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The Development Action Group (DAG) is a leading nonprofit, non-governmental organisation. DAG’s mission is to create, implement and support community-centred developments in order to address economic, social and spatial imbalances.

DAG seeks to employ a Post Graduate Intern, to be based in South Africa.

Responsibilities:

  • Assist in conducting research and design related to housing, land and urban development;
  • Assist in facilitation of socio-technical support for community partners across Cape Town
  • Provide planning and other technical input in the development of participatory and pro-poor human settlements proposals, land development strategies and participatory planning;
  • Coordinate and/or performing tasks related to the collection and processing of data, including co-facilitation of community meetings, participatory planning workshops/ meetings
  • Assist with general organisational administration

Requirements:

  • A background in the Built Environment, with a minimum of Masters in Architecture, Planning, Property Economics, Development Studies, Engineering etc
  • An interest in learning more about and working in the different programmes of DAG
  • Commitment and passion to contribute to addressing the many urban development challenges
  • Commitment and passion to work with communities facing poverty and structural inequalities
  • Dedication to working hard and learning as much as possible
  • The ability to work as part of a team as well as to work independently and to take initiative
  • The ability to speak two regional languages (ideally)
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite

To apply, submit a CV, contact details of three referees and a motivation letter to Kathy Aranes, Development Action Group, 101 Lower Main Road, Observatory 7925 or fax: 021 447 1987 or [email protected]

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted within one week of the closing date.

DAG pursues employment equity and will give preference to female, black and specially-abled candidates.

No relocation costs will be covered

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Development Action Group (DAG)

DAG, a leading NGO in the urban sector, was established in 1986 when a group of built environment professionals and development practitioners came together to establish an organisation offering technical and professional advice to Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and community groups threatened with forced removal in Cape Town. DAG has three integrated programmatic result areas - participatory urban governance; housing and human settlements; and capacity building. These are implemented through a seven-step methodology: building strategic partnerships; citizen mobilisation; capacity building; research; advocacy/lobbying; demonstration projects; and learning from practice.

Our legal status

  • DAG is a Non-Profit Company without Members (Registration number: 1993/006859/08)
  • DAG is a registered Non-Profit Organisation (Registration number: 006-194 NPO)
  • DAG is an Approved Public Benefit Organisation with South African tax exemption (Registration number: 930016961)

Our Staff and Board

As at March 2014, DAG had 22 permanent staff members (55% female and 45% male); 72% of DAG staff members are black; 60% of DAG's Board of Directors is black, 40% of who are female. As a learning and capacity building organisation, DAG offers numerous internships to young graduates who work alongside our staff on dedicated project teams to gain hands on experience in the urban development sector.

Our programmes

By its very nature, DAG’s work is predominantly oriented towards the most vulnerable and marginalised people in society, i.e. those earning less than 250 GBP per month who qualify for the PHP housing subsidy. With an unambiguous pro-poor agenda, our programmes and projects seek far-reaching integration (class, ethnicity, gender and youth), improved accessibility (access to public transport, employment and other higher order amenities and facilities), sustainability (city compactions /densification, triple-bottom-line approaches and ecological sensitive design) and democratic urban governance (improved processes around citizenship and participation). Our programmes are designed to effect redistributive justice, the reversal of apartheid spatial patterns and planning practices and exclusionary land management, so that all South African citizens, especially the more marginalised urban citizens (particularly vulnerable groups and women) can claim a ‘right to the city’ that translates into more vibrant, re-imagined human settlements and equitable access to social, economic and cultural opportunities in post- Apartheid South Africa.

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0 USD South Africa CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Development Action Group (DAG)

The Development Action Group (DAG) is a leading nonprofit, non-governmental organisation. DAG’s mission is to create, implement and support community-centred developments in order to address economic, social and spatial imbalances.DAG seeks to employ a Post Graduate Intern, to be based in South Africa.

Responsibilities:

  • Assist in conducting research and design related to housing, land and urban development;
  • Assist in facilitation of socio-technical support for community partners across Cape Town
  • Provide planning and other technical input in the development of participatory and pro-poor human settlements proposals, land development strategies and participatory planning;
  • Coordinate and/or performing tasks related to the collection and processing of data, including co-facilitation of community meetings, participatory planning workshops/ meetings
  • Assist with general organisational administration

Requirements:

  • A background in the Built Environment, with a minimum of Masters in Architecture, Planning, Property Economics, Development Studies, Engineering etc
  • An interest in learning more about and working in the different programmes of DAG
  • Commitment and passion to contribute to addressing the many urban development challenges
  • Commitment and passion to work with communities facing poverty and structural inequalities
  • Dedication to working hard and learning as much as possible
  • The ability to work as part of a team as well as to work independently and to take initiative
  • The ability to speak two regional languages (ideally)
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite

To apply, submit a CV, contact details of three referees and a motivation letter to Kathy Aranes, Development Action Group, 101 Lower Main Road, Observatory 7925 or fax: 021 447 1987 or [email protected]

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted within one week of the closing date.

DAG pursues employment equity and will give preference to female, black and specially-abled candidates.

No relocation costs will be covered

 2019-03-28

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