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Finance and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training Authority (FASSET)
 
Office Assistant 
Opening date for applications: 16 December 2018
Closing date for applications: 07 January 2019 at 16:00
Commencement date: 1 April 2019 
Department: Operations Department
Salary: Market related (Based on Fasset scales)
Reference: FAS/RECRUITMENT/OFA11
 
 
INTRODUCTION 
FASSET is the Finance and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Seta). Over 20 Setas were established in March 2000 in terms of the Skills Development Act, to cover all sectors in South Africa, including Government. The stakeholders of a Seta include employers, trade unions, professional bodies, government departments and bargaining councils, where relevant, from each industrial sector.
 
The Finance and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training Authority (FASSET) invites suitable candidates to apply for a Monitoring and Evaluation Manger position to Monitor and evaluate our programmes efforts of our research team the positioning, development, operations and governance adherence of FASSET. This a contract position and the employment contract will be linked to the DHET licensing ending on the 31 March 2020. The successful candidate will report to the Operations Manager.
 
Visit the FASSET website on www.fasset.org.za for more information on the Seta including our Vision, Mission and Values. 
 
 
 
OBJECTIVE OF FASSET
•                 To develop the competence of current employees and potential employees: 
-                 Improving the quality of life of employees, their prospects of work and labour mobility. 
-                 Improving productivity in the workplace and the competitiveness of employers. 
-                 Promoting self-employment in situations where the sector is experiencing job shrinkage. 
•                 To increase the levels of investment in education and training and to optimise the return on this investment. 
•                 To position the Fasset sector as the "sector of career choice" for prospective learners and entrants into the labour market. 
•                 To encourage employers and employees to adopt a culture of lifelong learning through: 
-                 Using the workplace as an active learning environment
-                 Providing employees with the opportunities to acquire new skills
-                 Providing opportunities for new entrants and potential entrants into the sector labour market and enhancing access to opportunities to gain work experience. 
•                 To support the objectives of the Employment Equity Act of 1998 
•                 To enhance access to learning opportunities and to facilitate the recognition of prior learning 
•                 To ensure the quality of education and training in the sector 
•                 To expand the provision of education and training in this sector through sound partnerships with public and private sector service providers 
•                 To encourage greater cooperation between the public and private sectors 
•                 To co-operate and collaborate with the South African Qualifications Authority and other Setas, in support of the objectives of the Act 
 
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION 
The primary purpose of this position is to provide catering support to staff and visitors and to carry out cleaning duties in the office as scheduled. 
 
KEY PERFORMANCE 
Catering Support
•                 Ensure availability of refreshments
•                 Serve refreshments during meetings
•                 Set up meeting refreshment stations
•                 Serve refreshments to guests
 
Cleaning duties 
•                 Vacuuming of carpets
•                 Empty waste paper bins
•                 Clean windows, walls, pictures and air conditioner units
•                 Clean tables and desks
•                 Clean furniture, fittings and equipment
•                 Maintain kitchen areas and facilities in a functional condition
•                 Wash up used crockery
•                 Ensure adequate crockery stocks are kept
•                 Maintain stock of cleaning material
•                 Keep cleaning equipment in functional state
 
General Support
•                 Deliver and collect mail from Post Office
•                 Carry out photocopying duties as requested
•                 Carry out Bank deliveries
•                 Shred documents when requested 
 
 
 
MINIMUM QUAILFICATION 
•                 National Senior Certificate (Grade 12)  or  1 year experience 
 
COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS REQURIED
•                 Planning
•                 Time keeping
•                 Office etiquette Customer Focus
•                 Communication
•                 Dependability
•                 Personal Organization
•                 Teamwork
•                 Interpersonal relations
•                 Integrity
•                 Customer Focus
•                 Listening skills
•                 Ethics
 
CONTACT DETAILS 
Applicants will be required to take background tests as required by FASSET (qualifications verification and criminal records). Applicants are expected to make a maximum of 1, 5 hours available for the interview. 
 
FASSET adheres to the principles of EE Act and Affirmative Action and these principles will apply in the selection process.   
 
Send your detailed curriculum vitae to FASSET via e-mail: recruitment@fasset.org.za.
 
Enquiries must be directed to the Human Resource Manager – Thokozani Nongauza 011 476 8570. 
 
The closing date is 7 January 2019. 
 
Should you not hear from Fasset within 4 weeks of the closing date of please consider your application to be unsuccessful. Communication will be entered into with shortlisted candidates only.