Learnerships and Internships
Procurement Learnerships (4 Positions) @ Engen
Posted on September 2, 2010 under Learnerships and Internships. No Comment.
Location: Cape Town
Key Purpose
To provide a purchasing service to the business unit which ensures availability of quality materials, equipment and services at lowest cost
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Purchasing contracts management
Purchasing leveraging
Supplier management
Supply chain improvement
Purchasing administration
Education & Experience
- Matric
- Purchasing & Supply Chain or Procurement certificate
- Good computer skills
Skills, Knowledge & Attributes
Knowledge :
- Knowledge of supply management.
- Good understanding of contract law.
- An in-depth knowledge of purchasing practices.
- Basic understanding of finance and administration.
Skills :
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Good communication skills i.e. writing, verbal and presentation.
- Good problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Strong negotiation skills.
- Above average computer literacy, especially MS-Office.
- Good planning and organising skills.
Attributes :
- Attention to detail.
- Concern for accuracy, order and meeting tight deadlines.
- Ability to work with people of various levels, both in the organisation and in the broader business environment.
- Team player
- Ability to operate with little or no supervision.
- Assertive and proactive individual.
- Dynamic and energetic.
- Stress tolerant.
- Customer oriented.
Closing Date: 10 September 2010
Click on the link below to apply
[Source: http://www.engen.co.za/ ]
Learnership Programme @ Liberty Life
Posted on September 1, 2010 under Learnerships and Internships. No Comment.
2011 Liberty Learnership Programme
Please note: Applications for the 2011 Learnership Programme are open from 24 August 2010 until 19 September 2010.
Liberty is a company operating in the financial services industry and we are committed to the overall growth of South Africa and specifically the industry in which we operate.
Learnerships are vocational education and training programmes. They combine theory with practice and culminate in a qualification that is registered on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF). The learner will spend time working under the guidance of a skilled employee or coach as well as spending time in a formal classroom environment learning theory. The learner who successfully completes a Learnership will have a qualification that signals occupational competence that is recognised throughout South Africa.
Please note: Applications for the 2011 Learnership Programme are open from 24 August 2010 2010 until 19 September 2010.
Benefits to the learner:
- Learnerships lead to a national qualification
- Gain practical work experience within the insurance industry
- Obtain theoretical learning
- Personal growth and development
- Earn a monthly allowance while learning
Benefits to the organisation:
- Liberty is a disabled friendly environment and encourages disabled learners to apply
- Well trained and skilled employees
- An increase in productivity
- Become a preferred Employer
- Entitlement to apply for a discretionary grant from INSETA
National benefits:
- A skilled workforce
- Economic growth and development
[Source: http://www.libertyholdings.co.za/ ]
Learnership @ Sasol (Sasolburg)
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Location: Sasolburg, Free State
Job Ref No. 3212
Position Summary
• Studying of modules
• Practical assessments
• Experiential learning on the plants
• Reporting and responding to incidents, hazardous conditions and/or emergencies
• Ensuring compliance with all legal requirements, safety regulations and standard work procedures
• Must perform basic fire fighting duties.
• Adhere to all safety regulations and standard work procedures
• Practice good housekeeping
• Comply with all legal requirements
• Must be prepared to work in an uncomfortable and unpleasant working environment
• Must be will to work overtime
• Must adhere to learnership contract conditions
Job Requirements
• Matric or Full N3 Passed with Science (SG), Maths (SG) and English (MUST)
• Technical knowledge and experience will be to your advantage
Personal Attributes
• Sound communication and interpersonal skills
• Self starter
• Team worker
• Enthusiastic, with the ability to use your initiative
• Proficiency in English
• Independent worker
• Pro-active and takes initiative
• Self-motivated, flexible and realistic
• Computer literacy
• Effective analytical skills
Closing Date: 2010-09-14
Click on the link below to apply
[Source: https://sasol.ats.hrsmart.com/ ]
Learnerships @ Sasol
Posted on August 26, 2010 under Learnerships and Internships. 2 Comments.
Position Summary
Location: Secunda, Mpumalanga
Purpose of the job: To train and develop a learner to become a qualified artisan according to the requirements of Chemical Industries Education and Training Authorities (CHIETA)
Learnerships available:
Learner Rigger
Note that correspondences will be done through cell phone sms system.
