Mazars Academy YES Learnership (Cape Town, Western Cape) South Africa 2022 - 2023

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

8 November 2021.
Be sure to apply on or before these dates - any applications submitted after this date are late and will NOT be accepted.

ABOUT THE COMPANY PROVIDING THE LEARNERSHIP PROGRAMME:

Mazars is one of the country's top 6 tax, audit, and advisory firms by audit fee income, as well as one of the biggest audit firms. Mazars' clients range from private, to large corporations, local businesses, and global organisations. In the 1950s, the company was an industry leader with over 1000 employees, 25 Directors, 73 partners, and operations happening out of their 10 offices in Southern Africa. To this day, Mazars has achieved significant growth whilst still adopting its history of hard work and professional excellence. They take pride in their high quality of work and technical expertise as a united and multicultural partnership across the world. Mazars is proud of its shared values, goals, and top service standards.

Mazars' team of experts has established, from the beginning, technical industry expertise with the aim of ensuring customers are provided with customized solutions. The team also hopes to ensure that value continues to be created and performance optimised.

DETAILS ABOUT THE LEARNERSHIP PROGRAMME:

Location: Century City, Cape Town, Western Cape

Mazars is seeking candidates to join the Mazars Academy YES Learnership programme, for 2022 intake. Candidates will be located at the companies office in Century City, