Project Management Intern – Johannesburg

About the role

This internship offers hands‑on support to technology‑enabled projects within TFG’s HR team. It is designed as a learning opportunity to develop foundational project management skills while contributing to real project outcomes.

Key responsibilities

• Support day‑to‑day coordination of projects, keeping plans, actions and timelines on track.
• Maintain project plans, trackers and dashboards using Excel and Monday.com.
• Collect, consolidate and interpret project and operational data for reporting.
• Prepare status updates, reports and meeting materials for project teams and stakeholders.
• Capture meeting actions, risks, issues and dependencies and follow up with owners.
• Log and track requests, issues or queries in Monday.com and Freshdesk, ensuring information is accurate.
• Organise meetings, including scheduling, agendas, minutes and action tracking.
• Assist the project manager and team leads with general administration across multiple initiatives.
• Contribute ideas for improving project processes, templates and ways of working.
• Participate in project reviews and retrospectives to learn from outcomes.

Required profile

• Relevant qualification such as Project Management or a related field.
• Genuine interest in project management, technology, data and reporting.
• Formal project management experience is advantageous.
• Exposure to coordination, administration, reporting or analytics environments.
• Comfortable working with systems, spreadsheets and digital tools.

Required skills

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office suite
• Monday.com
• Freshdesk