Personnel clerks maintain and update personnel records such as information on transfers and promotions, performance evaluations, employee leave taken and accumulated, salaries, qualifications and training.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Personnel clerks - from R11 520 to R35 671 per month - 2025.
- A Personnel clerks typically earns between R11 520 and R23 964 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between R13 353 and R29 555 per month for a working week of 45 hours.
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- A Human resources (HR) assistant in human health and social work activities in scale 7 with 5 years or more experience earned minimum R15 300,00 and maximum R55 366,00 per month in 2019.
- A Human Resources And Finance Assistant in human health and social work activities in scale 6 with 5 years or more experience earned minimum R8 000,00 and maximum R31 086,00 per month in 2019.
Duties and tasks
- Updating information on employment history, salaries, performance evaluations, qualifications and training, and leave taken and accumulated
- Initiating records for newly appointed workers and checking records for completeness
- Processing applications for employment and promotions and advising applicants of results
- Receiving and answering inquiries about employment entitlements and conditions
- Sending out job applications and announcements of job openings and job examinations
- Maintaining and updating manual and computerized filing and registration systems, and compiling and preparing reports and documents relating to personnel activities
- Storing and retrieving personnel records and files on request
