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Bring your skills as a Personal Assistant to Schweizer-Reneke and join a team that moves fast. This North West role is one to watch.
About the Opportunity
The organisation is investing in its Schweizer-Reneke operation, and this Personal Assistant position reflects that commitment. The successful candidate will work across the administration jobs function and contribute to the wider North West business.
Notably, the successful applicant is given the room to plan, deliver and review their work without unnecessary noise. The organisation has built its Schweizer-Reneke team on trust, and the Personal Assistant role will feel that from week one.
Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Personal Assistant is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in North West is consistently high and consistently fair.
Why Join Us
You will join a team that values respectful collaboration, honest feedback and shared wins. The Schweizer-Reneke colleagues take pride in supporting one another and in doing the administration jobs side of the business properly, day in and day out.
Beyond that, the role’s development opportunities, training and benefits, if offered, will be set out in the final vacancy details.
Career development may be available depending on the role, business needs and the hiring organisation’s policies.
Based in Schweizer-Reneke
Importantly, the role is based in Schweizer-Reneke, near the Hartbeespoort tourism node. Public transport links and parking are within easy reach, making the daily commute manageable for candidates living across Schweizer-Reneke and the broader North West region.
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 Schweizer-Reneke.
Many candidates already living within reach of Schweizer-Reneke cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local North West economy.
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 rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when North West 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 Schweizer-Reneke.
Key Responsibilities
- Liaise with suppliers, contractors and service providers
- Answer incoming calls and route enquiries to the correct department
- Capture data accurately into internal systems and registers
- Handle confidential information with discretion and in line with POPIA
- Support HR with onboarding logistics for new starters
Minimum Requirements
- Professional, courteous manner with strong customer-service orientation
- Strong proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Comfortable working with finance, HR and operational systems
- Experience supporting senior managers is an advantage
- Ability to work independently and manage competing deadlines
- Discretion when handling confidential and POPIA-sensitive information
Potential is considered alongside experience, so candidates who tick most of these boxes should still be considered.