Apply for the Surplus People Project Programme Operations & Strategy Support Programme Internship 2025. You're the behind-the-scenes architect who keeps our land rights, food sovereignty and climate justice work running like clockwork. While our teams are out there dismantling colonial legacies and building food-secure communities, you'll be the organisational wizard making sure every project, report and strategic move hits its mark.
Ready to be part of something bigger than a job?
These paid internship positions offer the chance to cut your teeth on real social justice work while supporting some of South Africa's most important movements for change.
Roles and Responsibilities
You'll be juggling:
- Excel spreadsheets that actually make sense
- Turning field work into compelling reports
- Coordinating logistics for teams across three offices located in the Western Cape and the Northern Cape
- Supporting programme staff so they can focus on the revolution
- Making administrative magic happen
Qualifications and Requirements
You need:
- Razor-sharp organisational skills
- Excel mastery
- Report and stat compilation that doesn't put people to sleep
- Project coordination superpowers
- A passion for systemic change that gets you up in the morning
SPP is committed to building a diverse team that reflects South Africa's demographics. We encourage applications from designated groups and all candidates who share our commitment to rural transformation.
Based: Cape Town office with regular adventures to Vredendal, Springbok and rural communities across the Northern and Western Cape
How to apply
What we need from you:
Skip the cookie-cutter CV and bland cover letter. We want a creative application that showcases your organisational superpowers and a motivation letter that screams "I'm ready to revolutionise rural South Africa." Show us your Excel wizardry, your project coordination wins, your passion for justice work. Generic applications go straight to the bin – this is your chance to prove you're not just another admin intern, you're THE Mastermind we're looking for.
Before you hit send to info@spp.org.za : Remember, we want creativity that showcases your skills and passion that proves you're ready for this work. Boring applications get deleted faster than you can say "systemic change." Get your application to us by 30 June 2025, state clearly which intern role you're gunning for - this is your shot, don't blow it.
Reference and credential checks apply. Shortlisted candidates only will be contacted within 30 days. SPP reserves the right not to fill these positions. All personal information processed in terms of POPIA.