SITA Information Technology Internship Programme


Advertiser: State Information Technology Agency
Location: National

SITA is an equal opportunity employer and endeavours to promote skills Development targeted at previously disadvantaged individuals by complying with appropriate legislation, e.g. the Skills Development Act, 1997.

SITA offers an Internship programme targeted at unemployed graduates in the field of Information Technology and other related fields. Applications are invited from interested graduates, who meet the minimum requirements as specified in the advert and are interested in joining SITA as an employer of choice.

Stipend: (R 3 500 per month)

Field of study and location (number of opportunities in brackets):

- System Development: Gauteng (10), Limpopo (24), Eastern Cape (2)
- IT Call Centre Agents: Limpopo (2)
- System Support: Gauteng (18), Mpumalanga (4), Limpopo (16), Eastern Cape (3), Free State (7), North West (5), KwaZulu-Natal (2), Cape Town (1)
- Database Administrator: Eastern Cape (2), Limpopo (5)
- IT Security: Gauteng (3)
- Business Analysts: Free State (1), Eastern Cape (1), Limpopo (16), Gauteng (2)
- Project Management / Admin: Gauteng (1), Free State (1), Limpopo (Admin 8 and Management 5)
- Administration (CRM and HR): Eastern Cape (2)
- IT trainers: Gauteng (10)
- Enterprise Architect: Eastern Cape (2)
- Engineers (Linux, Novell and Microsoft): Eastern Cape (4)
- Service Management: Limpopo (2)
- Solution Architects: Limpopo (5)
- System Analyst: Limpopo (6)
- Web Developer (Drupal & Java): Limpopo (4)
- Web Developer (Oracle with Java): Limpopo (4)
- Enterprise Content Developers: Limpopo (2)
- .Net Developers: Limpopo (6)
- Sybase Developers with .Net knowledge: Limpopo (1)
- Graphic Designers: Limpopo (4)

Who is eligible to apply?
Unemployed South African citizens between 18 and 35 years with Bachelors degrees, Diploma / BTech in Information Technology and other identified fields may apply. Applicants should not have previous working experience or have participated in any internship programme before. Individuals with disabilities are welcome to apply.

Remuneration: The monthly stipend will be R3 500.00

Duration: The internship programme is offered for duration of 12 months.

How to apply?
Applicants must specify the discipline or area of specialisation they are applying for, accompanied by an updated curriculum vitae and certified copies of original qualifications, academic transcripts and a copy of SA ID document.

Note: If you do not hear from us within a month of the closing date, please regard your application as unsuccessful. Correspondence will only be limited to shortlisted candidates. Appointment on the programme is subject to security clearance, verification of qualifications, reference checking and signing of an internship contract. Please indicate the reference number of this advert on your application.

Applications can be forwarded using either of the following methods:
By Hand: Apollo Building, 459 Tsitsa Street, Erasmuskloof, Pretoria, 0001
By Post: Youth Development Programme, P O Box 26100, Monument Park, Pretoria, 0001
E-Mail: ydprecruitment@sita.co.za

For any enquiries, contact Kearabetswe Mokoka at (012) 482 3285 or Koos Kuhn (012) 482 2407.

Closing date: 7 November 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.