Department of Employment and Labour: Entry Level Job Opportunities

The Department of Employment and Labour invites unemployed youth to apply for the following Government entry level Jobs / positions.

Job level: Grade 12 / Junior / Entry level SA Government Jobs

The following entry level job opportunities are open for applications:

Client Service Officer: IES

Reference No: 

• Labour Centre Springbok - Ref No: HR/4/4/8/133
• Labour Centre Calvinia - Ref No: HR4/4/8/134

Salary: R269 499 per annum

Requirements: Grade 12/ Matric Certificate. No experience required

Knowledge: All relevant Labour Legislations and Regulations, Related ILO conventions, Public Service Regulations, Public Service Act, Knowledge of the Departmental Policies, Procedures and Guidelines, Batho Pele Principles. Skills: Interpersonal, Telephone Etiquette, Interviewing, Computer Literacy, Communication, Listening, Computer Literacy, Ability to interpret legislation, Problem solving.

Duties: Render services at help desk as the first point of entry within the Registration Services (Daily). Resolve all complaints on IES labour legislations received from clients within the scope and dictates of the IES SOP (Daily). Render general administrative duties and participate in advocacy sessions as and when required (Daily).

Records Administrators: Beneficiary Services

Reference No: 

• Provincial Office, Gauteng, stationed at Sebokeng Labour Centre - Ref No: HR 4/4/4/06/18
• Provincial Office, Gauteng, stationed at Pretoria Labour Centre - Ref No: HR 4/4/4/06/19
• Provincial Office, Gauteng - Ref No: HR 4/4/4/06/20

Salary: R269 499 per annum

Requirements: Grade 12/ Matric Certificate. No experience required

Knowledge: National Archives Act, Batho Pele Principles, Records Management, Departmental Policies and Procedures Skills: Communication, Listening, Computer Literacy, Planning and Organizing.

Duties: Maintain the filling system as per the directives of the archives and records management prescripts. Sort and prepare documents for disposal processes as in line with the relevant prescripts. Perform administrative duties within the Section as and when the need arises.

Administration Clerk

Location: Head Office, Pretoria

Reference No: GAP-PRET-23521830-20250630-1

Salary: R228 321 per annum

Requirements: Grade 12/ Matric Certificate. No experience required.

Knowledge: Departmental Policies and Procedures, Planning and organizing, Administration procedures, Batho Pele Principles, Interpersonal relations. Skills: Communication, Computer, Interpersonal, Analysis, Planning.

Duties: Control movement of document and stationery within the Sub-directorate. Render procurement support service in the Sub-Directorate ESSA Coordination. Render secretariat support in the Sub-Directorate. Coordinate information on human resources matters.

UI Claims Officer

Reference No: 

• Labour Centre: Kempton Park, Gauteng - Ref No: HR 4/4/4/06/21
• Labour Centre: Mamelodi, Gauteng - Ref No: HR 4/4/4/06/22
• Provincial Office, Gauteng, stationed at Boksburg Labour Centre - Ref No: HR 4/4/4/06/23
• Parktown Provincial Office, Gauteng - Ref No: HR 4/4/4/06/24

Salary: R269 499 per annum

Requirements: Grade 12/ Matric Certificate. 0 to 6 months’ experience required.

Knowledge: Unemployment Insurance Act, Unemployment Insurance Contributions Act, Public Service Regulation, Public Service Act, Batho Pele principles, Departmental policies and procedures, Customer care. Skills: Communication (verbal & written), Listening, Computer literacy, Customer Relations, Decision making.

Duties: Receive and assess all the UI Claims on the relevant system in line with the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). Register all employers and verify the declarations of employees as per the relevant prescripts. Execute all payment of approved claims as per the set time frames. Attend to enquiries relating to all the processed claims or any other matter relating to the processing of claims. Perform Administrative duties in the section.

Claims Credit Officer

Location: Provincial Office, Gauteng

Reference No: HR 4/4/4/06/25

Salary: R269 499 per annum

Requirements: Grade 12/ Matric Certificate. 0 to 6 months’ experience required.

Knowledge: Unemployment Insurance Act (UIA), Unemployment Insurance Contributions (UICA), Generally Recognized Accounting Principles (GRAP), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Financial systems, Departmental policies and procedures, Public Finance Management Act, Treasury Regulations, Financial Management Processes and procedures. Skills: Financial Management, Communication (Verbal and written), Computer literacy, Time management, Planning and organizing, Analytical, Numeracy, Interpersonal

Duties: Collect outstanding overpayments balance. Keep all overpayment Debtors records manually and electronically. Monitor the payment of benefits to clients.

Claims Processors

Reference No: 

• Randburg Labour Centre stationed at Delta Building (Pretoria) - Ref No: HR 4/4/4/06/06
• Johannesburg Labour Centre - Ref No: HR 4/4/4/06/07
• Pretoria Labour Centre - Ref No: HR 4/4/4/06/08
• Kempton Park Labour Centre: stationed at Delta Building (Pretoria) - Ref No: HR 4/4/4/06/12

Salary: R269 499 per annum

Requirements: Undergraduate qualification (NQF 6 or Higher) in Public Management/ Business Management/Operations management/ Management/ HRM/ Nursing/ Law/ LLB/ BCom / Finance/ Administration.

Advantageous: Experience in claims processing environment will be an added advantage

Knowledge: Relevant regulations, laws and legislation, claims handling, claims verification and validation, claims litigation, claims assessment. Settlement, claims finalisation, compensation Fund business strategies and goals, Directorate goals and performance requirements, PFMA and Treasury Regulations, customer service (Batho Pele Principles), Promotion of Access to Information Act, the Constitution of RSA, Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHS), Public Service Act and Regulations Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COID)

Duties: Register and acknowledge claims, prepare compensation benefits, handle claim enquiries. render administration activities.