Department of Employment and Labour: Graduate Internship Programme 2025 / 2026

The Department of Employment and Labour (Compensation Fund) invites South African unemployed graduates to apply for the 2025 to 2027 internship programme. The internship is meant to provide work exposure to graduates related to their qualifications for a period of twenty-four (24) months from the date of appointment. Applicants must be unemployed and never participated in any internship programme previously

The following Internship Opportunities are open for applications:

Supply Chain Management: Internship

Reference No: HR 5/1/2/3/85

Requirements: National Diploma or Degree (NQF 6 or Higher) in: Supply Chain Management / Logistics.

Duties: Assist with provision of Supply Chain Management Services

Employer Services: Employer Registration: Tariffs: Internship

Reference No: HR 5/1/2/3/74

Requirements: National Diploma or Degree (NQF 6 or Higher) in: Business Management / Business Administration / Public Management / Public Administration / Operations Management.

Duties: Facilitate receipt of new registration forms. Facilitate sub-class investigations on existing files to ensure correctness of tariffs. Facilitate the applications for sub-class or nature of business change on existing files from employers. Facilitate separation or combination of existing files.

Employer Services: Employer Registration: Index: Internship

Reference No: HR 5/1/2/3/75

Requirements: National Diploma or Degree (NQF 6 or Higher) in: Business Management / Business Administration / Public Management / Public Administration / Operations Management.

Duties: Facilitate employer registration process. Conduct the process of updating the master data. Attend and monitor the capturing of employer banking details. Attend and monitor the capturing of employer banking details. Conduct quality assurance on captured data

Employer Services: Employer Registration: Quality Assurance: Internship

Reference No: HR 5/1/2/3/76

Requirements: National Diploma or Degree (NQF 6 or Higher) in: Business Management / Business Administration / Public Management / Public Administration / Operations Management.

Duties: Conduct quality assurance on finalised employer registration. Conduct quality assurance on data captured by employer registration team. Conduct quality assurance on sub-class and nature of business changes done by Tariffs Section.

Employer Assessment (Large Account): Internship

Reference No: HR 5/1/2/3/77

Requirements: National Diploma or Degree (NQF 6 or Higher) in: Financial Accounting / Internal Audit / Financial Management.

Duties: Assist in the assessment and verification of employer-submitted earnings declarations for COIDA compliance. Support the review and revision of employer assessments to ensure accuracy and alignment with legislative requirements. Participate in the verification of employer records and supporting documentation for audit readiness. Contribute to the digitization and maintenance of assessment records and workflows. Assist with administrative tasks and internal reporting related to employer compliance and performance tracking

Employer Compliance: Internship

Reference No: HR 5/1/2/3/78

Requirements: National Diploma or Degree (NQF 6 or Higher) in: Accounting / Financial Accounting / Taxation / Cost and Management Accounting / Auditing.

Duties: Assist in preparing and organizing documentation to support compliance audits and related activities. Help gather and maintain employer information, including statutory data, to support profiling and compliance tracking. Review submitted documents for completeness and accuracy, and support internal verification processes. Liaise with stakeholders to follow up on outstanding information and ensure timely updates. Contribute to compliance initiatives by monitoring progress, compiling summaries, and identifying areas requiring further attention.

Statutory Services: Internship

Reference No: HR 5/1/2/3/79

Requirements: LLB/BA Law

Duties: Drafting of court papers and compliance notices. Providing support to provinces on enforcement matters. Administering and managing statutory case files.

Internal Audit: Internship

Reference No: HR 5/1/2/3/80

Requirements: National Diploma or Degree (NQF 6 or Higher) in: Internal Audit/ Cost and Management Accounting/ Financial Accounting/Accounting Sciences/ Financial Management/ Information System Audit

Duties: Assist with the conducting internal audit as per methodology in operational and compliance audit, ICT Audits, performance audits, conduct quality assurance assessments, perform audit committee secretariat function and other administrative duties.

Treasury and Investment Management: Internship

Reference No: HR 5/1/2/3/81

Requirements: National Diploma or Degree (NQF 6 or Higher) in: Financial Accounting / Management Accounting / Financial/Investment Management / Auditing.

Duties: Assist with preparation of monthly reconciliation, Financial and Investment accounting journals, Analysis of investees performance, annual financial statement, cash flows management and assist in administrative duties.

Medical Billing And Clinical Coding: Internship

Reference No: HR 5/1/2/3/82

Requirements: National Diploma or Degree (NQF 6 or Higher) in: Public Management / Public Administration / Business Administration Management / Administrative Management.

Duties: Receive, assets and validate medical invoices, capture medical invoices, assist in audits, publishing of gazette and administration of medical tariffs.

Medical Claims: Internship

Reference No: HR 5/1/2/3/83

Requirements: National Diploma or Degree (NQF 6 or Higher) in: Public Management / Public Administration / Business Administration Management / Administrative Management.

Duties: Receive, assets and validate medical invoices, capture medical invoices, refunds and travelling expenses and resolve allocated enquiries.

Medical Benefits: Internship

Reference No: HR 5/1/2/3/84

Requirements: National Diploma or Degree (NQF 6 or Higher) in: Office Administration / Public Management / Public Administration.

Duties: Office Administration.