Department of Defence: Entry level Administration Clerks

Reference Number: DLSD/19/20/26/01
Department: Department of Defence
Location: Armscor Building, Erasmuskloof, Pretoria
Salary: R237,453 – R279,708 per annum
Closing Date: 29 June 2026

Requirements

  • Grade 12 (NQF Level 4), or equivalent.
  • No prior experience is necessary.
  • Diploma/Degree will be advantageous.

Skills and Competencies

  • Proficient with Microsoft, Office suites, and Excel.
  • Effective communication (verbal and written), coordination, planning, and organisational abilities.
  • Flexibility.
  • Teamwork and interpersonal interaction abilities.
  • Problem solving.
  • Maintain discipline.

Responsibilities

  • Provide clerical services to the Military Legal Services, including a variety of regular and directive-intensive clerical jobs.
  • Handle less difficult routine communication and document processing (letters, notices, memoranda, and submissions, among other things) related to the Division’s functional tasks.
  • Answer the phone, make calls on behalf of the officer in charge, and cancel phone calls.
  • Take notes and type documentation for the Officer in Charge.
  • Submit your inland, spending, and accommodation claims.
  • Keep the officer in charge’s logbook and remind them of any meetings.
  • Receive visitors and provide refreshments.
  • File your papers. Compile and compose letters of gratitude, accept, address, or deny invitations, and do other miscellaneous tasks for the Officer in Charge.
  • Perform basic computations and preserve and distribute statistics.

How To Apply

Applications must include a Z83 form (download pdf / editable Z83 form) and a recently updated CV. Please provide the reference number, position, and area/center on your application form.

Only selected candidates will be asked to provide certified copies of their identification papers, credentials, and most current academic transcripts/records.

Position Title: Administrative Clerk

Reference number: DLSD/19/20/26/01.

Post applications to: Department of Defence, Directorate Legal Services Division, Private Bag X161, Pretoria, 0001.

or

Hand delivered to: Armscor Building, corner Nossob and Boeing Street, Erasmuskloof, Pretoria.

Mail to: Mafemo.Majutla@dod.mil.za