Personal Assistant to the CEO – Experienced

At this engineering group in Stellenbosch, you'll be the person who knows where everything and everyone is. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is in Stellenbosch (Western Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Screen calls and emails and deal with what does not need the boss.
• Coordinate with other PAs to find meeting slots across diaries.
• Arrange events, client lunches and year-end functions.
• Keep a tidy filing system, both digital and on paper.
• Manage one or two diaries in Outlook and protect focus time.
• Draft letters, reports and presentations in the house style.
• Take minutes at board and exco meetings and track action items.

• Calm when plans change at the last minute
• Available for the odd early start or late finish
• At least 4 years supporting a senior manager or director
• Excellent written English and polished emails

• Minute-taking or company secretarial training
• Legal secretary experience with court processes
• Afrikaans or another second language for client work

• Medical aid and provident fund
• Hybrid days once settled in
• Parking in a secure basement

• State whom you supported (for example "PA to the MD of a 300-person firm") in each job heading.
• Expect practical tests on Word formatting, Excel and minute-taking, so brush up on styles and tables first.