# People Intern - Company: [Takealotcom]() - Location: Cape Town - Team: Takealot Group Skills & Development - Posted: August 26, 2026 ## Job description | | | --- | | Takealot.com, South Africa’s leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented **People Intern** to join our team at our **Cape Town DC.** 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! **Requirements:** **Qualifications & Experience:** N6 Certificate in Human Resource Management **The skills we need:** * Computer Literacy * Strong Attention to Detail * Strong written and verbal communication skills. * Time management and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. * MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). * Data interpretation and presentation. * Understanding of socioeconomic and public policy issues. **Attributes required:** * Collaborative * Creative Energy * Hands on * Have an opinion and voice it * Strong communication skills * Strong problem solving skills **Key responsibilities:** * Maintain accurate employee records, HRIS data, reports and compliance documentation. * Provide first-line support to employees on HR queries, including leave, payslips, policies and benefits. * Support recruitment and onboarding processes, including candidate administration and new-starter documentation. * Coordinate employee engagement activities, including wellness days, recognition events and team-building initiatives. * Provide administrative support for training coordination, including scheduling, attendance and training records. * Provide cross-functional HR support and assist with ad-hoc administrative tasks and projects. **This is an 18-month contract position.** **High Level:** At the takealot Group, ourInternship programme will help you build both technical and soft-skills to launch your career, learning from the best in the business. The Internship program will prepare you for a career in a large-scale and fast-paced environment. Every selectedInterngains unique insights into the e-commerce environment with vast amounts of practical experience from daily exposure to a broad range of skills. The program consists of various technical and soft skill courses where you will receive training on a variety of areas. You’ll be working with some of the strongest professionals South Africa has to offer who bring experience from a multitude of Great Industries. | | **The Environment:** * takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa. * We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve. * We are short on ego and high on output. * We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all. * We love what we do and what we are creating. Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group * The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny. * No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab and make something great. * Mentorship Program: We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best, by learning from the best. * Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera and more. * Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times). * Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere. * Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to). Like what you see? If you meet the above, you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!! *Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.* | ## Apply [Apply on Takealotcom]() Canonical job page: