SANBI Groen Sebenza Phase II Internships Programme (X1050 posts) – APPLY NOW

The Groen Sebenza Phase II Programme is a bridging into work programme funded to the value of R300m for the next three years.

GS Phase II aims to recruit 1050 unemployed graduates (diploma – PhD level) and place them nationally in different organisations (government and non-governmental) where they will be incubated (trained and mentored) to further develop their competence and confidence in the management of environment/biodiversity.

Candidates holding higher qualifications than the ones stated in the above fields may apply, however only remuneration stated per field will be applicable.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The programme goals;

• Enable workplace-based learning for graduates aimed at building and strengthening their capacity at various levels.
• Creation of job opportunities and possible permanent placement beyond funding.
• Transformation and organizational strengthening – strengthen different organizational development aspects including transformation in its totality, mentoring, proactive skills and planning to better respond to organizational mandates and other national priorities.
• Research informed – through research, develop a ‘live’ skills intelligence system that will enable the sector to proactively plan for skills development and track and trace the utilization of the developed skills. – Environmental Management – Environmental Sciences – Conservation Ecology – Marine Biology – Oceanography

The programme aims to give 1 050 unemployed and *underemployed youth the opportunity to gain meaningful workplace experience in the biodiversity / environmental sector through a structured programme based on the “incubator model” which involves intensive mentoring, together with skills development and training opportunities for a period of two (2) years.  The programme will target graduates. The appointed young professionals will be placed with over 80 host organisations for the duration of the project.

Who are the participating organisations and government departments and what numbers of ‘young professionals’ they will be hosting?

The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) is pleased to announce a call for applications for incubation in the following organisations:

