Synopsis
The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (the IDC) is a self-financing, state-owned national development finance institution which provides finance for industrial development projects, playing a catalytic role in promoting partnerships across industries within and outside our borders, promoting regional economic growth.
Job number: IDC00572
Contract Type: Graduate
Due Date: 1 Aug 2025
Region: Various Placements
IDC Job Grade: S Band
We do this by:
- Proactively identifying and funding of high-impact and labour-intensive projects.
- Leading the creation of viable new industries.
- Using our diverse industry expertise to drive growth in priority sectors; and
- Taking up higher-risk funding projects.
Job Description
The IDC offers workplace exposure through an internship programme for a period of 24-months. Our programme aims to provide a customised, structured, and supervised workplace experience. This allows qualified youth to gain valuable work experience, explore career paths, networking opportunities and mentoring through experienced professionals.
The IDC internship programme is a 24-month fixed-term contract that provides workplace experience underpinned by a carefully designed training program customized to allow one to gain valuable work experience, explore career paths, networking with professionals in the workplace while earning a stipend.
Objectives: (Key Performance areas)
- To develop a talent pipeline of skilled individuals for the various business areas within the Corporation and various sectors to address the unemployment rate in the country.
- To create opportunities for unemployed graduates with the required qualifications to develop competencies for employability.
- To grant graduates an opportunity to network with professionals and learn about the different career paths that are available in the Corporation.
- To help graduates apply knowledge acquired from institutions of higher learning to a real-life work environment.
We are therefore inviting applications for an internship programme which will run for a period of 24 months. Interns will be placed nationally within the IDC (Head Office & Regions).
Qualification and Experience
Applicants must be able to satisfy these basic eligibility requirements to apply for the internship:
- Applicants must be South African Citizens:
- Applicants must be less than 35 years of age.
- Effective English writing and verbal communication skills
- Not be studying at any other institution.
- Applicant must not be registered or have been on any Learnership or Internship Programme
- All applicants must have a completed Qualification.
Applicants must be in possession of any qualification of the following fields:
- BCom Accounting/Financial Management (Specialising in Management Accounting) or Financial Accounting/ BTech Cost & Management Accounting; Honours Information Science; Records management, BCom (Law); or LLB; Honours Degree in Mathematical Finance/ Financial Engineering/Quantitative Risk or Finance/Financial Modelling/Actuarial Science/Financial Econometrics/Mathematical Economics; BEng. Industrial Engineering/BSc Environmental, BA or Post Grad- or Advanced Diploma in Journalism/Brand Communication/Media Studies; Science/Construction/Civil Engineering. National Diploma in Real-Estate Valuation or BSc in Property Studies. Registration with SACPVP as a Candidate Valuer would be advantages (Land and Buildings). National Diploma in Engineering. Registration with ASA would be advantages (Plant and Machinery); BSc Engineering Mechanical/Electrical (registration with ECSA advantageous). Matriculants living with disability. BCom/ BA Human Resource Management, Diploma Human Resources Management/Development; Degree or Diploma in Education/BA/BCom Psychology, Information Management, Information management or record, Data Science, master’s in industrial psychology
Candidates will be required to undergo the competency-based interviews.
The following checks will be conducted, Criminal Record checks, verification of educational qualification and proof of South African citizenship.
Successful candidates will be required to sign a 24-month fixed term employment contract. If you don’t hear from us after 4 weeks from the due date, please consider your application unsuccessful
Job-Related Skills:
- Ability to build and manage relationships
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent scheduling and time management skills
- Good attention to detail
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to liaise and engage with both internal and external clients
- Excellent customer relationship skills
- Respect for confidentiality due to the nature of work
- Innovation and creativity
Behavioural Competency:
- Is proactive and forward-thinking
- Relating and Networking
- Strong Professional Judgement in managing situations and/or confidential information
- Relating and Networking
- Planning and organising
- Following Instructions and Procedures
- Coping with Pressures and Setbacks
- Adhering to Principles and Values
- Presenting and Communicating Information
- Teachable and willing to learn
Technical Competency:
- In-depth knowledge of the respective field of study
- Sound knowledge about the Industrial Development Corporation
- MS Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, MS Teams
- Ability to liaise effectively at a high level
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