Applications for Internship at CSVR

CSVR welcomes applications from people wishing to do an internship from South Africa and the rest of the world. Due to having been inundated with requests for internship, however, and in order to handle the process effectively, we have decided to review all applications on 15 October each year:

Applicants need to specify their area of interest/in which department they would like to be based in order to enable us to place them appropriately.

(A CSVR Internship Programme for South African Graduate Students is presently being developed. This programme will assist local interns with a stipend to cover living expenses while they are based at CSVR. It will also be designed to build the research capacity of interns while making effective use of their existing skills and knowledge. Until this programme is in place, CSVR will not be able to provide interns with financial assistance.)

Applications by interns should specify the following information:

1. Area of interest: Applicants should indicate whether they have a specific project in mind (which must fall clearly within the scope of one of CSVR's departments), or indicate which aspects of CSVR's work is of particular interest.

2. Content of work: What type of work are you willing/able to do? Interns have mainly been utilised in a research capacity (primary and secondary) as well as assisting with administrative tasks within a particular department. Other possibilities can also be considered.

3. Products: When involved in a specific research project, the goal should be to produce one or more of the following: research report (for internal publication), media articles, seminar, journal article, annotated bibliography.

4. Funding: Interns must organise their own sources of funding. CSVR can not contribute towards the income of interns. CSVR could assist in covering expenses related to the specific projects needs developed by interns.

5. Qualifications: Interns should preferably be post graduates with some relevant work experience or undergraduates with significant work experience. They should indicate specific skills and experience related to the area and type of work they want to pursue.

6. Knowledge and Background: Interns should show familiarity with the South African political context and some detailed knowledge of the specific project areas which they want to pursue. They should also provide some indication of commitment to principles of human rights, social justice and non-violent conflict resolution.

7. Period of internship: Interns should preferably be based at CSVR for at least two months.

8. Computer access: Interns should indicate if they can bring their own computer or other equipment (e.g. tape recorder) that they might need for their work.

9. Interns must provide CSVR with a CV when presenting an application.

All applications for internship should be addressed to the Human Resources Manager.

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The International Journal of Transitional Justice is pleased to offer an editorial internship to university students with experience in journal publications and a demonstrated interest in the field of transitional justice.

Background: The IJTJ is a new Oxford University Press journal which will launch in March 2007. The journal is housed in the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Johannesburg, South Africa in partnership with the Human Rights Centre, University of California, Berkeley.

Eligibility: Students should be graduate or post-graduate students or recent graduates; must possess native-level fluency in English; have a demonstrated interest and background in the field of transitional justice and ideally have done course work in the field; have experience in working with other journal publications or in publications more broadly.

Interns need to be hard-working, dependable, and detail-oriented, and must have good editing and writing skills. Basic computer skills and strong communication and phone skills are a must.

Position Description: The editorial intern will be required to perform numerous tasks including:

• research (particularly on the internet);
• fact-checking;
• copy-editing;
• proofreading;
• assist to compile and maintain a database of peer reviewers;
• assist to establish the peer review protocol and administration for the journal in addition to performing routine administrative work.

The journal is offering internships on an ongoing basis for a minimum period of 3 months from August 2006. The position will be based at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Johannesburg, South Africa.

The position is unpaid and interns will be responsible for arranging their own housing and covering their own expenses.

To Apply: If you would like to be considered, please send a resume, cover letter and writing sample(s), to nvalji@csvr.org.za

In all cases, candidates who are under serious consideration for the position will be notified within two weeks after the deadline; all other applicants should assume they are no longer being considered if they have not been contacted by then. (We regret that we cannot acknowledge receipt of individual applications.)