Receptionist - DS4JI II

Reports to: Senior Finance & Admin Manager

Duration: Until 31 March 2027

BACKGROUND

Leveraging the learnings from its predecessor, Digital Skills for Jobs and Income, the Digital Skills for Jobs and Income II (DS4JI II) project was commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in the period of 01 April 2024 to 31 March 2027. Its objective is to enhance employment opportunities for young individuals in the rapidly evolving South African digital economy.

The DS4JI II project is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), in partnership with the South African Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) and guided by the National Digital and Future Skills Strategy and Implementation Plan. Against this background, the DS4JI II project aims to improve the employment prospects for young people, especially women, based on the demand-oriented career pathways in South Africa’s digital economy. 

The DS4JI II project in South Africa is joint with other projects with a similar focus in the GIZ Skills Cluster in order to bundle technical expertise and priorities as well as administrative services. The cluster´s staff is distributed to two office buildings, in Block C and Block E.

The tasks of the position described here are therefore for the entire skill cluster. For administrative and spatial reasons, this position is linked to the DS4JI II project, which is based in the building Block E.

Hence, the DS4JI II project within the Skills Cluster require the expertise of a dynamic, independent working team player who supports the project and cluster teams with the set-up and implementation of the projects and partner structures.

RESPONSIBILITIES - see full job description download below

The Receptionist is responsible for:

  • Liaising with customers in a service-oriented manner on behalf of GIZ by providing switchboard services, welcoming, and directing visitors and inquiries and maintaining a high standard of professionalism at the reception area.
  • Small-volume procurement of goods in compliance with GIZ's internal rules and processes, including the managing of requests, tendering, logistics, reception of goods, delivering and filing.
  • Monitoring of the GIZ Skills Cluster´s inventory list.

APPLICATION PROCESS

GIZ will only assess applications which meet the following criteria:

  • Suitable candidates should apply by submitting:
    • A motivation letter (concisely 1 page) stating why they should be the preferred
    • candidate, the value added they will bring to the project and their desired salary range.
    • This should be accompanied by a detailed CV and indicating their nationality.

Applications should be submitted to: recruit-pretoria@giz.de, with the email subject line “Application for Receptionist – DS4JI II” for the attention of Head of Human Resource.

Closing date for applications: 20 September 2024.

Correspondences will be limited to the short-listed candidate.

Applications not complying with the application process will be disqualified!