Company: Wits Health Consortium
Location: South Africa
Closing Date: 26 September 2025
Main purpose of the job:
To provide support to the various designated departments with regards to housekeeping, boardroom arrangements, act as support staff during work events and refreshments.
Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of the Witwatersrand. A division of Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd The Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates. Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications unsuccessful.
Key performance areas
- Housekeeping and Boardroom Arrangements & Retention a. 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. c. Ensure flowers are kept moist and water always clean.
- Set tables for lunch and visitors as and when required. e. 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 a. 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 a. Take ownership and accountability for tasks and demonstrate effective self-management.
- Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of own work are consistently and accurately maintained.
- Maintain a positive attitude.
- Respond openly to feedback. e. Take ownership for driving own career development
- Manage colleague’s 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 the team)
Required minimum education and training
- Grade 12
Required minimum work experience
- 1 years’ experience as a General Assistant in a Corporate Environment
Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities
Should you be interested in applying for this vacancy, please send an email to vacancy32@wrhi.ac.za. The subject heading of the email must read TM 09-2025 and the job title of position applying for. Please include the following documentation:
- Friendly and Approachable.
- Ability to prioritize
- Time Management
- Professional; Organized
- Attention to Detail
- Be able to work long hours when required and be Hard working and willing to work without supervision.
Submit detailed CV to
- A cover letter (maximum one page) that clearly states which vacancy you are applying for
- A detailed CV