SARB: Receptionist  Vacancy

Company: South African Reserve Bank

Location: South African

Closing Date: 18 February 2026

Job Description

Brief description

The main purpose of this position is to provide a professional and courteous reception service to the SARB visitors.

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

  • Receive and welcome South African Reserve Bank visitors, maintaining a calm, courteous and professional demeanour at all times.
  • Organise self to ensure that work allocated is completed within set time and defined standards independently.
  • Receive, screen and respond to incoming telephone calls using own initiatives and where appropriate deal with queries and/or route calls to appropriate people.
  • Ensure that internal hosts are contacted timeously on arrival of visitors to the Bank.
  • Adequately respond to the public’s queries and redirect them to the relevant staff members where necessary.
  • Perform general administrative duties which include registering visitors, managing the allocation and return of visitors’ and parking cards as well as maintaining the visitors register.
  • Administer and maintain records pertaining to the issuing of access cards in accordance with relevant legislation.
  • Provide regular reports to the Team Leader in relation to the reception operations.
  • Willingly and independently make useful and meaningful changes to the manner in which he/she works within set time and defined standards.
  • Maintain a safe and clean reception area by following operating procedures and processes.
  • Answer and divert calls through switchboard.
  • Take and forward messages received when person requested is not available.
  • Assist with telephone inquiries by gaining and keeping abreast of matters within different Departments.
  • Record and report on telephonic trends and discussions.

Qualifications

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

  • A Higher Certificate in Reception (NQF5) or Call Centre;
  • Registered PSIRA grade D/E officer would be an added advantage; and
  • two to three years’ of reception experience in a Corporate Environment.

Additional requirements includes:

  • Service delivery equipment/ tools/ machinery operating knowledge and skill
  • Service delivery reporting knowledge and skill; and
  • Service delivery knowledge and skill

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