City of Johannesburg Community Development Internships 2026

The City of Johannesburg Municipality

City of Johannesburg is South Africa’s largest metropolitan municipality and the economic hub of the country, located in Gauteng Province. It is responsible for delivering essential municipal services, promoting economic and social development, and improving the quality of life for residents across its diverse urban communities. The City plays a key role in governance, infrastructure development, and public service delivery at a local government level.

Internship Overview

The City of Johannesburg (CoJ), Community Development Department is offering internships to unemployed South African graduates as part of its commitment to youth skills development. The internship opportunities are available for a period not exceeding eighteen (18) months and provide structured workplace exposure across municipal functions, helping graduates gain practical experience, develop professional skills, and improve their employability while contributing to public service delivery.

Stipend: R10 109,86 pm (Basic Salary, no benefits)

Duration: 18 months contract

Available Internships

The following Internship Opportunities are open for applications: 

Immovable Heritage Internship

Department: Community Development

Reference No / Circular: 003/2026

Requirements: Diploma or Degree in Heritage Studies / Fine Art / Public Administration or related field

Duties: Coordination and facilitation of stakeholder engagements and follow up on the approval processes for the naming and re-naming of streets and public places across the City in compliance with the applicable policy and legislation.Coordinate the heritage resources of the City through the maintenance of the online heritage registers. To assist with the management of heritage sites and public art. To provide administrative support for the City’s public art programme. To assist with administering cultural programmes and events. To record and document heritage buildings and sites. To record and document public artworks and heritage collections across the city. To provide administrative assistance to the Immovable Heritage Unit in the Directorate of Arts, Culture & Heritage. Gain hands-on experience in heritage management, public art coordination, and administrative functions within a cultural organisation

Knowledge and Skills: Computer literacy and proficiency in MS Office Suite. Good communication (verbal and written). GIS and mapping tools. Documentation. Project documentation. Heritage resources management and protection. Heritage theory and practice. Legal and administrative frameworks. Archival research. Policy & governance. Public art principles. Site analysis. Collaborative/Teamwork, Values and Integrity, Attention to detail and quality focused. Customer and Service Delivery Management (Batho Pele) Ethics, Professionalism.

Museums and Galleries Internship

Department: Community Development

Reference No / Circular: 003/2026

Requirements: Diploma or Degree in Conservation / Heritage Studies / Curatorial Studies /Fine Art or related field

Duties: Co-ordinates Cataloguing Museum collections, Cleaning of museum collections putting up museum exhibitions, conducting research on museum collections and taking visitors on guided tours. Collections Management. Conservation. Museum Loans. Curatorial Services. Exhibitions and Education Programmes

Knowledge and Skills: Computer literacy and proficiency in MS Office Suite. Good communication (verbal and written). Good people skills. Coordination skills. Knowledge of Museum standards and practice. Museum Collection Management. Geological, natural science or heritage collections. GRAP 103. Conservation and restoration of museum collections Collaborative/Teamwork, Values and Integrity, Attention to detail and quality focused. Customer and Service Delivery Management (Batho Pele) Ethics, Professionalism.

Arts and Culture Internship

Department: Community Development

Reference No / Circular: 003/2026

Requirements: Diploma or Degree in Policy Studies / Public Administration / Development Studies / Arts Administration or related field

Duties: Co-ordinates key activities associated with the identification, conceptualisation, implementation, monitoring and reporting of cultural development programmes, projects, events and cultural industries initiatives that further the City’s aims and objectives of creating an economically vibrant arts and cultural industry- thereby ensuring that the City becomes the cultural hub of Africa. Coordinate flagship cultural programmes and innovate the design of new programmes, coordinate budgets and report on key performance areas. Arts and Culture Policy. Strategic Planning. Creative Industries. Management and implementation of Flagship Projects. Arts and Culture Projects. Market Access Programme

Knowledge and Skills: Computer literacy and proficiency in MS Office Suite. Good communication (verbal and written). Good people skills. Coordination skills. Knowledge of performing Art administration. Cultural & Creative Awareness. Project & Event Management. Collaborative/Teamwork, Values and Integrity, Attention to detail and quality focused. Customer and Service Delivery Management (Batho Pele) Ethics, Professionalism.

Information Services Internship

Department: Community Development

Reference No / Circular: 003/2026

Requirements: Diploma or Degree in Graphic Design or Photography or related field

Duties: To coordinate digitised museum collections across the City of Johannesburg, ensuring that artefacts are digitally preserved. Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, preferably Photoshop and Bridge. Knowledge in After Effects and Premiere Pro advantageous. Working on scheduled digitising projects. Adjusting images to achieve suitable archive quality, adding captions and metadata. (Professional editing). Scanning, transfer of images to the computer and processing of client orders. Photographing artefacts for digitisation.

Knowledge and Skills: Computer literacy and proficiency in MS Office Suite. Good communication (verbal and written). Good people skills. Coordination skills. Technical Photography skills. Data & Information Management. Project & Workflow Management. Digital Editing & Post-Production.