Westonaria Financial Management Internship


Number of positions available: Five (5)

Remuneration: R100 000.00 per annum (All-inclusive)

Internship Overview:
  • The Municipal Finance Management Programme is an organised professional training and work experience with the goal of providing high quality training and practical exposure in all aspects of the Municipal Finance Management.

  • The programme has a logical training sequence that build on the skills and competencies acquired during University training. It ends where appropriate, with awarding of a professional qualification in Municipal Finance Management.
Requirements:
  • Three-year Bachelor's degree or National Diploma in Economics, or Accounting or Financial Management or equivalent qualification.

  • The intern will be required to sign an Internship Agreement in addition to the employment contract, committing him / herself to full participating in the education and workplace assignment in accordance with relevant policies and procedures.
Application letters specifying the post applied for accompanied by CV, certified copies of qualifications and professional registration (where applicable), ID and Driver's License must be submitted to:
The Manager
Human Resources
P O Box 19
Westonaria
1780

Physical address: 1st Floor West Wing, Municipal Offices, Westonaria

Enquiries: Human Resources Section, Tel: (011) 278 3000 / 3022

Westonaria Local Municipality is an equal opportunity employer and reserves the right not to make an appointment. Appointments will be made in accordance with the Westonaria local municipality's recruitment and selection policy. A competency assessment may be conducted for recommended candidates. Applications will not be acknowledged and only short listed candidates will be invited for interviews.

Canvassing, fraudulent qualifcations, information and documentation will immediately disqualify any applicant. If you do not receive a response within 3 months from the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.

Closing date: 5 April 2013
Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.