Administrative Officer at Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)

Overview of Duties:

Brief Overview of Duties:

• Provide general administrative support to SANTHE.
• Assist with maintaining databases. 
• Assist with the recruitment of students and fellows. 
• Assist with the design of adverts, news events, presentations, handbooks. 
• Order materials and supplies when needed. 
• Assist with the preparation and planning for courses/workshops including logistics, travel bookings, booking of venues, catering, distribution of training materials or source documents, compiling registers, evaluations, feedback etc. 
• Assist with the setting up seminars which includes the booking of the venue, work with IT for the virtual set up, register maintenance, catering etc. 
• Assist with capturing and compiling meeting notes, generating forms, evaluations, documenting trainee/fellow feedback. 
• Assist with capturing and maintaining trainee fellow publications. 
• General assistance to SANTHE.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Relevant tertiary qualification, i.e. National Diploma or Degree.
• Training in project management, office administration or financial administration or equivalent.

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years in an administrative role
• Previous experience working in a research environment

Skills Required:

• Good verbal and written communication skills in English
• Microsoft Suite - Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Accuracy and precision
• Report writing