Work-Force
Listing live now. Step into a Office Administrator role in Margate and make your mark across KwaZulu-Natal. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.
About the Opportunity
The Office Administrator position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across KwaZulu-Natal. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Margate and across the administration jobs space.
Importantly, the successful applicant is given the room to plan, deliver and review their work without unnecessary noise. The organisation has built its Margate team on trust, and the Office Administrator role will feel that from week one.
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 Margate teams, and the new Office Administrator will feel that from the first week.
Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Office Administrator is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in KwaZulu-Natal is consistently high and consistently fair.
Based in Margate
Margate continues to grow as an employment hub in KwaZulu-Natal, with near the Berea office node. This role gives you a foothold in one of its busier business communities, with access to the local services, suppliers and partners that keep the work moving.
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 Margate.
Candidates should review the listed location, schedule and travel requirements before applying for this role in Margate, KwaZulu-Natal.
Many candidates already living within reach of Margate 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.
Your Workplace
Practically speaking, the environment is professional and structured. Expect a calm, well-organised office, a steady flow of support requests, and a strong culture of confidentiality.
Equally, the role is intended to operate under the hiring organisation’s workplace conduct, health and safety policies in KwaZulu-Natal.
Crucially, the working environment is set up to give the team the focus needed for deeper work, while keeping collaboration and quick problem-solving close at hand.
Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Margate site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.
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.
Crucially, the Margate 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.
In addition, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when KwaZulu-Natal operations throw up the unexpected.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Margate.
Our Commitment to Transformation
On top of that, the organisation supports a respectful workplace. Applications are welcome from suitably qualified candidates across KwaZulu-Natal, and recruitment is intended to be fair and transparent.
Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Margate.
Equally, the hiring organisation’s applicable employment-equity and inclusion practices will be explained in the final vacancy details for KwaZulu-Natal.
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.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Prepare meeting packs, agendas and minutes for internal forums
- Coordinate office supplies, courier bookings and facilities requests
- Handle confidential information with discretion and in line with POPIA
- Answer incoming calls and route enquiries to the correct department
- Manage diaries, meetings and travel logistics for the leadership team
- Process invoices, requisitions and expense claims for approval
Essential Criteria
- Contactable references may be requested during the hiring process
- Strong proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Relevant administrative or office management qualification (advantageous)
- Discretion when handling confidential and POPIA-sensitive information
- Reliable, punctual and committed to high service standards
- Matric / National Senior Certificate (Grade 12)
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to multitask
Potential is considered alongside experience, so candidates who tick most of these boxes should still be considered.