Senior Administrative Officer at Department of Basic Education

REQUIREMENTS :

• Applicant must be in possession of three (3) years relevant post matric qualification (NQF level 6) or equivalent qualification as recognised by SAQA; Two (2) years’ experience working in the Basic Education Sector; Knowledge of the education policy and legislation environment; Must have a strong language competency in SePedi and isiZulu; An understanding of Whole-School Evaluation (WSE); Strong communication (verbal and writing) skills;

DUTIES :

• The successful candidate will be responsible for transcribing, recording interviews verbatim to prepare for the analysis of data; Capturing and collecting data from schools, district offices and provincial offices through questionnaires; Cleaning and sorting data captured in different databases; Sorting and packaging hundreds of documents researchers collect from the field; Assisting in calling schools and districts in preparation for visits by researchers;
• Assisting in calling schools and districts to make follow-ups on documents that the researchers need to prepare reports; Training, supervising and guiding a team that capturing and cleaning data; Scanning and filing completed data instruments; Formatting prepared reports; Keeping Leave and Risk Registers; Monitoring expenditures using the monthly cashflow statements; Making travelling plans for researchers to collect data; Quality-assuring researchers’ S&T claim forms before they are submitted for payment; Carrying out other activities as assigned by the Supervisor within the ambit of labour law.