Vacant Internships at Oxford University Press Southern Africa

Principal Accountabilities:

• Have a broad understanding of how the Africa Finance team functions as a whole
• Know in detail each component of the Finance function by working in each department
• Have a working knowledge of SAP
• Be proficient in the Microsoft suite of programs
• Be able to present a topic to various audiences within finance and across other areas of the
• business
• Exposure to multiple departments: Accounts Payable and Receivable, Treasury, Royalties, Taxation, R2R and Commercial

Requirements

• BCom general/Finance degree/diploma
• Computer literacy – Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Sound communication and presentation skills
• Effective time management
• Ability to multitask and perform under pressure
• Ability to work in a team
• South African citizen
• Access to reliable transport

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Principal Accountabilities:

• Data input and analysis - perform collection, interpretation and recording of data in accordance with
• company’s guidelines and standards.
• Data integrity - Perform data validation and storage of various project documents.
• Sort and organize the data, both hard copy and electronic versions.
• Assist staff in data entry when required.
• Provide data management updates in all internal and external meetings as required.
• Analyze data for quality improvement purposes.
• Prepare data for reporting, meeting, presentations and create reporting dashboards
• Prepare and submit data required for audits.
• Training and needs analysis -Train users on an ongoing basis
• Staying abreast of new Salesforce releases and functionality
• Setting up of new users.

Requirements

• A diploma or degree in a relevant field
• Computer literacy – Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• South African citizen
• Access to reliable transport 

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Principal Accountabilities:

• Provide an efficient and on time response to inbound calls and to process orders so that customer needs are met
• Answer calls in line with set standards to resolve customer queries
• Handle customer call courteously, efficiently, and promptly
• Receive product training to be able to promote products to customers
• Follow up with internal teams on customer queries
• Provide 1st line support on digital products
• Communicate progress of queries to customer
• Provide requested documentation to customer e.g., backorder reports, proof of deliveries, price lists etc.

Gain exposure to and develop an understanding of:

• The educational publishing industry
• The customer service environment
• OUPSA product
• Supply chain, warehouse and distribution processes
• Database maintenance
• Data capturing
• SAP, MS Office

Requirements

• A diploma or degree in a relevant field
• Experience in a call centre or customer care role will be an advantage
• Computer literacy – Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• South African citizen
• Access to reliable transport

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Principal Accountabilities:

• Planning and execution of a variety of marketing campaigns through innovative ideas and content marketing (develop brief written, visual and multimedia content)
• Planning and execution of promotional campaigns, events and exhibitions
• Planning and development of social media marketing and monitoring and reporting on these (including competitor activities and wider trends in the education sector)
• Supporting the implementation of the data strategy to gain customer insight through data clean-up, data segmentation, and transferring data between platforms
• Gaining experience in digital marketing and measurement of its impact through metrics such as SEO and ROI
• Embracing a wide variety of training and upskilling opportunities through access to the Marketing & Sales Accelerator programme
• Experiencing being a team player in a fast-paced, future-focused, high performing Marketing department

Requirements

• BCOM / BTECH / Bed / Marketing/Education related degree
• Computer literate – Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Sound communication and presentation skills
• Effective time management
• Ability to multi-task and perform under pressure
• Ability to work in a team
• South African citizen
• Access to reliable transport

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Principal Accountabilities:

• Assist with the execution & implementation of a variety of digital marketing and social media campaigns
• Develop creative and copy assets for digital and social channels
• Assist with upkeep of digital platform hygiene, i.e. link refreshes, query responses, etc.
• Co-own the social media marketing monitoring and reporting process, i.e. input into local and global reporting
• Own the ongoing and consistent updating of competitor audits & analysis and wider trends in the education sector

Requirements

• Enrolled for BCom / BTech / BSocSc / BA. With Marketing subjects, preferable
• Interest in the Education sector
• South African citizen
• Computer literate
• Excellent writing and strong communication skills
• Experience using design tools (i.e. Canva)
• Understanding of website development and coding
• Previous practical experience in a Marketing environment and/or exposure to Marketing function, advantageous