Road Accident Fund (RAF)
Job Details
📌 Job Title: Intern: Assurance & Monitoring
🏢 Company: Road Accident Fund (RAF)
📍 Location: Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
📄 Job Type: Internship
⏳ Duration: 18 Months
💰 Salary/Stipend: R96,000 per annum stipend
📅 Closing Date: 12 May 2026
📌 Reference Number: 6592
💼 Division: 3400
Company Overview
Road Accident Fund (RAF) is a South African public entity responsible for providing financial assistance and social support to individuals affected by motor vehicle accidents. The organisation focuses on delivering equitable compensation and promoting recovery for qualifying road accident victims across the country.
Road Accident Fund plays an important role in public service delivery while supporting skills development through structured internship and graduate development programmes aimed at empowering unemployed youth.
Job Overview
The Assurance & Monitoring Internship at Road Accident Fund provides unemployed graduates with practical workplace exposure in internal auditing, governance, compliance, risk management, and assurance monitoring processes.
Interns will support internal control reviews, assurance reporting, monitoring activities, and compliance administration while gaining valuable experience within a professional public sector environment.
The programme is designed to develop workplace readiness and strengthen technical competencies in assurance and governance functions.
Key Responsibilities
Internal Control & Assurance Support
- Assist with implementation of internal control reviews
- Support control self-assessment activities
- Assist with development of control improvement plans
Monitoring & Reporting
- Track corrective action implementation and effectiveness
- Monitor assurance activities across processing centres and regions
- Maintain Combined Assurance Dashboard reports
Administrative Support
- Assist with meeting coordination and agenda preparation
- Draft meeting minutes and follow up on action plans
- Support assurance and compliance administration processes
Stakeholder & Information Support
- Attend to internal and external stakeholder inquiries
- Assist with information gathering and reporting
- Contribute to preparation and submission of reports
Qualifications
Education
- Grade 12 / Matric Certificate
- Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in:
- Internal Auditing
- Risk Management
- Governance
- Compliance
- Auditing
Required Documents
- Certified copy of ID
- Certified Matric Certificate
- Certified Academic Transcript
- Updated CV
- Motivational Letter
Experience
- Must be unemployed
- Must not have worked previously in Internal Auditing, Risk Management, Governance, Compliance, or Auditing
- Must not have participated in a previous internship programme in the field
- Must not have served as an intern previously
Skills
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Interpersonal abilities
- Strong attention to detail
- Basic computer literacy
- Ability to prioritise tasks
- Willingness to learn
- Self-motivation and professionalism
Internship Tips
- Keep your motivational letter concise and tailored to auditing or risk management
- Ensure all certified documents are included before submission
- Clearly list your qualification and modules on your CV
- Highlight analytical, reporting, and administrative skills
- Keep your CV professional and limited to relevant information
- Double-check reference numbers before applying
Benefits of Joining the Company
- Gain practical exposure in assurance and monitoring functions
- Develop governance, compliance, and auditing skills
- Work within a professional public sector environment
- Receive structured workplace learning and mentorship
- Improve employability through practical work experience
- Build administrative and stakeholder management skills
- Exposure to internal control and assurance systems
Company Policy
Road Accident Fund is committed to employment equity, youth development, and fair recruitment practices. Preference may be given to persons living with disabilities in accordance with organisational employment equity objectives.
Applicants will undergo security vetting and qualification verification processes. Foreign qualifications must be evaluated by SAQA before submission. Only the first 100 applications received will be considered.
Applicants who do not receive feedback within six weeks after the closing date should consider their applications unsuccessful.
To apply for this job please visit careers.raf.co.za.
