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Personal Assistant: Land Assembly Management

The Housing Development Agency (HDA) is a national public development agency that promotes sustainable communities by making well-located and appropriately planned land and buildings available for the development of housing and human settlements. As its primary activity, the Agency assembles and releases public, private and communal land for development. Its main objectives are to identify, acquire, hold, develop and release well-located land and buildings, and to provide project management support and housing development services.

For more information about the HDA, please visit our website: www.thehda.co.za

Personal Assistant: Land Assembly Management

The HDA seeks to appoint a Personal Assistant to render a comprehensive professional administrative service to the Land Assembly Management Department.

Key responsibilities and related key activities: Diary management: • Monitor and book meetings for departmental staff members • Prioritise, arrange and correspond with meeting coordinators, and confirm meetings with attendees • Schedule time in diaries for tasks of importance and any other activities that staff members require. Meeting management: • Liaise and facilitate relationships with stakeholders, including service providers and Government officials • Update and maintain internal and stakeholder databases • Draft, receive approval for and distribute agendas, meeting documentation and minutes of meetings. General administration and support: • Complete travel arrangements, including flight bookings, accommodation and car hire, and facilitate payment of per diems • Create and maintain office systems, including filing and registry management for the unit • Create a user-friendly, effective and accessible filing system for electronic filing. Management of Land Assembly Management Department: • Monitor and report on the Land Assembly Management budget and expenditure • Prepare documents and presentations • Coordinate preparation and submission of monthly departmental reports • Take minutes and develop action lists for all specified meetings • Draft correspondence and reports as and when required • Create and update databases and spreadsheets • Access and work with statistical data to facilitate drafting of reports. Event management: Coordinate events for all internal and external events championed by the Land Assembly Management Department.

Qualifications and experience: • Highly competent in the administration of databases, and a proven track record thereof • A Grade 12 or similar qualification • An Administration/Secretarial diploma • 5 years’ experience in a similar work environment would be preferred • Competent in MS Outlook, Excel (advanced), PowerPoint (advanced), MS Projects (or similar) and Word (intermediate) • A valid driver’s licence.

Please send your CV and cover letter, quoting reference HDA013, to recruitment@innoventions.co.za For more information, please call Octavia on (011) 431-1637.

Closing date for applications: 8 June 2012.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful. Please do not send any certificates, diplomas or testimonials. We thank all applicants for their interest. Communication will be with short-listed applicants only.

Accelerating the development of sustainable human settlements through land assembly, building and property acquisitions, and project management and support services