The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation: Internship Programme/In-Service Training|2026-2028
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation is offering opportunities to unemployed South African graduates and students from Higher Education institutions who have completed their degrees or diplomas or would like on-the-job, practical training to complete their qualifications. Applicants should indicate the field of study that they have completed and the correct reference number and note that the duration of the internship and in-service training for students from Universities, the Universities of Technology and the TVET Colleges will be 24 months.
Fixed Term: 24 months
Stipend: R7 860.50 per month
Centre: Pretoria
- Corporate Services Branch x1
Ref No: DPME/2025/01
Directorate: Legal Services
Requirements: An LLB Degree/ BA Laws as recognised by SAQA.
Applications: can also be emailed to Recruitmentintern01@dpme.gov.za
- National Planning Coordination Secretariat Branch x1
Ref No: DPME/2025/02
Chief Directorate: Social
Requirements: A Degree in Social Science/ Education/ Health Sciences as recognised by SAQA
Applications: can also be emailed to Recruitmentintern02@dpme.gov.za
- State Owned Enterprise Branch x1
Ref No: DPME/2025/04
DDG: State Owned Enterprises Reform
Requirements: A Degree in Economics/ Finance/ Accounting as recognised by SAQA.
Applications: can also be emailed to Recruitmentintern04@dpme.gov.za
- In-Service Training/ Internship Programme Sector & Monitoring Services Branch x1
Ref No: DPME/2025/03
DDG: Sector Monitoring
Stipend: R6 659.25 per month/ R7 860.50 per month
Requirements: N6 Certificate in Office Management (In-service Training)/ Degree in Business Administration (Internship Programme) as recognised by SAQA
Applications: can also be emailed to Recruitmentintern03@dpme.gov.za
Enquiries: Tel No: Ms Sharon Maloma Tel No: (012) 312 0457 and Mr Mongezi Davashe
Tel No: (012) 312 0464
Applications must be posted / or hand-delivered to: The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME), Attention:
- Human Resource Admin & Recruitment, at Private Bag X944, Pretoria, 0028
- Hand delivered to 330 Grosvenor Street, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0028 (please quote the relevant post and reference number).
Best Before: 05 December 2025 @ 16:30
Note: The relevant reference number must be quoted on all applications. The successful candidate will have to sign an annual performance agreement and will be required to undergo a security clearance. Applications must be submitted on a signed Z83 accompanied by a comprehensive CV only as well as indicating three reference persons with the following information: name and contact number(s), email address and an indication of the capacity in which the reference is known to the candidate. Certified copies of qualifications and other relevant documents will be requested from shortlisted candidates only. Applicants will be required to meet vetting requirements as prescribed by Minimum Information Security Standards. The DPME is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer. The employment decision shall be informed by the Employment Equity Plan of the Department. It is the Department’s intention to promote equity (race, gender and disability) through the filling of this post(s) Failure to submit the above information will result in the application not being considered. It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). Reference checks will be done during the selection process. Note that correspondence will only be conducted with the short-listed candidates. If you have not been contacted within three (3) months of the closing date of the advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Shortlisted candidates must be available for interviews at a date and time determined by DPME. Applicants must note that pre-employment checks will be conducted once they are short-listed and the appointment is also subject to positive outcomes on these checks, which include security clearance, security vetting, qualification verification and criminal records. All shortlisted candidates will be required to undergo a technical exercise that intends to test the relevant technical elements of the job. The DPME reserves the right to utilise practical exercises/tests for non-SMS positions during the recruitment process (candidates who are shortlisted will be informed accordingly) to determine the suitability of candidates for the post(s). The DPME also reserves the right to cancel the filling / not to fill a vacancy that was advertised during any stage of the recruitment process. Candidates are required to use the new Z83 (Application for employment) that is implemented with effect from 1 January 2021. A copy can be downloaded on the website of the Department of Public Service & Administration (DPSA). Applicants must be South African citizens, should not have a criminal record and should not have served/placed in the Public Service before in the developmental programmes (In-service Training, Learnership, etc.). National Certificate learners should, on appointment, submit logbooks from their colleges.
