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Office & Events Manager Jobs in Randburg, South Africa at Duke Corporate Education
Position: Office & Events Manager: Africa
Location: Randburg
Office & Events Manager
We are seeking a highly capable Office & Events Manager to play a critical leadership role within Duke Corporate Education’s Africa region. The role works in close partnership with the Regional Managing Director (RMD) and the Africa Leadership Team (LT) to enable effective leadership, ensure operational excellence, and support the smooth day‑to‑day running of the Johannesburg office.
The role has end‑to‑end accountability for the planning and delivery of Duke CE Africa’s flagship in‑person events and convening platforms, ensuring a consistently high‑quality experience aligned to our brand and strategic priorities, working with our global leadership team.
This role reports directly to the Regional Managing Director.
This is a full‑time, office‑based role, based five days a week at the Campus in Bryanston.
Key Responsibilities Office Leadership & Operational Excellence
- Manage the day‑to‑day management of the Johannesburg office, ensuring a professional, well‑run and welcoming environment for our ~25 employees, clients and visitors.
- Act as the visible owner of the office environment, providing structure, coordination and accountability across facilities, vendors and service providers.
- Oversee office procurement and consumables management, with appropriate tracking and cost discipline.
- Coordinate facilities maintenance and manage service providers to ensure service quality and timely resolution of issues.
- Support with preparation of briefs, prompts and materials for office‑related meetings.
- Own the end‑to‑end client and visitor experience within the Johannesburg office.
- Ensure consistently high service standards and professional reception aligned to Duke CE’s premium brand and values.
Leadership Enablement & Strategic Support
- Provide operational support to the RMD and Africa Leadership Team, including complex diary coordination, liaising with senior clients on meetings, travel planning.
- Act as a trusted operational partner and gatekeeper, anticipating priorities, managing competing demands, and supporting effective decision‑making across the leadership agenda.
- Draft, review and manage professional written communication aligned with leadership tone, business context and strategic objectives.
Strategic Events & Convening Leadership Events
- Lead the end to end delivery of Duke CE Africa’s flagship convening events and platforms such as the Women’s Month / Women’s Day platform.
- Partner closely with the LT to shape event strategy, positioning, narrative and experience design, ensuring alignment with Duke CE’s brand, purpose and regional priorities.
- Lead delivery of the Women’s Day event in collaboration with the Africa RMD, LT and Global Leadership Team on activities such as:
- Experience and journey design
- Speaker, partner and stakeholder engagement
- Venue strategy, negotiation and contracting
- End‑to‑end delivery and execution oversight
- Budget tracking
- Serve as the primary point of accountability with venues, partners and external service providers for flagship events.
- Own the annual regional events calendar, including smaller but high‑impact engagements such as:
- Client breakfasts and leadership forums
- In‑office culture and community moments
- Support the LT with Business Development events
- Ensure events are delivered to a consistently high standard
Financial Accountability & Governance
- Coordinate and prepare expense submissions on behalf of the RMD, and on occasion, the LT, including:
- Collection of supporting documentation
- Assistance with reconciliation queries
- Coordination of travel‑related expenses, Uber trips and courier deliveries
- Support submission of routine office‑related expenses via Concur in line with policy requirements
- Liaise with Finance to ensure documentation is complete, accurate and submitted timeously.
- Ensure all expense claims prepared are coordinated for the RMD remain subject to the RMD’s formal review and approval, in‑line with Finance oversight responsibility for policy adherence and governance.
Onboarding & Internal Support
- Work with Global HR and the RMD to coordinate onboarding and offboarding processes for regional staff to ensure seamless Day 1 access, effective integration and compliant…
Title: Office & Events Manager
Company: Duke Corporate Education
Location: Randburg, South Africa
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