Administrator at National Research Foundation

About the position

This position will provide administrative support for a dynamic group in a science-orientated environment. This involves a diversity of tasks of an administrative nature to the SAEON EFTEON team.

Key Responsibilities:
Provide administrative support to the EFTEON team with regard to administration and document management.
Supply chain process follow-ups, meeting and event arrangements, and logistics as well as traveling logistics.
Asset verification for office and field assets.
Record keeping of key performance indicator performance
* Taking minutes during meetings.

Key Requirements:
Qualification:
Two years of office administration, logistics, and asset control experience.
Working knowledge of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) procedures.

Experience:
Experience in liaising with scientists and students.
Experienced in meeting management and logistics.
Knowledge:
Completed 1-year certificate in office administration post grade 12.
Valid driver's license Code B (issued more than one year ago).
Proficiency in Microsoft Office software applications.
Advanced written and spoken English communication skills. Proficiency in an additional official language is desirable.

Desired Skills:

• General Office Administration
• Travel Administration
• Team Support Administration

Desired Work Experience:

• 1 to 2 years Admin Clerk

Desired Qualification Level:

• Certificate

About The Employer:

The South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) is a research platform funded by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and managed by the National Research Foundation (NRF) since 2002. SAEON is mandated to establish and manage
long-term environmental observatories; maintain reliable long-term environmental data sets; promote access to data for research and/or informed decision making; and contribute to capacity development.

SAEON has recently embarked on the establishment of the Expanded Freshwater and Terrestrial Environmental Observation Network (EFTEON). EFTEON is a Research Infrastructure that has been developed under the DST South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap (SARIR) program. The EFTEON is intended to provide a platform of well-described and instrumented landscapes to the South African and international research community, in order to facilitate research into global change, ecosystem processes, social-ecological
interactions and to provide data for remote sensing and model validation and calibration. Including continuous measurements of micrometeorological parameters, meteorological parameter, and hydrological measurements. With repeated measurements of biodiversity, productivity, and other environmental characteristics.