SADC Internship Opportunities

WORK-INTERGRATED LEARNING (WIL) OPPORTUNITIES ANNOUNCEMENT BACKGROUND The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is a regional economic community founded and maintained by countries in Southern Africa. It aims to further the socio-economic, political and security cooperation among its Member States and foster regional integration in order to achieve peace, stability, and wealth. SADC currently has sixteen (16) Member States with a population of approximately 340 million and a combined GDP of US$720 billion. SADC Secretariat is currently recruiting 6 interns/ graduates in different Directorates/Units. The programme is for a period of 3-12 months and WIL Programme is aimed at providing participants with a comprehensive practical experience in a setting where learning/exposure is the primary objective of the experience. The Secretariat is therefore, inviting qualified citizens of the SADC Member States to apply for the following internship opportunities tenable at its Headquarters in Gaborone. Botswana and at SADC Plant Genetic Resource Centre in Lusaka, Zambia. WIL POSITIONS NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES Communication and Public Relations -Media Production Graduate 1 Food, Agriculture & Natural Resources-Environmental Science Graduate 1 Gender- Gender Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Graduate 1 Infrastructure – Cybersecurity Intern 1 Procurement Ex-Ante- Procurement Ex-Ante Intern 1 SADC Plant Genetic Resource Centre- Procurement & Admin-Intern 1 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (i) be nationals of SADC Member States (ii) be under the age of 52 years; (iii) be enrolled or graduated at/from a registered and accredited institution of higher learning studying towards or attained an undergraduate or post graduate qualification. (iv) possess the highest standard of moral conduct and intergrity; (v) has not been convicted of a crime (vii) have the right to reside and work in the host country where SADC Institutions are housed for the full duration of the WIL experience. The SADC Se