Sanlam
Personal Assistant: VSM Projects & NMOVS: SLS SCI (Lynnwood) (JG 06) (FTC)
🇿🇦Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa8 hours ago
EntryFull TimeEN
Who are we?
Sanlam, is dedicated to support, grow and empower clients with affordable, easy and suitable solutions, primarily through face-to-face intermediary channels, but also directly. We have approximately 2,400 tied advisors and 2,000 supporting independent brokers, all dedicated to meet the financial needs of our clients. Our vision: We aspire to be the best at building enduring relationships by connecting clients with Sanlam. We create sustainable value by attracting new clients, supporting ongoing client engagement and providing adaptive solutions designed to answer life’s financial questions. ULTIMATELY, WE EMPOWER PEOPLE TO BE FINANCIALLY CONFIDENT, SECURE AND PROSPEROUS
This is a 18-month contract position allowing the incumbent to provide and deliver an effective and comprehensive administrative support service to the management team, as well as fulfil a first-line client interaction point function. Act as a liaison in the relationship between the Management team and the regional management (to enhance business continuity) and existing and potential clients.
The ideal individual must have strong administrative skills and strong planning and organisation skills, be detail-orientated, structured, have good communication skills and the ability to multi-task in a high-performance culture environment.
Provide secretarial support to the Vesting Senior Manager and National MO Vesting Manager in terms of the following:
• Oversee the front desk and manage all incoming third party interactions to ensure a welcoming and professional reception experience.
• Travel IT - Travel arrangements (booking and arranging travel, transport & accommodation for management
• Events management – Regional training interventions, conferences & functions
• Monthly meeting management – minute taking, catering, agenda, presentations
• Arranging of training interventions
• Diary management/reminding Manager of important tasks & deadlines
• Office and telephone administration/maintaining procedures/administration systems
• Typing, compiling & preparing reports, presentation & correspondence as
• Monthly financial payments (SAP4/HANA & Staff reimbursements)
• Order supplies & SRS requests/budget control
• Contract revision & adhoc REMS requests as per the approval framework
• Monthly feedback
Qualification and Experience
• Matric
• Certificate/diploma in administration/secretarial would be advantageous
• 2 years’ proven experience in office administration and/or as personal assistant, specifically in the financial services industry will be advantageous
• Working knowledge of MS Office Suite i.e. PowerPoint, Excel, Word
Personal Qualities
• Communication & Literacy
• Assertiveness
• Adaptability/flexible
• Concern for accuracy and attention to detail and order
• Technical knowledge & skills
• Treating customers fairly (TCF)
• Stress tolerance
• Problem-solving
• Decision-making
• Managing work
• Organization/Time Management
• Detailed orientated
We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.
• The closing date for applications is 23 May 2026
The recruiter reserves the right to withdraw the advertisement prior to the closing date or to allow further applications to be submitted after the closing date indicated.
The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of Managers.
Our aim is to help you build a successful career with us
We are all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realize their worth. Through its business clusters – SanlamConnect, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Sanlam Investments, Sanlam Corporate, Santam, MiWay, as well as the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.
The Sanlam Group is committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable work environment as we believe these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa.
