Internship: Organisational Transformation

The Road Accident Fund’s mission is to provide timely and equitable assistance to those affected by motor vehicle accidents through the provision of appropriate social benefits to ensure financial relief and recovery for qualifying individuals.

Purpose of the Internship: The Road Accident Fund is committed to youth skills development, providing graduates with an opportunity to gain work-based experience. Applications are invited for the Programme Delivery Management Internship from unemployed graduates between the age of 18 and 25. The Internship program will run for a period of twelve (18) months. Verification process will be undertaken to verify whether you have previous work anywhere within the Republic of South Africa.

Interns appointed to this programme will participate in a structured rotational placement across both Senior Officer: Project Delivery Management and Specialist: Programme and Project Management functions within the Organisational Transformation Department. The programme is designed to provide end-to-end exposure to programme and project delivery within a large public-sector organisation, enabling learners to develop both foundational coordination skills and advanced project delivery competencies.

Work based exposure may include the following: (populate in the form of Summary)

• Project Coordination and Operational Support: assisting with scheduling, meeting logistics, action taking, and maintaining project documentation.
• Project Planning, Execution, and Governance: exposure to development of project plans, preparation of governance documents, monitoring and controlling execution and budget management.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Communication: work closely with project sponsors, owners, service providers, and other stakeholders, utilizing communication and engagement techniques, multi-disciplinary relationship management, and involvement in project awareness.
• Reporting, Compliance and Risk Management: gain practical experience preparing operational and management reports, supporting compliance with policies and procedures, developing and maintaining risks and issues registers, learning how risks are proactively identified, mitigated and escalated, and understanding governance requirements for public-sector environments.
• Programme Delivery and Strategic Alignment: exposure to programme-level coordination of multiple projects and how project contribute to strategic organisational objectives.
• Professional Skills and Workplace Readiness: development of professional competencies encompassing planning, organising, prioritisation, communication, teamwork, ethical conduct, client service orientation, problem-solving, analytical thinking, working under pressure, and meeting deadlines.

Qualifications and other Requirements

• Certified copy of Grade 12 / Matric certificate
•      Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Project Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Informatics, Business Management or related fields.
• Certified copy of your ID
• Certified copy of Academic transcript
• Your CV and motivational letter

Technical and behavioral competencies required

The successful candidate will be required to display the following competencies in this role:

• Written and verbal communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Detail orientation
• Desire and potential to learn
• Self-motivated
• Basic computer skills
• Prioritize tasks as needed

Remuneration

The interns will be awarded a monthly stipend.

NB: Applications can be forwarded to the RAF website, e-recruitment platform.

No hand delivered applications will be accepted.

INSTRUCTION TO PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS

1. Indicate the province and the reference number for the Internship you are applying for on the subject line.
2. Submit a short CV and a motivational letter as to why your application should be considered with a maximum of 3 pages, applications with no academic transcript will not be considered.
3. Applicants are restricted to apply for a maximum of 3 positions only (to complete an application for each ref number)
4. Applicants must be unemployed, was never employed in the field of the post and never participated in an internship programme in the relevant field of the post previously
5. The applicant must not have previously served as intern before.
6. Should it be found that the applicant previously served as an intern and did not disclose that info and it is discovered later, the applicant will be disqualified.
7. Please note that the prospective employees will be subjected to security vetting

The Road Accident Fund subscribes to the principles of employment equity and preference will be given to people with disabilities

NB: Applicants who have not received any correspondence from us within six weeks from the closing date can consider themselves unsuccessful

The Road Accident Fund subscribes to the principles of employment equity and preference will be given to People with Disabilities.

Applicants who have not received any correspondence from us within six weeks from the closing date can consider themselves unsuccessful.

Security Vetting shall be conducted on all prospective employees.

It is the applicants’ responsibility to have foreign qualification evaluated by the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA) and to provide proof of such evaluation.