Personal Assistant Jobs in Sandown

A Personal Assistant position is open in Sandown, advertised by The Talent Experts. The role is permanent at intermediate level and is listed as Sandown (Work From Home). It supports the chief executive of a governance, risk, compliance and business transformation consultancy — and the advert is upfront that this is not routine diary administration: the point of the role is to clear the CEO’s path to sell.

About the company and the work

The Talent Experts is a specialist permanent recruitment consultancy with more than 60 years’ combined experience in the recruitment industry, focused on finding scarce-skill business talent in complex and niche sectors. The client business is a consultancy working in governance, risk, compliance and business transformation. It is remote-first, using co-working spaces in Sandton and boardrooms when needed — but note that within the probation period you will be in the office more frequently while you are learning and getting to know the CEO. The role offers genuine executive exposure with visible commercial impact, working hand in hand with an ambitious CEO in a small business that is scaling up.

Role details and duties

The advert describes the following work:

• Own the flow of the CEO’s working life, from diary, inbox and travel management to meeting briefings, action notes and weekly team updates.
• Follow up on overdue invoices, verify payment clearance before reports are released, and maintain commercial control logs and pipeline trackers.
• Carry out prospect research, discovery call bookings, prompt client follow-ups, proposal formatting, and complete tender returnable documents.
• Act as the right hand to a busy entrepreneurial CEO within a small business that is scaling up, creating the structure that protects selling time and keeps deadlines, payments and submissions moving.

Requirements

The advert states the following requirements. Only these are listed here, so check the original advert for anything not mentioned:

• A matric qualification, along with three to five years’ experience as a Personal Assistant, is ideal — ideally gained in consulting or professional services. Note that the listing’s desired-work-experience field separately gives 2 to 5 years.
• Strong spreadsheet, client liaison and administration skills.
• Excellent written English and confident senior client communication.
• Discretion with sensitive information.
• Daily fluency with generative AI tools.
• A driver’s licence, required for errands that need to be run.
• Desired skills listed by the advert: client liaison, Excel, administration, office management, meeting scheduling, diary management, travel arrangements, personal assistance, and AI.
• The personal qualities the advert looks for: anticipating what an executive needs before being asked; conscientious and calm under pressure; finishing what you start; managing competing priorities independently; knowing when to resolve an issue yourself or escalate it; and being equally comfortable with detailed administration and senior client conversations.

Where to find and apply safely

Apply only through the original CareerJunction advert, linked by the Apply button on this page, which takes you to The Talent Experts listing. Be cautious of anyone asking for payment to process an application — a genuine advert does not charge job seekers. Check that the page you land on shows the same job title, reference SB, and Sandown (Work From Home) location before you submit anything.

Practical tips

This is a remote-first role, but do not overlook the probation condition: you will be in the office more frequently at first while you learn and get to know the CEO, using co-working spaces in Sandton and boardrooms when needed. Lead your application with the commercial side of the job — diary, inbox and travel ownership, invoice follow-ups, payment-clearance checks, control logs, pipeline trackers, prospect research and tender documents — and show your daily fluency with generative AI tools, since the advert requires it. The advert also promises 18 days’ annual leave and broad cross-functional exposure.

How the process works

Applications go through the original CareerJunction advert to The Talent Experts. The advert states that the recruiter responds to everyone, but asks applicants to allow a few days for applications to be worked through. No interview detail beyond that is stated in the listing, so use the original advert as the source of truth for next steps.

Important information

This post is an informational summary of a third-party job advert and is not the employer. Details such as duties, requirements and the working arrangement are taken from the original listing; always confirm them on the original advert before applying. No salary is stated in this post because the listing salary is undisclosed. Note the location wording carefully: the listing says Sandown (Work From Home), while the body describes remote-first working with Sandton co-working spaces — confirm the exact working pattern on the original advert.

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