Job: People Intern

Company : Takealot; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 134,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Takealot Group, South Africa’s leading online Retail / Delivery organisation, is seeking a People Intern to join the team in Cape Town. The Internship Programme will be split across the Group’s businesses: takealot.com, TFS, and Mr D.

You will gain exposure to end-to-end recruitment, onboarding, and HR projects within a fast-growing group. You will assist with interview coordination, candidate comms, CV screening, and HR reporting, while learning from industry leaders in a dynamic retail

Qualifications

• N6 certificate in Human Resource Management or related field.
• Students or graduates seeking practical HR exposure will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Support recruiters with interview scheduling and coordination.
• Communicate with candidates to ensure a positive recruitment experience.
• Capture and update candidate information in the recruitment system.
• Assist with job adverts, CV screening, and shortlisting support.
• Prepare interview packs and follow up on interview feedback.
• Support onboarding administration once offers are accepted.
• Assist with recruitment reporting and tracking of roles.
• Support graduate programmes, recruitment projects, and employer branding activities.

Skills

Recruitment coordination

Interview scheduling

Candidate communication

Data entry

Education

N6 certificate in HR Management

Job description

Takealot Group, South Africa’s leading online Retail / Delivery organisation, is looking for a highly talented People Intern to join our team in Cape Town. The Internship Programme will be split between all businesses within the Group, namely: takealot.com, TFS and Mr D.We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us!Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!Scale: Over 2.5 million happy shoppers shop online. Show them what you can do.Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some. Work alongside industry leaders and upskill yourself in record time.Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, TFS and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.

Responsibilities

• Support recruiters with interview scheduling and coordination
• Communicate with candidates and ensure a positive recruitment experience
• Capture and update candidate information on the recruitment system
• Assist with job adverts, CV screening, and shortlisting support
• Prepare interview packs and follow up on interview feedback
• Support onboarding administration once offers are accepted
• Assist with recruitment reporting and tracking of roles
• Support graduate programmes, recruitment projects, and employer branding activities

Qualifications

• N6 certificate in Human Resource Management or a related field

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