Industrial/Organisational Psychology Intern at Sanlam Group

What will you do?​

The Sanlam Group is reaching out to all suitable Industrial/Organisational Psychology Master’s graduates who are interested in creating and completing a bespoke Industrial/Organizational Psychology Internship programme for 2024. You will receive a contract for 12 months and be able to write the HPCSA board exam in 2025.

The Sanlam programme allows you to complete the requirements of your internship while gaining experience in all aspects of Human Capital management in a leading financial services company. As such, this would be a mutually beneficial working relationship in that, while the intern(s) will be completing a registered I/O internship, it is expected that the intern(s) will also be an integral part of the Human Capital department, fully contributing and supporting the work that is performed.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Be ready to contribute fully to our hard-working HR team.
• You will be required to provide support to the Talent, Employee Experience, OE and People Development Group HR functions, in managing medium to large projects throughout the full project life cycle (from initiation to benefits realisation).
• Holistic project management includes planning, monitoring, and tracking, reporting, and ensuring that deliverables are in line with agreed objectives/scope and within timelines.
• Operational and administrative matters related to the projects.
• Liaising with external stakeholders and/or partners on matters relating to the projects and/or day-to-day activities.
• Take charge and drive your internship programme with the support of your supervisor.

What will make you successful in this role?​

• Ability to build and maintain relationships ​
• Ability to communicate effectively to achieve a mutually beneficial outcome​
• Organised, structured and deadline oriented ​
• Adaptive and agile​
• Innovative ways of doing things to reach the desired outcome ​
• Ability to manage and juggle multiple priorities and deliverables​
• Proactive, flexible, open-minded, willing to learn and embrace feedback​

What are we looking for?​

• Fully completed Industrial/Organisational Psychology Masters coursework and dissertation by December 2023.​
• Currently registered with the HPCSA as a Student Psychologist.​
• Having previous full and/or part-time work experience (advantageous)​
• Microsoft Excel/Word and PowerPoint proficiency is essential​
• Excellent written and verbal skills ​
• South African citizen​
• Driver’s license (advantageous)​

Once applications are received, a university endorsement will be obtained from your respective department.​

Applications close 31 July 2023.