Industrial Development Corporation (IDC): Internships 2025 / 2026

The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) offers workplace exposure through an internship programme for a period of 24-months. Our programme aims to provide a customised, structured, and supervised workplace experience. This allows qualified youth to gain valuable work experience, explore career paths, networking opportunities and mentoring through experienced professionals.

The IDC internship programme is a 24-month fixed-term contract that provides workplace experience underpinned by a carefully designed training program customized to allow one to gain valuable work experience, explore career paths, networking with professionals in the workplace while earning a stipend.

Objectives: (Key Performance areas)

• To develop a talent pipeline of skilled individuals for the various business areas within the Corporation and various sectors to address the unemployment rate in the country.
• To create opportunities for unemployed graduates with the required qualifications to develop competencies for employability.
• To grant graduates an opportunity to network with professionals and learn about the different career paths that are available in the Corporation.
• To help graduates apply knowledge acquired from institutions of higher learning to a real-life work environment.

We are therefore inviting applications for an internship programme which will run for a period of 24 months. Interns will be placed nationally within the IDC (Head Office & Regions).

Required Fields of study:

Must have a qualification in any of the following:

• Accounting / Financial Management (Specialising in Management Accounting)
• Financial Accounting
• Management Accounting;
• Information Science;
• Records Management,
• Law or LLB
• Mathematical Finance
• Financial Engineering
• Quantitative Risk
• Finance / Financial Modelling
• Actuarial Science
• Financial Econometrics
• Mathematical Economics;
• Industrial Engineering
• Environmental Science,
• Journalism / Brand Communication / Media Studies;
• Construction / Civil Engineering.
• CTA and Honours in Finance or Accounting;
• Real-Estate Valuation or Property Studies.
• Engineering.
• Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
• Matriculants living with disability.
• Human Resource Management,
• Human Resource Development;
• Education
• Psychology,
• Information Management
• Data Science

Selection Criteria:

Applicants must be able to satisfy these basic eligibility requirements to apply for the internship:

• Applicants must be South African Citizens
• Applicants must be less than 35 years of age.
• Effective English writing and verbal communication skills
• Not be studying at any other institution.
• Applicant must not be registered or have been on any Learnership or Internship Programme
• All applicants must have a completed Qualification.

Skills and Competencies:

• Ability to build and manage relationships
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent scheduling and time management skills
• Good attention to detail
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to liaise and engage with both internal and external clients
• Excellent customer relationship skills
• Respect for confidentiality due to the nature of work
• Innovation and creativity
• Is proactive and forward-thinking
• Relating and Networking
• Strong Professional Judgement in managing situations and/or confidential information
• Relating and Networking
• Planning and organising
• Following Instructions and Procedures
• Coping with Pressures and Setbacks
• Adhering to Principles and Values
• Presenting and Communicating Information
• Teachable and Willing to learn
• In-depth knowledge of the respective field of study
• Sound knowledge about the Industrial Development Corporation