Personal Assistant: SanlamConnect: East Coast Region: Port Elizabeth at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

• To provide and deliver an effective and comprehensive administrative support service to the management team, as well as fulfil a first-line client interaction point function.
• Act as a liaison in the relationship between the Managers and the Advisors (to enhance business continuity) and existing and potential clients.
• The ideal individual must have strong administrative skills and strong planning and organisation skills, be detail-orientated, structured, have good communication skills and the ability to multi-task in a high-performance culture environment.

Provide secretarial support to the business unit and management team in terms of the following:

• Organising meetings, functions, presentations and conferences, note-taking
• Diary management/reminding Manager of important tasks & deadlines
• Mail and information management
• Client liaison
• Time and priority management
• Office and telephone administration/maintaining procedures/administration systems
• Typing, compiling & preparing reports, presentation & correspondence
• Financial payments & order supplies & SRS requests/budget control
• Advisor contracting and Terminations
• Arranging of training interventions
• Travel arrangements (booking and arranging travel, transport & accommodation)
• SAP capturing (training)
• Monthly feedback
• Graduate arrangements
• SanlamConnect list – Address book

What will make you successful in this role?

Qualification and Experience

• Matric
• Certificate/diploma in administration/secretarial would be advantageous
• 2 years’ proven experience in office administration and/or as personal assistant, specifically in the financial services industry will be advantageous
• Working knowledge of MS Office Suite i.e. PowerPoint, Excel, Word
• Knowledge of SanFin, SanQuote and AutoNub would be advantageous
• Driver’s license and own vehicle essential

Personal Qualities

• Communication & Literacy
• Assertiveness
• Adaptability/flexible
• Concern for accuracy and attention to detail and order
• Technical knowledge & skills
• Treating customers fairly (TCF)
• Stress tolerance
• Problem-solving
• Decision-making
• Managing work
• Organization/Time Management
• Detailed orientated

The closing date for applications is 28 July 2025.