Wages: R 7 332,63 pm
Duration: 6 months fixed term contract
The above short-term positions exist in the Heritage and Research Department at Robben Island Museum.
Responsibilities:
- Travel with the Researchers to conduct life history interviews during data collection sessions.
- Attend compulsory training sessions/ workshops to be offered by RIM in Cape Town.
- Attend and contribute to project inception, progress and ad hoc meetings pertaining the women imprisonment project.
- As a Project Ambassador, politely and meaningfully address all questions from the interviewees about the project and RIM’s mandate and current heritage programmes.
- Ensure that a sample size of women EPPs in the 9 provinces are interviewed and project targets are met.
- Assist with identification of women EPPs that are eligible for interviews within the provinces.
- Link the Researchers/RIM to the EPP’s and/or EPP family to be interviewed.
- Ensure a conducive and healthy atmosphere during interview session.
- As a Project Ambassador, outline the benefits of the interview project in relation to the AEPP and RIM as World Heritage Site to each EPP and/or EPP family to be interviewed.
- Educate all EPPs about RIM, a World Heritage Site, its heritage programmes, and benefits that exist within other State Departments, i.e. Department of Military Veterans.
- Market RIM through educating EPPs and their families on the mandate of RIM and its heritage programmes.
- Generate and submit monthly reports.
- Able to conduct any other duties that aimed at benefiting RIM and EPPs within the province, i.e. attend
- Meetings to talk about RIM heritage programmes, distribute resource materials to EPPs.
Minimum Requirements:
- Be a women ex-political prisoner with a verifiable prison number
- Reside in the Western Cape
- Must have completed Grade 12
- Knowledge of basic computer literacy to search data and input data.
- Excellent telephone manner and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency in English and two of the African languages.
- Ability to travel away for 4 weeks at a time.
- RIM is an EE, AA, employer and reserves the right not to make an appointment if suitable candidates are not found.
Only submit a detailed CV with Contactable Referees and a Copy of ID to:
Using the subject line “FEMALE EX-POLITICAL PRISONER RESEARCH ASSISTANT 05/2025 and prison number” no later than 29 May 2025. Late submission will automatically be disqualified.
Note: If you do not hear from us within 30 days, please consider your application as unsuccessful.
- By submitting your CV/ Application for any position, you hereby grant RIM permission to use your personal information in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act no 4 of 2013 and the revised amendment dated 2021”
NB. Please note that RIM is currently undergoing Organisational Review, which might impact on any of the position