Please e-mail or fax your CV plus copies of your qualifications and ID document quoting the relevant reference number to recruitment@sasol.com or fax to 011 219 2951
Applications without the reference number (i.e. Ref No. 3167) will not be considered
Required outputs: Functional
-The successful candidates will be trained in the core skills and applicable safety standards related to the specific trade in maintenance of Sasol plants
Job Requirements
Other additional information
-It is compulsory for applicants to attach copies of qualifications and ID with their CV’s
Qualifications and expertise required (Must)
-Grade 12 with Maths, Science and English passed or N3 Certificate with Maths, Science and Business English passed
Specific experience required
-Previous relevant experience will add as an advantage
Personal Attributes
Competencies (skills, knowledge and characteristics)
Good communication skills
Be pro-active and initiative
Be a team player as well as independent worker
Self motivated
Flexible
Realistic
English proficiency
Closing Date: 09 September 2010
[Source: https://sasol.ats.hrsmart.com/]
Career Counselling Internship (2 Posts) @ UNISA
Posted on August 16, 2010 under Learnerships and Internships. 2 Comments.
6 Months Fixed-Term Contract
Durban Campus
The DCCAD wishes to appoint interns for six months on a fixed term contract from 1 October 2010 at the Durban Campus to fulfil the requirements for registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as Registered Counsellors in the category of Career Counselling and to assist with the counselling function of the Directorate.
Applicants are required to indicate in detail on their application forms or CV’s to what extent their qualifications and experience meet the requirements of the position as set out below.
Requirements
- A Completed BPsych or BPsych equivalent qualification (Honours in Psychology) or Honours in Industrial Psychology
- A certified print-out must be provided of the papers that have been passed for the Honours degree
- The following papers should be included in your curriculum for the honours degree in Psychology:
ü Research Methodology
ü Psychopathology
ü Psychological Assessment
ü Therapeutic Psychology
- The following papers should be included in your curriculum for the honours degree in Industrial Psychology:
ü Personnel and Career Psychology
ü Management and Organisational Psychology
ü Research Methodology
ü Industrial Psychological Evaluation
ü Employee and Organisational Wellness
- Proficiency in writing and speaking English, as well as good communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and under pressure
- Computer literacy (Internet Explorer, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Workflow)
- Problem solving skills with experience in a counselling environment
Recommendations
- Participation in the Peer Helper Programme at Unisa
- Knowledge of the academic offerings and organisational structure of Unisa
Duties under the supervision of a registered psychologist
- Provide information about the offerings of Unisa to prospective and registered students
- Provide career guidance and counselling to prospective and registered students
- Administer appropriate psychometric tests
- Advise prospective and registered students with regard to choice of career, qualification and subjects
- Assist with career counselling through the electronic media, especially Workflow
- Render office administrative duties such as writing of reports and statistics as required on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis
- Study the prescribed work as recommended by the Directorate as well as study the prescribed legislation as required by the HPCSA
- Pro-active involvement in community career projects (prisons, schools, NGO’s etc)
Assumption of duty: 01 October 2010
Salary: R133, 566.00 per annum (all inclusive)
Closing date: 25 August 2010
Enquiries: (031) 335 1737
Ms. Thirusha Ganesram or Ms. Amy Reddy
[Source: http://www.unisa.ac.za]
Internship Programme @ Distell
Posted on August 13, 2010 under Learnerships and Internships. 3 Comments.
Distell is a front runner in accommodating students from approved and accredited tertiary institutions. We support the FoodBev SETA with their sector skills plan initiative regarding critical and scarce skills alleviation. Distell presents exciting opportunities for candidates for potential placement in our internship programme. We recruit students who are in their last year of study and offer them the opportunity to acquire workplace experience relevant to their academic qualification.
The programme runs for a maximum 12 month period and students will be expected to complete their practical guidelines as provided by the institution, in conjunction with the agreed performance outputs relevant to the position in which they have been appointed.
The benefit for the students is that he/she gains one year of work experience in that occupation and stands a great chance of being offered permanent employment within Distell and if not, stand a better chance of being employable in the market. Our internships are represented in the fields of:
- Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical)
- Logistics/Supply Chain
- Quality/Management/Food Technology
- Marketing
- Sales
- Human Resources
- Production Management
- Operations Management
To qualify for selection and participation in this programme, candidates must satisfy the following criteria:
- Sound academic records and in final year of obtaining tertiary qualification – degree / diploma;
- Computer literacy – Word, Excel, PowerPoint;
- Sound communication and presentation skills;
- Effective time management;
- Ability to multi-task and perform under pressure;
- Ability to work in a team;
- Driver’s License would be beneficial;
- South African citizen;
Successful interns will be expected to enter into a 12 month contract.
