirements: Grade 12 Certificate. No experience required

Knowledge: Computer literacy (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc).

Duties: Provide secretariat / receptionist support service to the Director. Receive telephonic calls and refers the calls to the correct role players if not meant for the relevant senior manager. Record appointments and events on the diary. Type documents for the Director and other staff within the unit. Operate office equipment e.g. fax machine and photocopier. Provide clerical support services to the Director. Liaise with travel agencies to make travel arrangements. Checks the arrangements when relevant documents are received. Arrange meetings and events for Director and staff in the unit. Identifies venues, invites role players, organise refreshments, sets up for scheduled meeting and events.

Secretary

Directorate: Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Services

Location: Limpopo (Polokwane)

Reference No: 3/2/1/2023/391

Salary: R202 233 per annum (Level 05)

Requirements: Grade 12 Certificate. No experience required

Knowledge: Computer literacy (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc).

Duties: Provide secretariat / receptionist support service to the Director. Receive telephonic calls and refers the calls to the correct role players if not meant for the relevant senior manager. Record appointments and events on the diary. Type documents for the Director and other staff within the unit. Operate office equipment e.g. fax machine and photocopier. Provide clerical support services to the Director. Liaise with travel agencies to make travel arrangements. Checks the arrangements when relevant documents are received. Arrange meetings and events for Director and staff in the unit. Identifies venues, invites role players, organise refreshments, sets up for scheduled meeting and events.

Registry Clerk

Location: Gauteng (Pretoria)

Reference No: 3/2/1/2023/388

Salary: R202 233 per annum (Level 05)

Requirements: Grade 12 Certificate. No experience required

Knowledge: Knowledge of registry duties, practices as well as the ability to capture data and operate a computer. Working knowledge and understanding of the legislative framework governing the Public Service. Knowledge of storage and retrieval procedures in terms of the working environment. Understanding of the work in registry.

Duties: Provide registry counter services. Attend to clients. Handle telephonic and other enquiries received. Receive and register hand delivered mail / files. Handle incoming and outgoing correspondence. Receive, sort, register and dispatch all mail. Distribute notices on registry issues. Render an effective filing and record management service. Opening and close files according to record classification system. Filing / storage, tracing (electronically / manually) and retrieval of documents and files. Complete index cards for all files. Operate office machines in relation to the registry function. Open and maintain Franking machine register.

Statistical Assistant

Location: Gauteng (Pretoria)

Reference No: R147 036 per annum (Level 03)

Salary: R202 233 per annum (Level 05)

Requirements: Grade 12 Certificate. No experience required

Knowledge: Knowledge and understanding of the legislative framework governing the Public Services. Knowledge of storage and retrieval procedures in terms of the working environment.

Duties: Render administrative support in the collection, analysis and dissemination of livestock numbers. Collect data on livestock numbers by telephone from nonrespondents during the season. Follow-up on address changes and return to sender notices by phone. E-mail livestock numbers questionnaires and newsletters to co-operators during the season. Render administrative support in the checking / controlling of incoming livestock statistics and updating of the address list of livestock numbers of co-operators. Recruitment of co-operators: Compare DALRRD address list with address list received. Add co-operators name and address to DALRRD address list. Determine if recruited farmer is a livestock farmer by means of questionnaire

Skills and Competencies:

• Good telephone etiquette,
• Sound organisational skills,
• Computer literacy,
• Language skills and ability to communicate well with people at different levels and from different backgrounds,
• Communication skills (written and verbal),
• Ability to act with tact and discretion and good presentation skills.