South African Reserve Bank (SARB): Graduate Internship Programme 2024

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is inviting productive and talented postgraduates to join its one-year Graduate Development Programme in January 2025.  

Graduates will work and learn at the SARB Head Office from January - December 2025. They will be assigned to a department and exposed to various tasks and projects.

During the Programme, graduates will attend various learning interventions at the SARB Academy. Interventions are mainly specific to central banking and are aimed at producing well-rounded central bankers.

As part of the holistic programme, graduates will also gain personal and professional skills such as assertive communication, public speaking and presentations, creating powerful PowerPoint presentations, impactful reporting, teamwork and personal excellence and etiquette.

The following Graduate Opportunities are open for applications:

Graduate Development Programme (General)

Postgraduate qualification in any of the following fields: 

• Economics
• Econometrics
• Research
• Policy Analysis
• Public Finance
• Accounting
• Auditing
• Statistics
• Financial Management
• Information Technology
• Law
• Portfolio or Investment Management
• Mathematics
• Quantitative Analysis
• Business Analysis
• Project Management
• Risk Management (operational and financial risk)
• Treasury
• International Relations
• Fintech

Data Science Graduate Programme

Postgraduate qualification in any of the following fields: 

• Data Science
• Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence
• Predictive Analytics Modelling
• Statistics
• Applied Mathematics
• Economics with Econometrics
• Information Technology
• Engineering
• Business Mathematics and Informatics.