#	Province	Host Organisation	Link to Website	Fields	No of Interns Required
1.	Eastern Cape	Albany Museum, Department of Freshwater Invertebrates	www.am.org.za	Freshwater biodiversity and conservation, water quality and systematics.	1
Buffelspruit Nature Reserve	https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=585828271431754	Game management, Law enforcement, Environmental Education, Natural Resource.	2
Coega Development Corporation	www.coega.co.za	Safety, Health, Environmental & Quality, Sustainable development.	3
GEMM Leadership Academy	https://ko-kr.facebook.com/ pages/GEMM-Leadership-Academy/ 101847005880162	Conservation and environment(recycling, horticulture, landscaping)	2
Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency	visiteasterncape.co.za	Biodiversity & Conservation field (Head Office & Reserves), Scientific Services, Destination Tourism, People and Parks and Stakeholder Engagement, Legal.	40
Elundini Local Municipality	www.elundini.gov.za	Education & awareness, Clearing of alien Invasive species, Wetland protection, removal of waste & conservation of water sources.	15
Kouga Local Municipality	www.kouga.gov.za	Education & awareness, Biodiversity & protected areas	2
Winnie Madikizela Mandela Local Municipality	www.winniemmlm.gov.za	Environmental Education, EIA, Coastal Management and Maintenance of nurseries.	3
2.	Free State	Free State Province Department: Economic, Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs	www.destea.gov.za	Nature conservation and Environmental management	20
3.	Gauteng	Agricultural Research Council – Plant Health and Protection	www.arc.agric.za/arc-ppri/Pages/ARC-PPRI-Homepage.aspx	Biodiversity Management	5
BirdLife South Africa	www.birdlife.org.za	Avifaunal conservation (Landscape Programme) and within the Empowering People and community conservation field	3
City of Ekurhuleni	www.ekurhuleni.gov.za	Climate Change,  Water Resource Management, Project Management,  Environmental Engineering, Waste operations,  Landfill Management,  Environmental GIS, Social Geography, Environmental Education, Horticulture, Environmental Law, Environmental Compliance and Impact Management	20
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)	www.csir.co.za	GIS and RS Remote Sensing? of freshwater and estuarine realms	1
Delta Built Environment Consultant	deltabec.com	Environmental Science (Environmental Assessment Practitioner work)	3
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment	www.dffe.gov.za	Ecologist	30
Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of South Africa (EAPASA)	eapasa.org/site	Environmental Science and Management.	7
Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development	provincialgovernment.co.za/ units/view/28/ gauteng/agriculture-and-rural-development	Nature conservation and Environmental management, Climate Change, Biodiversity Management, Environmental Education, Air Quality, Waste Management and Impact Management.	25
IUCN	www.iucn.org	Biodiversity and Conservation, Climate Change and Resilience.	2
Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo	www.jhbcityparksandzoo.com	Integrated Catchment Management Nature Conservation Environmental Management /Science.	3
Khuselindalo South Africa NPC  T/A  Conservation South Africa	www.khuselindalo.co.za	Science communication, Biodiversity stewardship  within communal rangelands, project development and design, Project management and evaluation.	25
Plantago Lanceolata Pty Ltd	sahris.sahra.org.za/ organisations/ plantago-lanceolata-pty-ltd	Wetland delineations, Ecological studies, EIA and Water Use License Applications.	1
Prime Africa	www.primeafrica.net	Environmental science.	1
SANParks	www.sanparks.org	Conservation Biodiversity, Eco tourism and Socio Economic Transformation.	100
Sibayeni Metrofarming	https://www.facebook.com/ groups/569444793585072/	Agriculture	2
South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)	www.sanbi.org	Scientific research & assessments, biosystematics, policy advise and planning, conservation, environmental education and empowerment, project management.	121
The Endangered Wildlife Trust	www.ewt.org.za	Conservation Strategy, Conservation Standards and Miradi Monitoring & Evaluation.	1
The GreenMatter Partnership NPC	www.greenmatterza.com	Environmental education, intern/fellow coordination, project leadership and management.	3
Tshegofentse facilities & engineering	www.tshegofentse.co.za	Environmental management, waste management, water & waste treatment engineering,  sales & marketing, accounting.	3
Tshikovha Green and Climate Change Advocates Pty Ltdes Pty Ltd	www.climateadvocates.co.za	Environmental Impact Assessment, Waste Programmes, Mining Applications, Environmental Education and Awareness.	8
University of South Africa	www.unisa.ac.za/sites/ corporate/default	Agricultural Economics, Botany and Zoology.	3
Wildlife Ranching South Africa (WRSA)	www.wrsa.co.za	Biodiversity Management, Monitoring and Planning.	21
4.	KwaZulu-Natal	Duzi-uMngeni Conservation Trust	www.duct.org.za	GIS, any water related field of study, geographical studies, social sciences, environmental education, water quality, organisational development, environmental journalism, project management.	5
Eco-Pulse Consulting	www.eco-pulse.co.za	Wetland management	1
eThekwini Municipality	www.durban.gov.za	Biodiversity Planning and Biodiversity Impact Assessment.	8
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife	www.kznwildlife.com	Biodiversity Conservation	20
Humana People to People in South Africa (HPPSA)	www.hpp-sa.org	Environment	8
Institute of Natural Resources NPC	inr.org.za	Research, collecting ecological data.Interpret quantitative and qualitative data related to environmental parameters.	2
KwaZulu-Natal Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs	www.kznedtea.gov.za	Climate Change Management and Waste Management.	2
Mahlathini Development Foundation	www.mahlathini.org	Community based climate change adaptation, agriculture, rural development, hydrology and or soil science, engineering, agricultural economics, geography and environmental sciences.	1
uMgungundlovu District Municipality	umdm.gov.za	Management and implementation responsibility for climate change, waste or resource management to build a circular or green economy and environmental management of water, sanitation and disaster risk reduction.	2
University of Zululand	www.unizulu.ac.za	Geography or environmental education	1
WESSA ‘The Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa’	wessa.org.za	Environmental Education, Environmental Education resource development, Research, Environmental governance and advocacy.	30
WILDTRUST (Wildlands Conservation Trust)	wildtrust.co.za	Design Sustainability Leadership Journey events. Reserve maintenance and management support. Supervising field guides & camp staff. Restoration project planning. Field mapping. Vegetation and wildlife monitoring. Youth supervision. Patrols. Design and preparation of content of educational materials. Training of staff and youth employed to deliver workshops. Community engagement. Surveillance monitoring & tracking. GIS Mapping. Biodiversity surveys and monitoring. Support and train whale time guides. Conduct and facilitate survey and monitoring activities. Development of whale-based tourism products.	19
5.	Limpopo	Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Region Non-Profit Company	kruger2canyons.org	Catchment Management Team, Community Science Monitoring and Training of Environmental monitors.	3
Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism	www.ledet.gov.za	Provincial protected areas management, biodiversity management, environmental impact management, integrated pollution and waste management, environmental compliance and enforcement, and environmental empowerment services.	30
Mabula Ground Hornbill Project	ground-hornbill.org.za	Conservation rearing facility; animal husbandry, ex-situ settings, ex-situ research. Monitoring of the species at the primary re-introduction sites; field skills, monitoring, research, stakeholder engagement. Aid with the education programme.	1
Southern African Wildlife College	wildlifecollege.org.za	Project Coordinator support and facilitation at regional and cluster level. Training and facilitation of capacity development of Community Engagement Teams in Transfrontier Conservation Areas.	2
University of Venda	www.univen.ac.za	Assist in GIS analysis, participate in GIS Unit research and community engagement projects. Data collection and analyses in plant ecologic projects (savanna restoration, invasive alien plants impact on biodiversity and ecosystem services). Running laboratory trials on invasive alien plants seed ecology and allelopathy. Assist in the running of the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve projects.	1
Waterberg Biosphere Reserve NPC	en.unesco.org/ biosphere/africa/ waterberg	Environmental Education	1
6.	Mpumalanga	Africa Green Earth Projects NPC	petco.co.za/members/africa-green-earth-projects-npc	Waste Recovery/Recycling  and River stream clean-up.	7
City of Mbombela	www.mbombela.gov.za	Climate change, waste management, Nature conservation.	2
Green Prince Foundation NPC	www.developmentaid.org/ organizations/view/430723/ green-prince-foundation-npc	Zoology, Herpetology, Water Resources, and Environmental Education.	5
Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency	www.mpumalanga.com	Nature conservation	10
Sabi Sand Nature Reserve	www.sabisabi.com	Ecotourism & Conservation	4
7.	Northern Cape	Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs, Rural Development and Land Reform (DAERL)	provincialgovernment.co.za/units/view/85/northern-cape/agriculture-environmental-affairs-rural-development-and-land-reform	Air Quality Management and Ecology	4
Indigo development and change	indigo-dc.org	Biodiversity conservation & Ecosystem based Adaptation, capacity development.	1
Namakwa District Municipality	www.namakwa-dm.gov.za	Environmental Management/Sciences	2
Pixley Ka Seme District Municipality	www.pksdm.gov.za	Research, site visit and report writing.	2
8.	North-West	North West Provincial Department of Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism	www.nwpg.gov.za	Botany, Environmental Education and Awareness.	2
University of Witwatersrand	www.wits.ac.za	Research	5
9.	Western Cape	Botanical Society	botanicalsociety.org.za	Research, fieldwork.	10
CapeNature	www.capenature.co.za	Biodiversity Science: Taxon science (birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, plants, mammals), Systematic conservation planning.	5
Contour Training Academy t/a Contour Enviro Group	www.contourenviro.co.za	Catchment management. Education. Conservation Training.	2
George Municipality	www.george.gov.za	Biodiversity and Conservation, Environmental Management and Education.	2
Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve	www.gouritz.com	GIS, social and scientific research, climate change project management, stakeholder engagement.	5
Knysna Municipality	www.knysna.gov.za	Horticulture and Invasive Plant Management.	1
Happy by Nature	happybynature.com	Cultivation and propagation of indigenous medicine plants; managing indigenous retail nursery; creating indigenous gardens; training of healthcare professionals, adults and children.	1
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability-Africa NPC	www.iclei.org.za	Environmental Science (Climate Change, Energy, Circularity, Biodiversity, etc), Project Management.	1
Koffeekraal Uitspan	0217125010	Research into the effect and consequence of Veld Fires.	2
Laingsburg Local Municipality	www.laingsburg.gov.za	Environmental Education, Project Management, Environmental Management and Planning, Greening and Beautifying.	3
Langeberg Municipality	www.langeberg.gov.za	Environmental management, Parks and Amenities.	2
Lourens Holdings (PTY) Ltd		Surveying of densities, contract management, training monitoring.	2
Nature’s Valley Trust	www.naturesvalleytrust.co.za	Horticulture	1
NCC Environmental Services	ncc-group.co.za	Nature Conservation or Communication.	4
Nguni Nursery	www.nguninursery.co.za	Horticulture, Ecology, Crop Production, Human Resources.	2
Ohana Environmental Consultants & Projects	ohanaenviro.co.za	Environmental Impact Assessment Planning & Aquatic Assessments that include Risk Assessments.	2
SA Trails Network NPC	www.satrails.co.za	Conservation & transport	5
South African Education Project (SAEP)	www.saep.org.za	Environmental Education; Environmental Advocacy; Monitoring and Evaluation.	7
Stellenbosch University	www.sun.ac.za	GIS, Wetland Science	1
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden	www.sun.ac.za	Botany, especially with conservation interest; Science Communication;  Horticulture or Plant Biotechnology; Landscape Architecture; Horticulture.	1
University of the Western Cape	www.uwc.ac.za	Support for the rivers’ component of the National Biodiversity Assessment.	1
Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning	www.westerncape.gov.za	Biodiversity and Coastal Management.	4

