Internship Overview
- Operating Division: Transnet Corporate Centre
- Employee Group: Trainee
- Department: TA, FOLDRS & FUNC – Youth Development
- Location: Esselenpark
- Reporting To: Specialist: Youth Development
- Grade: INT
- Reference: req2666
The closing date is on 14/02/2025. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that HR has received the application before the closing date of the advertisement.
Position Purpose
- Exposure in different facets in the workplace and participate in People Management processes and procedures, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Change Management, Employee Wellness and Research, Psychometric Assessments and Employee Relations under the supervision of the Supervising IOP.
- Apply behavioural psychology principles in the workplace and ensure best practice compliance in alignment with the HPCSA guidelines
Post Overview
- Build relationships with all departments to provide high quality services and to encourage feedback to improve service.
- Assist with talent projects – identification of talent, development plans, succession planning and coaching/mentoring and soft skills interventions.
- Assist with Organisational Development projects in order to ensure optimal functioning and effectiveness in a department, and within the organisation.
- Assist with the designing and implementation of climate surveys, providing feedback to business, proposing solutions and implementing interventions.
- To conduct job analysis and align job descriptions and talent initiatives to the competency framework
- To provide support to recruitment and People Business Partners.
- Assist with wellness and employee engagement projects.
- Participate in various ad-hoc projects when necessary.
- Assists the Assessment Team in ensuring the offering of professional assessment services to clients across Transnet
- Proactively supports the Assessment Consultants in interacting with People Business Partners and Talent Management Specialists to anticipate and identify assessment needs within the different segments
- Supports the Assessment Consultant in integrating assessments with change management and culture and other HR practices and processes across the organisation.
- Assist the Assessment Manager in Identifying and participating in research development
- Perform quantitative and qualitative diagnostics to determine the existing safety climate
- Assist in designing job assessments and simulations for analyzing competencies
- Design and execute change management processes as new company policies are introduced
- Observe in hearings as well as provide advice regarding the company’s code of conduct and ER processes
- Go to labour court for a least a day
- Take part in career counselling
- Take part in basic counselling intervention or sending employees to relevant professionals
- Take part in drafting and creating a range of educational workshops for employees (e.g. financial literacy, workplace conduct, health)
Qualifications and Experience
- Must have completed M.A. / M. Com Industrial and Organisational Psychology by an accredited academic institution with a dissertation completed and submitted for examination
- Registration with the HPCSA as an IOP Student Intern
- Must have acquired own supervisor from the university that will provide academic supervision during the internship
- Thorough knowledge of the code of professional ethics of the HPCSA
- Knowledge of best practice in the field of psychometrics
- Knowledge of relevant legislative frameworks which impact on psychological practice Sound understanding of psychometric properties
- Clear knowledge and understanding of scope of practice Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
Competencies
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Network and collaborate across boundaries
- Build relationships and establish rapport
- Manage tasks and complete tasks according to deadline
- Able to multi-task
- Solution orientated
- Team work
How to apply?
FOR ONLINE APPLICATION CLICK HERE
Equity Status
Preference will be given to suitably qualified Applicants who are members of the designated groups in line with the Employment Equity Plan and Targets of the Organisation/Operating Division.
