Personal Assistant (NB Publishers) at Media24 (Pty) Ltd

About the Job

NB Publishers in Cape Town has a vacancy for an accomplished personal assistant to the Publishing Manager.
The assistant’s responsibilities include:

• arranging meetings and conferences
• arranging travel and accommodation, nationally as well as internationally
• diary management and drawing up and updating a year plan
• general support to the Publishing Manager, Exco and the editorial department
• general administrative support
• liaison with authors, the media and other stakeholders
• correspondence on behalf of the Publishing Manager
• keeping minutes of meetings
• populating databases and financial forecasts

The successful candidate:

• has a relevant tertiary qualification
• is computer literate (MS Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint)
• has excellent communication skills in both English and Afrikaans
• has excellent organisational abilities and keeps to deadlines
• is meticulous and gives attention to detail
• is a team player with good interpersonal relationships
• has initiative and is flexible
• is interested in books and the publishing industry

Experience of the book industry and knowledge of BookMaster will serve as a recommendation.