Department of Education: Internship & WIL Programme 2024/2026

The Eastern Cape Department of Education invites South African unemployed graduates and students to apply for an Internship and Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Programme 2024 /2026.

Position: Internship Programme and Work Integrated Learning Programme 2024 / 2026
Stipend: Internship Programme – R7 450.62 per month
Work Integrated Learning Programme – R5 004 per month
Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa
Closing Date: 13 September 2024

  • INTERNSHIP PROGRAMES 2024/2025 – 2025/2026 – UNEMPLOYED GRADUATES (24 MONTHS)

NOTE: The Eastern Cape Department of Education provides an opportunity for unemployed graduates to gain the necessary application skills, as well as “hands on work” experience in their respective disciplines or fields/ areas of specialization for Two (2) years/ twenty-four (24) Internship (Targeting unemployed youth who possess a full qualification).

The Interns will be placed in schools, all 12 district offices, circuit offices and at the head office. The department invites individuals who have successfully completed a tertiary qualification in the following disciplines or fields to apply. Preference will be given to people with disabilities first, hence are encouraged to apply and disclose the nature of their disability.

In your application letter, please indicate the source of media from which you have heard or seen the post on. When the applicant has not been notified of the results within two (2) months or sixty (60) days from the closing date, the applicant should regard his/ her application as unsuccessful.

The Department reserves the right not to continue with the interviews and appointments if the Department feels no suitable candidates could be found. Canvassing of Employees and/or Management is not permissible, and proof thereof will result in disqualification.

The incumbent will be required to sign an internship contract, and performance/ work plan agreement. Participants who have previously benefitted from the Programme will be disqualified.

  • WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING PROGRAMME 2024/2025 – 2025/2026

NOTE: The Eastern Cape Department of Education provides an opportunity for students to enter a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Programme. This programme will enable them to gain the necessary application skills and “hands-on work” experience in their respective disciplines or fields/areas of specialisation for a period ranging from a minimum of 3 months to a maximum of 18 months, to complete their qualifications from a registered Public Institution.

The students will be placed in the 12 district offices and at the Head Office. The department invites students who must undergo workplace-based experience to qualify for a degree or diploma in the following disciplines or fields to apply (X120 posts).

Preference will be given to people with disabilities first, hence are encouraged to apply and disclose the nature of their disability. In your application letter, please indicate the source of media from which you have heard or seen the post on.

When the applicant has not been notified of the results within two (2) months or sixty (60) days from the closing date, the applicant should regard his/ her application as unsuccessful. The Department reserves the right not to continue with the interviews and appointments if the Department feels no suitable candidates could be found. Canvassing of Employees and/or Management is not permissible, and proof thereof will result in disqualification.

The incumbent will be required to sign an internship contract, and performance/ work plan agreement. Participants who have previously benefitted from the Programme will be disqualified.

CLOSING DATE: 13 September 2024. no late applications will be accepted

HOW TO APPLY

APPLICATIONS: Must be submitted only via the provincial e-Recruitment system available at: https://ecprov.gov.za and/or at https://erecruitment.ecotp.gov.za. The system is available 24/7 throughout and closes at 23:59 on the closing date. To report any challenges pertaining e-Recruitment System, send an email with your ID Number, your profile e-Mail Address and the details of the issue to: [email protected] / [email protected]; do not submit any CVs to this email address, should you do so, your application will be regarded as lost and will not be considered. Technical support is limited to working hours: (08:00-16:30 Mon-Thurs and 08:00-16:00 on Fri). No Hand-Delivered / No Faxed / No Posted applications will be accepted.

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NOTE: Applications must be submitted on a duly completed Z83 (effective from 01 January 2021) form obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the internet at www.dpsa.gov.za/documents. Applicants are not required to submit any copies of qualifications and other relevant documents on application but must submit a fully completed signed Z83 form and detailed Curriculum Vitae.

NB: Z83 in the e-recruitment system is currently not downloadable and therefore not signable; so, applicants who submitted applications via the e recruitment system will not be disqualified for an unsigned Z83 instead will be requested to sign on interview day. Shortlisted candidates will be required to submit certified copies of qualifications, and other relevant documents to HR on or before the interview date.

Applicants with foreign qualifications would be required to submit an evaluation certificate from the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA) on or before the day of the interview. Failure to submit all the requested documents will disqualify the application. Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only.

If you have not been contacted within six (6) weeks after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Selected candidates will be subjected to a personnel suitability check (criminal record check, citizenship verification, financial/asset record check, qualification/study verification and previous employment verification).

Successful candidates will also be subjected to security clearance processes. Where applicable, candidates will be subjected to a skills/knowledge test. Successful candidates will be appointed on a 24 month contract. Misrepresentation in the application documents will result in automatic disqualification and disciplinary action in the event the candidate has already been appointed.

The Department reserves the right not to make appointment(s) to the advertised post(s). Persons with disability and people from previously disadvantaged groups are encouraged to apply. It is the department’s objective to address the Employment Equity Affirmative Action
Measures in line with the Employment Equity Plan and to achieve equitable representation across race and gender. In filling of these posts gender equity and people living with disability will be highly considered.

The Department reserves the right to amend / review / withdraw advertised posts if by so doing, the best interest of the department will be well served. (Females and People with disabilities are also requested to apply and indicate such in their applications).

NB Please Note: It is the department’s objective to address the Employment Equity Affirmative Action Measures in line with the ECDOE EE Plan and to achieve equitable representation across race and gender. In filling of these posts gender equity and people living with disability will be highly considered.

The Department reserves the right to amend / review / withdraw advertised posts if by so doing, the best interest of the department will be well served. (Females and People with disabilities are also requested to apply and indicate such in their applications).

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