Job Highlights
The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (the IDC) invites applications for the Internship Programme 2025.
Closing Date: 29 August 2024
The IDC is a self-financing, state-owned national development finance institution which provides finance for industrial development projects, playing a catalytic role in promoting partnerships across industries within and outside our borders, promoting regional economic growth.
About the Internship Programme
The IDC offers workplace exposure through an internship programme for a period of 18-months. Our programme aims to provide a customised, structured, and supervised workplace experience.
This allows qualified youth to gain valuable work experience, explore career paths, networking opportunities and mentoring through experienced professionals.
The IDC internship programme is a 18month fixed-term contract that provides workplace experience underpinned by a carefully designed training program customized to allow one to gain valuable work experience, explore career paths, networking with professionals in the workplace while earning a stipend.
Through our customised onboarding programme, we will settle you into IDC and set you up for success.
You will be immersed in a series of accredited learning assets covering areas meant to anchor you in your journey of 18 months, while we expose you to the latest curated on-line content addressing our DNA embedded IDC core competencies.
We are therefore inviting applications for an internship programme which will run for a period of 18 months. Interns will be placed nationally within the IDC (Head Office & Regions).
Qualifications and Experience
Applicants must be in possession of any qualification of the following fields.
- BCom Accounting/Financial Management (Specialising in Management Accounting) or Financial Accounting/ BTech Cost & Management Accounting;
- Honours Information Science with specialisation in Knowledge Management,
- BCom (Law); or LLB;
- Honours Degree in Mathematical Finance/ Financial Engineering/Quantitative Risk or Finance/Financial Modelling/Actuarial Science/Financial Econometrics/Mathematical Economics;
- Diploma Travel Tourism/Business Travel;
- BEng. Industrial Engineering
- BSc Environmental Science
- CTA and Honours in Finance or Accounting.
- BCom/ BA Human Resource Management,
- Diploma Human Resources Management/Development;
- BA/BCom Psychology, Master’s in Psychology (completed or in progress);
- Diploma / Degree in Information Management or Archival Studies;
- Degree/Diploma in Logistics Management/Purchasing;
- \BSc IT/B.IT;
- BA/Advanced Diploma in Media Studies/Journalism/Communication/Brand Communication.
- BCom Marketing Management/Public Relations/Project Management.
Job-Related Skills
- Ability to build and manage relationships
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- scheduling and time management skills
- Good attention to detail
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to liaise and engage with both internal and external clients
- Excellent customer relationship skills
- Respect for confidentiality due to the nature of work
- Innovation and Creativity
Behavioural and Technical Competencies
Behavioural
- Is proactive and forward-thinking
- Relating and Networking
- Strong Professional Judgement in managing situations and/or confidential information
- Relating and Networking
- Planning and Organising
- Following Instructions and Procedures
- Coping with Pressures and Setbacks
- Adhering to Principles and Values
- Presenting and Communicating Information
- Teachable
Technical
- In-depth knowledge of the respective field of study.
- Sound knowledge about the Industrial Development Corporation
- MS Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, MS Teams
- Ability to liaise effectively at a high level
General Requirements
Applicants must be able to satisfy these basic eligibility requirements to apply for the internship:
- Applicants must be South African Citizens
- Applicants must be less than 35 years of age.
- Effective English writing and verbal communication skills
- Not be studying at any other institution.
- Applicant must not be registered or have been on any Learnership or Internship Programme
- All applicants must have a completed Qualification.
Checks and Verifications
Candidates will be required to undergo the competency-based interviews.
The following checks will be conducted, Criminal Record checks, verification of educational qualification and proof of South African citizenship.
Successful candidates will be required to sign a 18-month fixed term employment contract.
How to Apply
Please VIEW MORE AND APPLY HERE. This link takes you to the IDC Careers Portal.
If you don’t hear from us after 4 weeks from the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.
