Filing Clerk

Step into a Filing Clerk role in Johannesburg and make your mark across Gauteng. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.

The Role

This Filing Clerk role has been briefed against a clear set of outcomes for Johannesburg. The successful candidate will work alongside an established team and will be expected to contribute meaningfully to the administration jobs pipeline across Gauteng.

Day-to-day, the role balances focused delivery with the kind of collaboration that keeps things moving. The successful candidate is trusted to make sensible decisions inside the agreed scope, with line-management support whenever a sounding board is useful.

Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the administration jobs group in Johannesburg.

The role has been written to be sustainable, not just busy. Strong output is expected, and managers in Johannesburg also pay attention to recovery, learning and the kind of breathing room that keeps people doing good work over time.

Our Commitment to Transformation

Inclusive recruitment is part of the organisation’s employment practices. Applicants are assessed on relevant qualifications, skills and experience for this role in Johannesburg.

Importantly, inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Johannesburg.

In addition, the hiring organisation’s applicable employment-equity and inclusion practices will be explained in the final vacancy details for Gauteng.

B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.

Meet the Team

You will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the administration jobs side of the business inside out. The Johannesburg group is a healthy mix of experienced operators and newer joiners, all of whom share a strong commitment to delivery and to one another.

Collaboration is the default working mode. Whether picking up a quick query or working through a complex project, you will find colleagues willing to lean in and help.

On top of that, the team structure and working relationships for this role in Johannesburg will be explained during the hiring process.

Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.

Working in Johannesburg

Beyond that, the role is based in Johannesburg, close to OR Tambo International Airport. Public transport links and parking are within easy reach, making the daily commute manageable for candidates living across Johannesburg and the broader Gauteng region.

Candidates should review the listed location, schedule and travel requirements before applying for this role in Johannesburg, Gauteng.

Many candidates already living within reach of Johannesburg cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Gauteng economy.

Accessibility is taken seriously: where the role allows, the team works toward a balance of in-office presence and flexibility for candidates based in and around Johannesburg.

What Your Day Looks Like

Your day starts at the front of the business, ready to greet visitors, answer the switchboard and make sure the leadership diaries are in order. Through the morning you balance calls, couriers, capturing data and supporting projects with neat, accurate work. After lunch, you might be preparing minutes from a board pack, helping HR onboard a new starter, or chasing a courier across town. By close of day, every desk you support knows you have it covered, and the office is set up for a calm, productive tomorrow.

In addition, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Gauteng operations throw up the unexpected.

Beyond that, the Johannesburg office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.

No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Johannesburg.

Daily Duties

• Support HR with onboarding logistics for new starters
• Manage diaries, meetings and travel logistics for the leadership team
• Capture data accurately into internal systems and registers
• Process invoices, requisitions and expense claims for approval
• File, scan and archive documents in line with retention policies
• Track and report on departmental KPIs through standard templates

What You’ll Need

• Good written and verbal communication skills appropriate to the role
• Ability to work independently and manage competing deadlines
• Reliable, punctual and committed to high service standards
• Relevant administrative or office management qualification (advantageous)
• Discretion when handling confidential and POPIA-sensitive information

Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.