Check the Distell website for any internships currently available
[Source: http://www.distell.co.za/ ]
Internships @ Curious Pictures
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The purpose of Curious Pictures internship programme:
- To provide Curious Pictures an opportunity to work with and meet young graduates; and
- To bring new energy and new voices into the organisation.
Definitions:
Internships are mutual relationships. They are planned to be of equal benefit to the intern and to our company. There are two different kinds of interns – long term (three to six months) and short term work shadow learner programmes. Once selected, long term interms (three to six months) will work for at least 8 hours a day on a relatively regular schedule. Interns may work in exchange for professional experience, in which case the company may decide to remunerate them and/or allow them an opportunity to earn credits towards their qualifications. Interns must have clearly defined goals for what they can offer and what they intend to gain from their commitment to Curious Pictures and for the use of the resources of Curious Pictures to support these goals.
Qualified interns bring some experience and skills with them that will permit them to grow in their assignments. Advance skills are always welcome, but candidates must also have basic computer, organizational, or other office skills for admin interns (finance/production secretaries); research skills are highly recommended; organizational and people skills; basic post production skills for interns who will be considered for our Post and Resources departments. Our programs are not large enough to support applicants who have no film/tv qualifications.
Procedures for application and placement:
All applicants must be interviewed by the Office Manager and evaluated for placement by the Heads of the departments/productions under which they will be placed. Final placement in an internship in any position is at the discretion of the Managing Director.
Evaluative interviews will include discussion and clarification of the candidate’s goals, hours and duration of the internship, likely limitations, and previous experience of the candidate. Following a successful interview, the candidate’s references will be checked and a meeting with the Managing Director scheduled if necessary.
Prior to placement, a memorandum of understanding will be signed by the Intern and his/her immediate supervisor to clarify the goals and responsibilities of the internship on both sides (the intern and Curious Pictures).
Curious Pictures has two internship intake periods, January and July of each year. To be considered for the January internship, all applications are to reach us no later than the 30th of November of the preceding year and for July, applications will be open between the 1st of April and close on the 30th of May of the same year.
Special considerations:
Interns with considerable amounts of film/tv experience may be considered. Terms and conditions apply.
General Intern Responsibilities:
Interns have the same obligation as employees to act in the best interest of Curious Pictures at all times while in their employ.
Interns will be trained in and are required to observe the protocols for security, timely communication, supervisory approvals, and professional respect that employees, freelancers, and management observe. Initial work assignments are negotiated to the mutual benefit of the intern and the mentor, and include an expectation that the intern will accept all assignments within the agreement. Mentors are responsible for ensuring proper training in Curious Pictures protocols and interns are encouraged to seek assistance from any Curious Pictures staff member. Interns are also expected to recognize their limits when speaking of or for the Curious Pictures, and to refer issues to the appropriate staff.
Check the Curious Pictures website for any internships currently available
[Source: http://www.curious.co.za/ ]
Internship @ Agenda
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Over the past nine years, Agenda’s internship programme has proven to be successful and influential way of developing capacity amongst female media professionals. Specific skills learned in the internship programme:
- Critical analysis from a gender perspective
- Research skills
- Gender sensitivity training
- Develop a network of contacts for future work
- Interviewing skills
- Writing to deadlines
- Managing information sources and time management
We are currently restructuring this programme but still welcome applications.
If you would like to apply as an intern, please forward your CV, a letter of motivation, and two contactable references to admin@agenda.org.za att: The Director.
[Source: http://www.agenda.org.za/]
Internships @ Law, Race & Gender: UCT
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Opportunities
LRG has limited opportunities for interns each year.
What would you do?
Research an area in which LRG is developing its training programme. For example, in 2003, Steffi Rhoers from Germany spent 2 months at LRG doing research on HIV and rape. As part of this work she analysed draft legislation on the compulsory HIV testing of alleged sex offenders and wrote an article for LRG’s newsletter for magistrates News and Views. She also participated as a trainer in an HIV workshop.
You would usually need to work fulltime: i.e. a 7½ hour working day.
What qualifications should you have?
- Ideally a law degree (from any country) although social science and humanities graduates would also be considered.
