Secretary

Role: Secretary. Location: Kathu, Northern Cape. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.

About the Opportunity

An experienced Secretary is needed to support operations in Kathu. The role forms part of how the business keeps its administration jobs portfolio strong in Northern Cape.

Communication runs both ways. Managers across the administration jobs team in Northern Cape make time for one-to-ones, and people are expected to speak up early when something needs attention.

Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Secretary is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Northern Cape is consistently high and consistently fair.

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.

The Kathu 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 Kathu.

Growing With Us

Career progression here is real, not a slogan. The administration jobs space in Kathu offers a clear runway from delivery into team leadership and beyond, and managers sit down with each team member regularly to map out the next step in Northern Cape.

Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Kathu have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Northern Cape.

Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Kathu team member.

Based in Kathu

Kathu continues to grow as an employment hub in Northern Cape, with within the Upington solar corridor. 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.

If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in Kathu, Northern Cape.

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

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain visitor registers and ensure compliance with access protocols
• Update intranet pages, notice boards and internal directories
• Maintain a tidy, professional reception and meeting-room environment
• Capture data accurately into internal systems and registers
• Coordinate office supplies, courier bookings and facilities requests
• File, scan and archive documents in line with retention policies

Minimum Requirements

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

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