Robben Island Museum Internship Opportunity 2024

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Robben Island Museum Internship Opportunity 2024

Robben Island Museum (RIM) is a public entity responsible for managing, maintaining, presenting, developing and marketing Robben Island as a national estate and World Heritage Site. It was established by the Department of Arts and Culture in 1997.
RIM implements a wide range of conservation, educational, tourist development, research, archiving and general heritage programmes that are designed to achieve its mandate; conserve the Island’s natural and cultural resources and heritage; and promote it as a platform for critical debate and life-long learning.
RIM is also responsible for managing and maintaining the assets of the Island. These include the Maximum and Medium Security Prison Complexes, Robert Sobukwe’s House, the Curio and Village Shops, the Village Precinct and associated recreational facilities, the Helipad and runway on the Island, World War 2 memorials, power generation and water processing plants, Jetty 1 and the Nelson Mandela Gateway at the V & A Waterfront, the Mayibuye Archives, the three (3) ferries that transport people to the Island and the fleet of buses used by tourists on the Island.
The Robben Island Museum invites applications for a 12 months finance internship. This temporary vacancy will report to the Revenue Manager, the incumbent will be responsible to ascertain the extent of compliance and review the systems established to ensure compliance with government policies, plans and procedure, laws and regulations which have impact on operations.
Duties and Responsibilities

  • Reporting;
  • Project reporting;
  • Checking for budget and internal control purpose;
  • Developing templates/reports in Excel format;
  • Ad hoc reports.
  • Finance related qualification e.g B com degree, National Diploma in (Accounting, Management Accounting, Taxation, Internal Auditing);
  • Good academic record;
  • Strong attention to detail;
  • Strong accounting skills;
  • Computer literate (Ms Office Suite);
  • Excel proficient;
  • Experience with an accounting package;
  • Proficient in other Microsoft programs;
  • Strong administrative skills;
  • Improve filing systems and maintain – filing / achieving of hard and soft copies
  • Organised;
  • Methodical;
  • Logical thinker;
  • Deadline driven and mature enough to handle pressure.

How to apply
Forward a detailed cv, accompanied by certified copies your ID and qualificationcertificates as well as contactable referees, to recruitment@robben-island.org.zaby no later than 10 July 2024. Please note your attachment should not exceed 10 MB.