Indigent Clerk (Post Level 8) at Bela-Bela Local Municipality

Salary: R 266 863.35 per annum excluding benefits

Requirements:

• Grade 12 plus National Diploma Financial Management/N6 in Financial Management/ Accounting or relevant equivalent qualification. Minimum of 1-year relevant working experience.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Must have good report writing skills. Must be able to work independently, under pressure and meet deadlines. The candidate must have working knowledge of computers and electronic data processing, and an ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.

Key Performance Area:

• Process, capture and update indigent beneficiary records and registers. Provide general or routine information on enquiries relating to subsidies, qualification for indigent benefits, etc. Establish the financial position of applicant for inclusion in the programme. Check the accuracy of details on application forms, verifying documentation (identity, etc.) and assist illiterate applicants on compietion of forms or documentation. Record information and update work and information on specific indigent systems. Merge, copy and transfer data from indigent applications, formatting and generate statistical documentation for approval by immediate superior. Maintain registers of indigent applicant information, extracting reports detailing specific non-qualifying applicants and special circumstances requiring consideration and forwarding to the immediate superior for approval. Visit disabled applicants at home, explaining procedural sequences and specific indigent requirements, collecting completed application forms.