Executive Assistant

Applications are warmly invited for a Executive Assistant role based in Mdantsane. We welcome candidates from every background across Eastern Cape who are ready to grow with us.

About This Position

This Executive Assistant role has been briefed against a clear set of outcomes for Mdantsane. The successful candidate will work alongside an established team and will be expected to contribute meaningfully to the administration jobs pipeline across Eastern Cape.

Communication runs both ways. Managers across the administration jobs team in Eastern Cape make time for one-to-ones, and people are expected to speak up early when something needs attention.

Tools, systems and information are there to support the role rather than slow it down. The company continues to invest in the technology that backs its Mdantsane teams, and the new Executive Assistant will feel that from the first week.

The role has been written to be sustainable, not just busy. Strong output is expected, and managers in Mdantsane also pay attention to recovery, learning and the kind of breathing room that keeps people doing good work over time.

What Your Day Looks Like

Your day starts at the front of the business, ready to greet visitors, answer the switchboard and make sure the leadership diaries are in order. Through the morning you balance calls, couriers, capturing data and supporting projects with neat, accurate work. After lunch, you might be preparing minutes from a board pack, helping HR onboard a new starter, or chasing a courier across town. By close of day, every desk you support knows you have it covered, and the office is set up for a calm, productive tomorrow.

No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Mdantsane.

Crucially, the Mdantsane office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.

Crucially, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Eastern Cape operations throw up the unexpected.

Based in Mdantsane

Working in Mdantsane means a place close to the East London Industrial Park, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the Eastern Cape region, and the Mdantsane office benefits from those long-standing connections.

If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape.

Many candidates already living within reach of Mdantsane cite the location as one of the role's quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Eastern Cape economy.

Accessibility is taken seriously: where the role allows, the team works toward a balance of in-office presence and flexibility for candidates based in and around Mdantsane.

What We Offer

Few roles let you see the impact of your work as quickly as this one. Every shift, project and decision in Mdantsane contributes to real outcomes for clients and colleagues across the administration jobs space in Eastern Cape.

Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Mdantsane teams.

Benefits are clear and consistent. Beyond the package on offer, the role includes the supports you would expect from an established South African employer in Eastern Cape.

Notably, the company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Mdantsane keep progressing.

Diversity and Inclusion

Crucially, the organisation is committed to transformation and equal opportunity. Hiring is on merit, and applications are actively encouraged from women, youth, people with disabilities and other historically disadvantaged groups in line with the Employment Equity plan and B-BBEE objectives.

B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.

Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Mdantsane.

Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Eastern Cape.

Core Functions

• Maintain a tidy, professional reception and meeting-room environment
• Support HR with onboarding logistics for new starters
• Capture data accurately into internal systems and registers
• File, scan and archive documents in line with retention policies
• Process invoices, requisitions and expense claims for approval
• Prepare meeting packs, agendas and minutes for internal forums

What You'll Need

• 1-3 years' experience in an administrative or front-office role
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to multitask
• Excellent telephone and email etiquette
• Matric / National Senior Certificate (Grade 12)
• Comfortable working with finance, HR and operational systems
• Experience supporting senior managers is an advantage

On top of that, if most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.