SOUTH AFRICA: Administrative Secretary

Senior Administrative Secretary/Administrative Secretary

The Rural Legal Trust is an independent entity located in Braamfontein,
Johannesburg. Its core business is to facilitate, monitor and guide action
oriented legal teams comprising of practising advocates, attorneys,
candidate attorneys and paralegals to support mainly the poor rural and
peri-urban based communities with legal advice and the pursuit and
defence of their land rights and related human rights problems in courts
of law and alternative dispute resolution forums. The legal teams are
located in all the nine provinces in the country.

RLT is seeking to engage the services of an independent and self-
motivated full time Senior Administrative Secretary/Administrative
Secretary for a fixed period of 3 years starting in mid-November or
beginning of December 2001. Responsibilities include:
managing the national office in Braamfontein; assisting the National
Programme Manager with correspondence and communication with
legal teams and host organisations;
maintenance of appropriate information systems;
organising and servicing meetings of Members of the Board of Trustees;
telephone reception and maintenance and performance of general office
duties.

The candidate must possess at least a matric level academic
qualification, be computer literate and be able to communicate verbally
and in writing in the English language and at least one of the official
indigenous languages. Competitive remuneration and benefits and
legislation compliant leave will be offered to the successful candidate.

Interested persons should submit written applications accompanied by
curriculum vitae and the names and contact of two referees to: The
National Programme Manager, Rural Legal Trust, P O Box 31656
Braamfontein 2017; e-mail [email protected].

For further enquiries please phone L Gaborone at
(011) 339 6705/083 630 4485. The applications should reach the
above by 19 October 2001.