General Assistants X2
Wits Health Consortium - Soweto, Gauteng
Closing date yi 28 ka July 2026
Regrettably, this position has been removed.
Purpose
- To provide support to the various designated departments with regards to housekeeping, boardroom arrangements and refreshments.
Requirements
- Grade 12
- 1 years’ experience as a General Assistant in a Corporate Environment
Skills & Competencies
- Friendly and Approachable;
- Ability to prioritise;
- Time Management;
- Professional;
- Organised;
- Attention to Detail;
- Able to work under pressure, meticulous, overtime, speed, accuracy, ability to travel between various
sites; - Effective and efficient telephonic and e-mail communication;
- Building relationships with colleagues and supervisor;
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure good service delivery;
- Reliability, integrity, accountability, diversity, Self-awareness;
- Analytical thinking, adaptability, initiative, flexibility, leading and developing others.
Responsibilities
Housekeeping and Boardroom Arrangements & Retention
- Wash dishes on the designated Floor immediately after each meeting or training session ensuring all dishes are washed and packed away at day end.
- Replenish tea, coffee and sugar as and when required but a minimum of once daily, in the boardroom as well as main kitchen
- Ensure flowers are kept moist and water always clean.
- Set tables for lunch and visitors as and when required
- Arrange refreshments and or /light snack for the boardroom before all meetings and training sessions.
- Serve refreshments for scheduled meetings within unit when requested.
- Clean the Boardroom after each meeting i.e. remove all dirty crockery and cutlery
- Mop, vacuum, dust, empty waste bins at least once a day
- Wash and iron of lab coats, linen, and Lab protective gear daily.
- Clean bathroom facilities and ensure that sanitary bins are taken to the lab for disposal.
- Dust windows daily and wash windows once monthly
Stocktaking
- Count stock (perishables and Consumables) every week and submit the count to the line manager in
the prescribed format.
Customer Service
- Ensure all customer interaction (Both internal and external customers) is of the highest professional
level. - Act in a professional and friendly manner in all dealings with internal stakeholders
- Always show a high level of customer-centricity
Effective self-management and performance ownership
- Take ownership and accountability for tasks & activities and demonstrates effective self-
management. - Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of own work are consistently and
accurately maintained. - Inform relevant parties in the event of tasks or deadlines not met and provides appropriate means of resolution
- Support and drives the business’ core values
- Maintain a positive attitude
- Respond openly to feedback
- Take ownership for own career development
- Manage colleagues and client’s expectation and communicate appropriately
- Willing to help others and go the extra mile to meet team targets and objectives
- Manage own disruptive emotions (handle stress in ways that do not negatively impact on the team)
Additional Information
- Should you be interested in applying for this vacancy, please send an email.
- The subject heading of the email must include the job title of the position applying for.
Please include the following documentation:
- A cover letter (maximum one page) that clearly states which vacancy you are applying for
- A detailed CV
Ref No
- General Assistant X2 - Permanent
Centre
- VIDA, New Nurses Home, Chris Hani, Baragwanath Academic Hospital
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