Where will an internship with Southern Hemisphere take you?
An internship with Southern Hemisphere is an opportunity for students to be exposed to working in a consulting environment in the Social Development sector. With an office based in Cape Town, this internship combines the experience of professional and personal development. Due to the diversity of our work, staff and experience, an internship with Southern Hemisphere will allow the successful candidate to:
Get on to a career path in the Social Development, and Monitoring and Evaluation sector
Learn about consulting in a fast paced environment
Develop a better, practical understanding of what it means to be grappling with development in the developing world context;
Be a part of a small but dynamic, committed, focused and fun-loving team
Integrate theory and practice, and develop one's practical research skills
Minimum requirements
To qualify for an internship with Southern Hemisphere, one must meet the following requirements:
Have completed an MA programme in Social Sciences, Economics, Politics or Research Psychology (Note: at least the coursework component should be complete – interns could finish a thesis while working with us)
Must be innovative, organised and flexible
Must be able to work independently
Must have a research background (subjects in qualitative and/or quantitative Research Methodology)
Interns obtain valuable work experience
Southern Hemisphere has offered an internship programme for the past 15 years. All of our interns have progressed to gainful employment following their Southern Hemisphere internship.
With a commitment to skills development and social responsibility, Southern Hemisphere welcomes and encourages post-graduates who share our vision of creating a better world to participate in our internship program.
Southern Hemisphere is recruiting an intern
Southern Hemisphere is guided by a desire for social participation and democratic leadership in the design, implementation and evaluation of development projects. In this regard, we ensure that capacity is built and transferred to the people we work with and in this way we hope to facilitate sustainable and pragmatic solutions. With a commitment to skills development and social responsibility, Southern Hemisphere welcomes and encourages MA students - who share our vision of creating a better world - to participate in our internship programme.
Note: International students are required to make arrangements for their visa application; however, Southern Hemisphere provides support where needed.
Duration
The internship programme is offered over a one year period. Interns are expected to work 30 hours a week and are free to choose their own work schedule.
Benefits
Interns will be paid a monthly stipend of R5000 for the period of the internship.
How to apply
Please email us your CV together with a letter of motivation highlighting:
Your reasons for choosing Southern Hemisphere for your internship
Your understanding of what we do as an organisation
How you foresee us assisting you during your internship
What you want to achieve during the internship
The skills that you wish to develop / enhance
The skills that you will be able to contribute to Southern Hemisphere
A brief description of yourself as a person
Southern Hemisphere is an equal opportunity employer and will not unfairly discriminate against anyone for any reason, within the context of affirmative action legislation in South Africa.
Please send to: info@southernhemisphere.co.za
Current interns
Zimingonaphakade Sigenu is currently undertaking a six-month internship with Southern Hemisphere. Zimingonaphakade is an MPhil candidate in Development Studies at UCT, she has an honours degree in Sociology (UCT) and a bachelor’s degree in Politics and Sociology (UCT). Her post graduate research focuses on the socially constructed meanings of impucuko (progress) and aims to contribute to developing and broadening situated insights regarding development as a state and process drawing from the experiences of isiXhosa speaking professionals within a 100 year period. Her work experience is in programme coordination, tutoring and research assistance. Zimingonaphakade is seeking to gain experience in the socioeconomic development research field. She is passionate about social justice through education with a focus on the socioeconomic development of the youth as well as low-income and rural communities. During her internship she is looking forward to gaining knowledge and experience about design, monitoring, evaluation and learning and its role in driving transformative change.
View messages from past interns here.
Who will be affirmed? Women, black people (African, coloured, Indian in the South African context), black people from elsewhere, disabled candidates and anyone from the developing world.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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