Tongston Entrepreneurship Structured Internship ProgramTongston Entrepreneurship Holdings

• Tongston Entrepreneurship Group is calling for applications for its Structured Internship Program across the 5 group of companies - Tongston Holdings, Tongston Institute, Tongston Media, Tongston College, and Tongston Ventures.
• Tongston is the leading award-winning unique pan-African group focused on entrepreneurial thinking through education, business, finance and media to achieve sustainable socio-economic development.
• The Tongston Entrepreneurial Ecosystem operates across the:
  • Education value chain: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary & Post-tertiary (workplace, government or enterprise); and
  • Entrepreneurship value chain: Finance, Education and Media
• The opportunity will place you in a team or across teams in the 5 groups of companies ranging from:
  • Tongston Holdings - Finance & Treasury; Legal, Policy, Regulatory and Governance; Corporate Services & HR; Information Technology; Business Development, Stakeholder Management, Strategy, Data, Research & Economics
  • Tongston Media - Branding, PR, Marketing and Communications; TV, Radio, Social Media, Web and Print Directing & Productions
  • Tongston Institute & Tongston College - Training, Curriculum Development, Integration & Resource Development for upper primary, secondary, tertiary post-tertiary education (both conventional and vocational & technical education)
  • Tongston Ventures - Origination, Incubation & Execution; Credit Risk & ESG Management; Portfolio Management.
• Interns are engaged for periods of 1, 3, 6, 12 months.
• Details of each of the positions above are in the application form with link provided below.

Requirements
Interns may include:

• Graduate students currently enrolled for post-graduate degrees, from relevant educational institutions focusing on relevant and applicable individuals with relevant prior or current experience
• Undergraduate students currently enrolled for undergraduate degrees from relevant educational institutions focusing on individuals with relevant prior or current experience at tertiary or secondary level such as volunteering etc.
• Experienced hires that are considering a switch in professions, or disciplines or institutions
• National Youth Service Corps Members, or persons who recently completed their National Youth Service Corps Members
• Persons undergoing professional certification and/or training in a university, center, educational institution, study center or other accredited professional institution of higher learning.

The form contains:

• Questions to give us an insight into who you are, your thought process, your goals, demonstration of Tongston's core values in order to assess fit and
• Competency-based questions to assess your ability to meet basic competencies required of the role/team you are applying for placement during the Tongston structured internship program.

Note

• Only applicants who have succeeded in this stage of the recruitment process will be contacted by the assessment center.
• The Tongston HR team may conduct pre-internship engagement checks by requesting academic and employment references.
• Thank you for taking the first step to join our ambitious entrepreneurial team.
• We hope you enjoy the recruitment process as much as we will.