CSIR: Human Capital Administrator Internship 2024/ 2025

Job Highlights

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is recruiting for the Human Capital Administrator Internship 2024/ 2025.

Closing Date: 22 October 2024

Location: This opportunity is based in Pretoria.

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.

Careers at the CSIR

The CSIR is a leading scientific and technology research organisation that researches, develops, localises and diffuses technologies to accelerate socio-economic prosperity in South Africa.

The organisation’s work contributes to industrial development and supports a capable state. The CSIR has an internship opportunity in the Facilities Management & Security Services (FM&SS) portfolio.

Job Purpose

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.

Qualifications

• A National diploma in administration or HR-related field;
• All international qualifications require an evaluation report / certificate issued by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).

Skills and Experience

The following skills are required;

• 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

Your benefits

The CSIR offers:

• Flexible hybrid work arrangement;
• Learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive and market-related remuneration packages.
• Total guaranteed salary packages which encompass contributions to the pension fund, risk insurance and medical scheme.
• We openly acknowledge and reward our employees’ contributions and accomplishments through our esteemed CSIR Excellence Awards.

How to Apply

Short-listed candidates may be subjected to a prescribed medical test / assessment, as it is a requirement in the mining sector.

Applicants must provide a detailed CV and an academic record. PLEASE APPLY HERE FOR THIS INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY.

Closing date: 07 October 2024.

PLEASE NOTE THAT FEEDBACK WILL BE GIVEN TO SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES ONLY.

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