Deadline: 31 January 2025
Applicants can now submit their applications for the South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement’s National Youth Service Programme.
The NYS programme aims to: give young people a way out of long-term unemployment by giving them concrete opportunities that increase their likelihood of accessing the economy; instill in young people an understanding of their important role in South Africa’s development, to assist them to participate; and enable young people to develop the skills, knowledge, and ability necessary for them to make the transition to healthy independent adulthood.
The South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (NRF-SAASTA), a business unit of the National Research Foundation (NRF) on behalf of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) has the following opportunities:
- Unemployed science, engineering and technology graduates (18 to 35 years of age), to volunteer their services towards the implementation of the DSI-National Youth Service (NYS) programme for a period of 12 months. Successful applicants will be deployed to the participating organisations that collaborate with the DSI on the implementation of the Science Engagement Strategy.
- Unemployed communications or journalism and media graduates (18 to 35) are invited to apply for a 12 months’ Community Service Project and Science Journalism Internship opportunity. Successful applicants will be deployed at the mainstream and community media outlets in specific district municipalities to produce stories for broadcast, online and print media about science, technology and innovation.
Eligibility Criteria
- They invite unemployed graduates (18 to 35 years of age) in science, engineering, and technology, as well as in journalism and related media studies, to volunteer for a year in the DSTI- National Youth Service Programme.
For more information, visit SAASTA.
