Team Administrator at Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

Job Description    

• Provide end-to-end administrative support, consolidate reports and maintain the records management system for the unit. Provide end-to-end administrative support, consolidate reports and maintain the records management system for the unit.

Key Responsibilities    
Key Performance Areas:

General Administration

• Provide administrative support to the unit:
• Manage day-to-day administrative activities
• Manage diaries and arrange meetings
• Organise refreshments when required for meetings
• Make logistics arrangements for internal and external engagements
• Take minutes, distribute for inputs and follow up on actions required
• Perform administrative duties including typing and editing of reports, confidential correspondence and general documentation, filling, faxing, photocopying, and administrative work.
• Perform secretariat functions for the internal committees that are part of the unit structures, ensuring compliance with governance prescripts.
• Draft, format, and proofread correspondence, reports, presentations, and other documents.
• Coordinate and assist in the preparation of cluster/unit submissions to the board, business review, management committees, and ad-hoc resolutions from division-specific committees (secretariat).
• Administer the local and international travelling arrangements and the processing of claims for the units.
• Attend to general queries made to the Head and team members, answer and screen incoming calls.
• Support ongoing team projects by updating trackers, following up on deadlines, and organising documentation.
• Administer procurement processes and facilitate the submission and processing of invoices and claims.
• Coordinate, collate and assist in the preparation of reports and presentations for unit submissions.
• Coordinate internal audit and monitoring activities, including periodic review of the division and units.
• Manage office supplies, stationery, and equipment, ensuring stock availability.
• Collaborate with the events unit to coordinate plans for external stakeholders’ events.
• Assist with processing invoices, purchase orders, travel requests, and claims.

Reporting and Database Administration

• Assist in the coordination/preparation and alignment of unit/s balanced scorecard (BSC), and track and monitor plans to provide reports to the team.
• Coordinate the preparation of the divisional/unit budgets and monitor the spending together with the budget owner.
• Undertake project management tasks and provide project administration support on allocated projects.
• Prepare and present reports concerning activities, expenses, budgets and other items affecting the division/unit.
• Develop and maintain an advanced record-keeping (manual/electronic) and filing system to ensure an updated central repository and database for unit documents.
• Coordinate service providers’ database administration to ensure a central repository of information on service providers.
• Maintain updated contact lists, distribution lists, and team databases Undertake other administrative duties as assigned, from time to time.

Key Measurements of Outputs:

• Timeous and efficient team administration support.
• Quality of presentations and reports.
• Management of budget, including operational expenses.
• Documents generated accurately.
• Minimal errors with regard to administration.
• Effective record-keeping management and retrieval systems.

Expertise & Technical Competencies    
Qualifications and Experience:

Minimum Requirements

• Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in office administration, Project Management or Business Administration

Experience

Minimum Experience

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in providing administrative support to Teams in a medium to large size organisation.
• Proven experience in managing team calendars, scheduling meetings and taking and distributing meeting minutes
• Demonstrated experience in preparing reports, presentations, and correspondence for the Teams, Unit Heads, etc.
• Maintaining filing systems and records.
• Experience in coordinating travel arrangements, logistics and administration thereof.
• Proven experience in supporting procurement or expense administration
• Experience in communicating (verbal and written), and drafting reports and presentations for Executives and Board level.
• Experience in coordinating, consolidating and tracking cross-functional projects and stakeholder engagements.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office (MS-Word, MS Excel (at an advanced level of proficiency), MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook).

Deadline:27th March,2026