Filing Clerk

A Filing Clerk position is being filled in Ladysmith. Suitable candidates from across KwaZulu-Natal are invited to submit their applications for review.

What This Role Involves

This Filing Clerk role sits within the administration jobs function in Ladysmith. It offers a defined scope, clear measures of success, and the support of an experienced team across KwaZulu-Natal.

The successful applicant is given the room to plan, deliver and review their work without unnecessary noise. The organisation has built its Ladysmith team on trust, and the Filing Clerk role will feel that from week one.

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 Ladysmith.

Tools, systems and information are there to support the role rather than slow it down. The company continues to invest in the technology that backs its Ladysmith teams, and the new Filing Clerk will feel that from the first week.

About the Team

Importantly, the team you will be working with is fast-paced and energetic. Things move quickly across the Ladysmith office, and the people who thrive here are the ones who plan ahead, communicate openly and pick up the slack when KwaZulu-Natal operations get busy.

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

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.

Beyond that, the team mix in Ladysmith reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.

Our Commitment to Transformation

In addition, the organisation is committed to transformation and equal opportunity. Hiring is on merit, and applications are actively encouraged from women, youth, people with disabilities and other historically disadvantaged groups in line with the Employment Equity plan and B-BBEE objectives.

Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across KwaZulu-Natal.

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

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.

Why Join Us

Few roles let you see the impact of your work as quickly as this one. Every shift, project and decision in Ladysmith contributes to real outcomes for clients and colleagues across the administration jobs space in KwaZulu-Natal.

Benefits are clear and consistent. Beyond the package on offer, the role includes the supports you would expect from an established South African employer in KwaZulu-Natal.

In addition, the company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Ladysmith keep progressing.

Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Ladysmith teams.

Working in Ladysmith

Beyond that, the role is based in Ladysmith, on the Umhlanga Ridge business corridor. Public transport links and parking are within easy reach, making the daily commute manageable for candidates living across Ladysmith and the broader KwaZulu-Natal region.

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

If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal.

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 Ladysmith.

Daily Duties

• Coordinate office supplies, courier bookings and facilities requests
• Prepare meeting packs, agendas and minutes for internal forums
• Provide administrative support to projects and special initiatives
• Liaise with suppliers, contractors and service providers
• Support HR with onboarding logistics for new starters
• Maintain a tidy, professional reception and meeting-room environment
• Capture data accurately into internal systems and registers

Essential Criteria

• Excellent telephone and email etiquette
• 1-3 years’ experience in an administrative or front-office role
• Professional, courteous manner with strong customer-service orientation
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to multitask
• Relevant administrative or office management qualification (advantageous)
• Discretion when handling confidential and POPIA-sensitive information
• High attention to detail and accuracy in data capture

Candidates who meet most of these criteria are welcome to be considered for the role.