- Good English
- A concern about enhancing the quality of justice
- A commitment to contributing to social change in South Africa.
How long should you stay?
To be an intern you need to be able to spend at least two months at LRG. This is because it takes at least two months to understand the needs of any project and produce useful work for it.
What can LRG provide?
- No pay – our funding does not permit us to pay interns
- Access to facilities at the University of Cape Town
- Office space and access to a computer and the internet
- A great group of colleagues deeply committed to improving the quality of justice in South Africa.
- Access and insight to African customary law, gender issues and equality.
How do you apply?
Send your CV to (Sue Wright) with a letter explaining:
- Why you want to work at LRG
- When you want to work at LRG
- How long you want to stay with us
- What you are interested in working on
- And giving names of at least two contactable referees with postal and email addresses and telephone numbers.
[Source: http://www.lrg.uct.ac.za ]
Internship @ CLEEN Foundation
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INTERNSHIP/TRAINING PROGRAMME ON PROMOTING POLICE REFORM IN AFRICA
Introduction
With pressure from civil society, political opposition, donor agencies and multilateral institutions, many countries in Africa have in recent years began the implementation of various forms of police and policing reform programmes, aimed at making the police more effective in their service delivery functions and accountable to the community they serve. These reform programmes have ranged from community policing development projects, Human rights education for police officers, establishment of internal and external oversight mechanisms on policing, to wholesale rebuilding of police forces devastated by decades of wars in post conflict societies within the region. The success and sustainability rates of these reform programs have remained a mixed basket of advances, reversals and mounting challenges. Among the missing links are firstly lack of serious political support for accountable police forces within the region; secondly control of reform processes by foreign consultants with little knowledge of local contexts; and thirdly and perhaps most importantly, absence of civil society involvement in the implementation of the reform programmes.
Without an active involvement of civil society organizations with requisite expertise and knowledge of concepts, issues, challenges and strategies in police reform, ongoing efforts at transforming the police and policing in the sub-region is doomed to fail. Civil society groups by their nature play the important roles of mobilizing popular support for reform programmes as well as bringing local knowledge and context to bear on formulation of reform programmes in order to make them acceptable to the people. However, civil society groups can best play these roles if they themselves are trained on the key issues that inform the reform efforts and involved in formulating and implementing such reform programmes. Therefore, there is a need for an internship/training programmes within the region that would expose civil society actors to police reform efforts as well as the large issues of public safety, security and accessible justice in Africa. Hence, CLEEN Foundation’s internship/training programme on police reform in Africa.
Purpose of the Internship Programme
The internship/training programme is intended to:
- Increase interns understanding of concepts, issues and strategies in police reform work in Africa from civil society perspective;
- Expose the interns to work of CLEEN Foundation on promoting public safety, security and accessible justice in Nigeria;
- Network interns with civil society actors, government agencies and donors involving in supporting police reform work in Nigeria and Africa;
Who Can Apply?
- Programme level staff of non governmental organizations based in Africa who are fluent in written and spoken English;
- Nominees of NGOs working or interested in justice sector reform work in Anglophone West African countries with proven ability to adapt to new environments and to establish and maintain good working relations with individuals of different cultural backgrounds.
- Applicants must posses a minimum of first Degree or its equivalent.
Application procedure
Interested applicants who meet the above requirements can download and fill the application form from the website of CLEEN Foundation (www.cleen.org) and forward the form with the following documents to the e-mail address cleen@cleen.org , interns@cleen.org , onyinye@cleen.org
- A recent resume
- A cover letter describing the nature of what the applicant has been engaged in and also areas of interest.
- A recommendation letter from the organization
The duration of the internship/training programme is 3 weeks. Candidates are selected four times a year (January, April, July and October).We however accept applications throughout the year. Selected candidates are normally informed one month before the starting date of the internship/training programme. Due to expected large number of applicants, CLEEN Foundation is unable to inform unsuccessful candidates. Unsuccessful candidates may re-apply for following period.
Financial Aspects
The CLEEN Foundation’s Internship/training programme is on a non-remunerative basis. However, the cost of airfare, accommodation and feeding for the duration of the 3 weeks programme will be borne by CLEEN Foundation for those selected through support from Ford Foundation. Applicants that need travel and medical insurances will have to make the arrangements on their own before or on arrival and will bear the costs.
[Source: http://www.cleen.org/]
