MERSETA Office Administrator Internship

Advertiser: MERSETA (The Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority)
Location: Johannesburg

MERSETA is inviting suitably qualified individuals to submit applications to serve a one year Internship as Office Administrators.

Opportunities are available in the following units (with qualification requirements in brackets):

- Supply Chain (Diploma or Degree with Supply Chain major)
- Grants (Diploma or Degree with Accounting major)
- Travel (National Certificate or Diploma in Travel and Tourism)
- HR (Diploma or Degree in Human Resource Management0
- Marketing (Diploma in Communications Science or Public Relations)
- Secretariat (Diploma or Degree with Business Management major)
- Strategic and Compliance (Degree in Social Science)
- Quality Assurance (Diploma or Degree Business Administration, with exposure to Quality Management, Business Statistics, Training and Development)
- Chambers (Diploma or Degree in Business Administration)
- Research (Honours Degree in Social Science and preferably studying towards a Master’s Degree)
- Artisan Innovation and Development (Diploma or Degree in Business Administration)
- Special Project (National Certificate in Business Administration)
- Curriculum and Learning (National Certificate in Human Resource Management (Training and Development)
- ETQA (Diploma or Degree in Business Management (HR and Project Management)
- Central Admin (Diploma or Degree in Business Administration)
- Information Technology (Diploma in IT majoring in Networking or equivalent)
- Management Information System (Diploma in IT majoring in System Development)
- Call Centre (Certificate in Call Centre)
- Contract Implementation (Diploma or Degree in Project Management or Business Management)
- Mail Room (National Certificate in Business Administration)

Minimum Requirements:

- Must be between the ages of 18 and 35
- Must have NO work experience
- Must be South African citizens
- Must be willing to sign a 12month Internship contract

If you meet the above mentioned criteria, kindly submit your detailed CV, clearly indicating the internship you are interested in, to: recruitment@merseta.org.za

Closing date: 31 October 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.