How do I qualify for this placement opportunity?

The programme is aimed at unemployed young South African graduates.

Additional Requirements

• Must be a SA citizen.
• Young unemployed and underemployed professionals between the ages of 18 and 35.
• Innovative, dynamic and creative
• A commitment to career development in the environmental/biodiversity sector.
• Must hold a relevant qualification as per minimum requirement advertised.
• People with disabilities are also encouraged to apply.

NB: Opportunities are available in all provinces including provincial environmental departments, entities, municipalities, NGOs, private sector and Universities as per the first table in this document.

Internship monthly stipend values (no other benefits apply as these are internship positions)

Qualification	Stipend
Diploma	R6 082
BSc	R7 359
Honours	R8 697
MSc	R10 035
PhD	R12 035

Candidates holding higher qualifications than advertised, may apply, however, remuneration is capped as per minimum requirements advertised.

How to apply?

To apply please visit the participating host organisations’ websites on the links provided in the table above:

The following documentation should accompany your submission:

• One page letter of interest – this is not a reference letter (your letter of interest must indicate why you should be considered for the internship)
• Full CV/ resume
• Valid certified copies of highest qualification/academic record/transcript (certified copies should not be older than six months)
• ID (certified as a true copy and should not be older than six months)

Contact details

Groen Sebenza Project Management Unit

012 843 5101

Closing date: As per the advert of host organisations

*Underemployed refers to youth employed in another sector than the one they studied for as per the above listed fields.

SANBI reserves the right not to fill these internships. If no response has been received within 40 days of the closing date, candidates may assume that their applications were unsuccessful.

• For more, visit SANBI GROEN SEBENZA.