Project Administrator: Embrace at DG Murray Trust

About Embrace:

Embraces is a national movement for mothers, passionate about elevating the voices and lived experiences of mothers. As a movement that advocates for the priorities of early motherhood; they value and celebrate motherhood and mothers, and the critical role they have to play socially, economically and politically. Their vision is for South Africa to become the best place to grow into motherhood. Embrace is a project incubated by the DG Murray Trust.

Minimum requirements

• A Matric certificate
• Junior-level experience in office administration and logistics assistance
• Experience in use of Microsoft Office software suite, especially Excel
• Experience in WordPress not required but advantageous

Responsibilities

• Manage logistics arrangements as directed by the operations manager (e.g. booking flights, ground transfers, sourcing quotes)
• Provide support in planning and implementing project events
• Liaising directly with Embrace Mamandla fellows with respect to logistical arrangements for fellowship immersions and engagements
• Keeping updated stock register of Embrace collateral and other resources (e.g. stationery, publication copies)
• Taking minutes at team meetings and other engagements
• Updating Embrace’s register of contractors and service providers
• Sourcing estimates and quotes from service providers
• Where directed, updating Embrace expenditure records