Office Manager

Gabby Tjiroze
Bonita Modise

Office managers are responsible for the functioning of an office through a range of financial, administrative, financial and managerial tasks. Office managers essentially ensure the smooth running of an office on a day-to-day basis and may manage a team of administrative.

“Basically, an office manager is someone who is responsible for organizing and coordinating office operations and procedures in order to ensure organizational effectiveness and efficiency” says Modise.

Duties of an office manager vary according to the size of the employing organisation but mainly duties are to supervise office staff, organize office operations and procedures, prepare timesheets, clerical duties such as, filling, answering the telephone etc.

“First of all I believe you should be someone who is very organized, be punctual at all times, friendly (not be the moody type, you don’t want to be chasing clients away) and have a strong character of a leader” she says.

She starts her day with a strong cup of coffee and goes through emails, respond to pending issues and from there see what the day has in store for her, even just making sure everyone is set for the day.

“I think it is important to be someone that can be relied upon not only to take care of day-to-day jobs, but someone that also is trusted to assist wherever, and creating a happy work environment” adds Modise.