Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC): Masters Research Internship 2020 in SA

Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) invites applicants to apply for Masters Research Internship Programme for 2020 in South Africa. The intern are for the period of 24 months.

Internship Application Closing Date: 21 February 2020

Internship Location: Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria

Internship Provider: Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

The HSRC therefore seeks to appoint 10 x Masters Research Interns who are able to assume duty before 31 March 2020. These positions can be based in any one of the HSRC’s offices, namely Cape Town, Durban, or Pretoria.

Requirements:

Applicants should:

•Have graduated with an Honours degree and be eligible to register or have recently registered for a Master’s degree in the Social Sciences/Humanities or a relevant field at an accredited tertiary institution in South Africa;
•Be prepared to travel to undertake fieldwork;
•Be curious and enthusiastic about a research career that includes qualitative and quantitative data analysis;
•Computer literacy including MS Office and appropriate software packages, including MS Excel, MS Access, SPSS or Stata or SAS;
•Sound communication skills (verbal as well as report writing);
•Good interpersonal skills and willingness to work in a structured environment;
•A sound grounding in research methods, qualitative or quantitative and growing conceptual ability;
•Be able to work independently as well as in a team;
•Be able to operate within very tight deadlines;
•Be prepared to work as part of multi-year, multi-institutional partnership projects between the HSRC, government departments, universities and other partners.

Applications: In your application, please include a letter of motivation, your CV, and the names of three contactable referees (with telephone, fax and e-mail contact details), an example of recent academic work (not exceeding 8000 words); and a one-page outline of your Master’s thesis topic (or the abstract of completed work) respectively. The HSRC will only consider applications that comply with the above requirements. Applicants may be required to undertake a written exercise covering competencies required for the position.

Please note the following:

• Ensure you use Google Chrome or Firefox from a computer or laptop, and not a cell phone
• Only your CV can be uploaded on the first page after you have registered/logged in.
• ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS can be uploaded on the “Document” tab on your profile
• Attachments must be less than 2 MB.

How to apply

Please submit your application on-line at http://hsrc.jb.skillsmapafrica.com.

•Should you encounter challenges in applying for this post please contact Skillsmap directly – for Telephonic support: +27 12 420 7200; for Email support: skillsmapsupport@sage.com

For further information please consult the HSRC website. Details of the HSRC can be found on the website (www.hsrc.ac.za). For any enquiries regarding these positions, not applications, kindly contact either one of the HR Consultants, Ms Sandra Nduli snduli@hsrc.ac.za, Ms Tremel Pounasamy tpounasamy@hsrc.ac.za or Ms Aurelia-Lynn Smith asmith@hsrc.ac.za