CapeNature invites South African unemployed graduates to apply for 24 months Groen Sebenza Internship Programme 2023.
Internship Location: Stellenbosch and Cape Town, Western Cape
Internship Closing Date: 08 December 2022
GROEN SEBENZA PHASE II
Call for Two Year Internships
The Groen Sebenza Phase II Programme is a bridging into work programme funded to the value of R300m for the next three years. GS Phase II aims to recruit 1050 unemployed graduates (diploma – PhD level) and place them nationally in different organisations (government and non-governmental) where they will be incubated (trained and mentored) to further develop their competence and confidence in the management of environment/biodiversity.
The programme goals
- Enable workplace-based learning for graduates aimed at building and strengthening their capacity at various levels.
- Creation of job opportunities and possible permanent placement beyond funding.
- Transformation and organisational strengthening – strengthen different organisational development aspects including transformation in its totality, mentoring, proactive skills and planning to better respond to organisational mandates and other national priorities.
- Research informed – through research, develop a ‘live’ skills intelligence system that will enable the sector to proactively plan for skills development and track and trace the utilisation of the developed skills.
CapeNature in partnership with The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) is pleased to announce a call for applications for incubation in the following fields:
| Field | Location (Where the Intern will be based) | Required Qualification | Number required | Stipend rate |
| Ecologist: Flora | CapeNature Head Office, PGWC Shared Services Center cnr Bosduif & Volstruis Streets, Bridgetown, Cape Town, 7764 | NQF 8 BSc Hons in Botany or Ecology | 1 | R8 697 |
| Ecologist: Flora | Assegaaibosch Nature Reserve, Stellenbosch | NQF 8 BSc Hons in Botany or Ecology | 1 | R8 697 |
| Ecologist: Fauna | CapeNature Head Office, PGWC Shared Services Center cnr Bosduif & Volstruis Streets, Bridgetown, Cape Town, 7764 | NQF 8 BSc Hons in Zoology or Ecology | 2 | R8 697 |
| Conservation Planner(Technologist) | CapeNature Head Office, PGWC Shared Services Center cnr Bosduif & Volstruis Streets, Bridgetown, Cape Town, 7764 | NQF 9 in Conservation Biology, Environmental Science or Natural Sciences | 1 | R10 035 |
Requirements
- Must be a SA citizen.
- Young unemployed and *underemployed professionals between the ages of 18 and 35.
- Innovative, dynamic and creative
- A commitment to career development in the environmental/biodiversity sector.
- Must hold qualifications mentioned in table above
- People with disabilities are also encouraged to apply.
* Underemployed refers to youth employed in any sector than the one they studied for as per the above listed fields.
Internship monthly stipend values (no other benefits apply as these are internship positions)
Candidates holding higher qualifications than advertised, may apply, however, remuneration is capped as per minimum requirements advertised.
SANBI reserves the right not to fill these internships.
