{"id":474768,"date":"2021-03-10T14:57:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T12:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=474768"},"modified":"2021-03-10T14:57:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T12:57:15","slug":"the-south-african-reserve-banks-popular-graduate-programme-is-now-open-heres-how-to-apply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/474768\/the-south-african-reserve-banks-popular-graduate-programme-is-now-open-heres-how-to-apply\/","title":{"rendered":"The South African Reserve Bank&#8217;s popular graduate programme is now open &#8211; here&#8217;s how to apply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has opened applications for its graduate development programme, with the central bank looking for productive and talented postgraduates to join its one-year programme in January 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Graduates will work and learn at the SARB head office in Pretoria from January to December 2022. During the year, graduates will be assigned to a department, and will be exposed to various roles and projects.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During the programme, graduates will attend various learning interventions at the SARB Academy for approximately 40 days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Interventions are mainly central banking specific and are aimed to produce well-rounded central bankers,&#8221; the SARB said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In addition, personal and professional skills such as presentations skills, impactful reporting, business disciplines, teamwork, personal excellence and etiquette, among others, are also part of the holistic programme.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the year, some graduates will be permanently appointed into a department of the SARB. Graduates will receive a competitive salary for the duration of the programme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who should apply?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The SARB said that applicants will meet the requirements if they :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have completed a postgraduate degree;<\/li>\n<li>Have attained an average of over 65% in your final year;<\/li>\n<li>Have a strong desire to work in financial services and\/or policymaking;<\/li>\n<li>Have a proven track record of academic excellence;<\/li>\n<li>Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills;<\/li>\n<li>Are a South African citizen; and<\/li>\n<li>Are a curious and keen learner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The SARB said it will consider postgraduate students with capability in at least one of the following areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Economics;<\/li>\n<li>Econometrics;<\/li>\n<li>Research;<\/li>\n<li>Policy analysis;<\/li>\n<li>Modelling;<\/li>\n<li>Public finance;<\/li>\n<li>Accounting;<\/li>\n<li>Auditing;<\/li>\n<li>Statistics;<\/li>\n<li>Financial management;<\/li>\n<li>Information technology;<\/li>\n<li>Law;<\/li>\n<li>Portfolio or investment management;<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Mathematics;<\/li>\n<li>Quantitative analysis;<\/li>\n<li>Risk management;<\/li>\n<li>Treasury;<\/li>\n<li>Economics and international relations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to apply\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interested applicants can apply to the graduate programme through the SARB&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resbank.co.za\/en\/home\/about-us\/Careers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a><\/strong>. You can read more about the application requirements <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resbank.co.za\/content\/dam\/sarb\/home\/careers\/2021\/Graduate%20Development%20Programme%202022%20intake.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The SARB said that shortlisted applicants will be subjected to an appropriate reference check and security clearance as part of the selection process.<\/p>\n<p>The closing date for applications is 30 April 2021 and late applications will not be considered. It added that suitable candidates will be selected based on the SARB\u2019s commitment to diversifying its workforce.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/472660\/the-sarb-is-looking-at-new-bank-cards-for-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The SARB is looking at new bank cards for South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has opened applications for its graduate development programme, with the central bank looking for productive and talented postgraduates to join its one-year programme in January 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":336531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[961],"tags":[26,3619],"class_list":["post-474768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banking","tag-headline","tag-sarb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474768"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":474786,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474768\/revisions\/474786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}