• Conduct incident investigation, root cause analysis and provide input about organizational, personal and workplace factors
• Provide assistance with the business in applying the human failure causation model
• Perform quantitative and qualitative diagnostics to determine the existing safety climate
•  Develop organizational structures that will help increased efficiency and performance
• Develop a behavioral and technical matrix
• Develop and update profiles and draft OJT training manuals
• Assist in designing job assessments and simulations for analyzing competencies
• Assist in performing company-wide skills audit
• Design and execute change management processes as new company policies are introduced
• Work with managers on improving management skills
• Keep employee satisfaction survey up to date
• Hold focus groups in line with ESI survey results and design appropriate interventions
• Perform recruitment and screening including competency-based interviews
• Observe in hearings as well as provide advice regarding  the company’s code of conduct
• Go to labor court for a least a day.
• Create and develop induction and orientation for managers and supervisors
• Provide assistance with performance management sessions through coaching about handling team performance HR processes
• Take part in basic counselling intervention or sending employees to relevant professionals
• Participate in creating safety induction video
• Take part in drafting and creating a range of educational workshops for employees (e.g. financial literacy, workplace conduct, health)
• Create summaries, detailed selection and progress reports as per job requirements
• Generate feedback on assessment results
• Create job assessments

What are the requirements?

Only applicants who satisfy the following minimum requirements will be considered for the internship programme:

• Must hold a postgraduate degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology with dissertation completed and submitted for examination
• Registered with the HPCSA as an Industrial and Organizational Psychology student
• Must have some background in Industrial and Organizational  psychology
• Work background or has done academic research about safety, health, environment, medico-legal environment is a definite advantage
• Possess a broad and thorough knowledge of Organizational and Industrial Psychology
• Good problem solving skills
• Intermediate skills in MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Assertive with solid communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Eager to learn
• Passionately committed to organizational psychology

How do I apply?

To apply for the Sasol – Organizational and Industrial Psychology Internship CLICK HERE

Application Deadline?

The deadline for submission of applications is on 9 Novemner 2019. Consider your application as unsuccessful if you do not receive feedback 30 days after the closing date.

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OME:                                      Group SHE

Geographical Location:       Secunda, Sandton (might rotate during internship period)

Closing date:                         9 November 2019

Job Description:

Industrial/ Organisational Psychology Internship (Safety)

An exciting opportunity is being offered for qualifying individuals to do a 12-18 months internship in Organisational and Industrial Psychology at Sasol in the safety, health and environmental (SHE) area.

PURPOSE

The purpose of the Organisational and Industrial Psychology programme is to complete the prescribed internship programme while gaining valuable experience while being involved in HR and safety related work related to the internship programme.

JOB OBJECTIVES 

(all aspects as defined in the internship programme and the following job objectives related to the position)

Key Objectives

Job Functions

 Safety psychology and climate

• Incident investigations and root cause analysis providing input regarding organisational, workplace and personal factors.
• Assist business with the application of the human failure causation model.
• Conduct diagnostics (qualitative/quantitative) in order to describe the current safety climate (project).

Organisational Design Project:

• Developing organisational structures for the business that will result in increased efficiency and performance.
• Development of a technical and behavioural competency matrix.
• Developing and update job profiles and creating on-the-job training manuals.
• Involved in developing job assessments and job simulations that will enable the business to assess competencies.
• Involved in conducting an organisation wide skills audit.

Organisational Psychology:

• Designing and implementing change management processes with the introduction of new rules in the company.
• Coaching managers on enhancing their management skills.
• Update the Employee satisfaction Survey.
• Conduct focus groups with employees based on the ESI survey and develop interventions accordingly.

Industrial Relations:

• Recruitment and selection of job vacancies and conducting competency-based interviews.
• Involved in conduct job grading and benchmarking for positions.
• Preparation of hearing packs and organising hearings.
• Sit in as observer in the hearings and provide advice on the company code of conduct.
• Attend labour court sessions for 1 day.
• Design and develop supervisor and manager specific induction and orientation based on the company’s HR processes and procedures.
• Assist managers with conducting performance management discussions by coaching them on managing team performance.

Employee Wellness:

• Involved in conducting basic counselling interventions or referring employees to a relevant professional.
• Involved in developing the safety induction video.
• Involved in designing and developing workshops to educate employees on financial literacy, stress management, HIV and AIDS, and appropriate conduct in the work place.

Testing and Assessments:

• Update culture climate survey.
• Write up summary and detailed selection and development reports in line with job requirements.
• Provide feedback on assessment results.
• Develop job assessments.

Experience

• Some practical experience in organisational and industrial psychology (wish).
• Work experience or academic research in safety, health and environment (SHE), behavioural transformation, medico-legal environment (preferred).

QUALIFICATIONS

• A Master’s degree in Industrial and Organisational Psychology (Dissertation completed and handed in for examination).
• Registered as an Organisational and Industrial Psychology Student with HPCSA.
• Eligible to do an Organisational and Industrial psychology internship.

Knowledge

• Comprehensive academic knowledge of organisational and industrial psychology (essential).
• Additional basic knowledge related to safety, health and environment (SHE), behavioural transformation, medico-legal environment will be beneficial.

Skills

• Problem solving skills
• Numeric Comprehension
• Microsoft suite intermediate (Excel, Word and Power Point)
• Presentation skills
• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Assertiveness
• Project management skills
• Data analytics / statistics (wish)
• Inquisitiveness

Attributes

• Willingness to learn.
• Willingness to growth exposure where available.
• Curiosity / Inquisitiveness.
• Committed to, and passion for organisational psychology.
• Desire to become a psychologist (specialist).

How to apply?

To apply for the Sasol Organisational and Industrial Psychology Internship CLICK HERE

Note: Failure to provide Sasol with truthful information and valid documents will render your application null and void.  If you don’t hear from us within a month (30 days) after the closing date of the advert, please regard your application as unsuccessful.

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