South African Library for the Blind (SALB): Internship Programme 2024 / 2025

The Internship Programme seeks to provide an internship opportunity to visually impaired individuals who passed a relevant N6 qualification, a National Diploma, or a Degree at a SAQA accredited Tertiary Institute, through which such Interns may gain work exposure and experience within their field of study that aligns to the respective work disciplines within the SALB.

Internships are available in the following disciplines:

• Human Resource Management
• Office Administration / Secretarial
• Business Administration /Management
• Information Technology
• Library and Information Science
• Marketing / Public Relations
• Finance / Accounting
• Supply Chain Management
• Public Administration

Selection Criteria:

To be considered for the Internship Programme, candidates must:

• Hold a minimum of an N6 qualification relevant to one of the disciplines mentioned above.
• Be computer literate at an intermediate level in the MS Office suite.
• Be legally blind or diagnosed with low vision. Proof of such legal blindness or diagnosed low vision from an Optometrist or Ophthalmologist on the requisite DBE126 form will be required.
• Be a South African Citizen.
• Be fluent in English as the business language.
• Be willing and able to travel independently to and from the workplace and home on a daily basis at the one’s own cost (the incumbent’s cost)
• Reside in the province (Eastern Cape in this instance) where the internship placements may bem
• Have good interpersonal and communication skills to establish and maintain good relations with co workers.