NGO Internship in South Africa

NGO Internship in South Africa – Social Economics

About the organization – Reference: SMA1403

NGO internship in South Africa with this exciting and reputable organization. The internships are of high quality and give the candidates exposure in different fields. Students Meet Africa has been cooperating with the organization for years and has successfully placed many internstional students at the organization. They are a specialist in Enterprise Development, accredited Skills Traning and Corporate Social Investment. The sectors include Craft, Agriculture, Tourism, Small-Scale Manufacturing – all sectors with fairly low barriers to entry but enormous potential for grassroots job creation, community upliftment and nation building.

The oganization desgins and implements flagship programmes for corporate, Government and international donor clients that supports the growth of small and emerging enterprises as well as community based projects all over South Africa.

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NGO Internship in South Africa – Internship fields offered

• Social Economic Development
• Project Management
• Small Business / Commerce
• Finance
• Graphic Design
• Industrial/ product design / product re-engineering
• marketing /social marketing and brand building
• Journalism, photography and social commentary

Responsibilities for the NGO Internship in South Africa

The responsibilities will be compiled when candidates have specified their internship field. Usually the organization will interview the candidates in order to find out what their interests are and if they fulfill the requirements for the position. If the candidate is successful an internship contract will be drawn up between the organization and the intern which comprises of the job specifications, requirements, duration of internship etc.

The responsibilities could potentially include a wide range of tasks such as:

• Assisting beneficiaries with their corporate image, analysis and development of Performance Management
• Systems, research and data analysis
• Project Management
• General Operations

In the past interns have been responsible for analysis of the feedback and performance data for workshops, updating databases, formed part of the support team for these workshops, developed a range of interactive Google Maps for beneficiaries and clients, completed data analysis for tourism sectors, conducted competitor analysis, analysing their projects and determining the worth of perusing similar projects at the company amongst other things.

Duration of the NGO Internship in South Africa

The duration for the NGO Internship in South Africa is between 3 – 12 months.

Dates of NGO Internship in South Africa

Not specified

Requirements for the NGO Internship in South Africa

• Studies in Business, Social Economics, Economics or similar
• General work experience is an advantage
• Experience in Social Economics is very advantegous
• The candidate needs to have good English skills. Additional languages are advantegous
• Experience in Social Economics is very advantegous
• Reliable, Responsible as well as able to take ownership
• Able to assist and run projects