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

Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) invites applicants to apply for PhD Research Internship Programme for 2020 in South Africa. The intern are for the period of 36 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 5 x PhD 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

•Have graduated with a Master’s degree and be eligible to register or have recently registered for a PhD in the Social Sciences/Humanities or a relevant field at an accredited tertiary institution in South Africa;
•Computer literacy including MS Office and appropriate software packages, including MS Excel, MS Access, SPSS or Stata or SAS;
•Good planning and organisational skills, including the ability to working well under pressure;
•Good communication skills (verbal as well as report writing);
•A sound conceptual grounding in a discipline and in quantitative or qualitative research methods;
•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.

The HSRC offers attractive, market-related packages, depending on qualifications and experience

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 or PhD 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.

How to apply

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

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.
•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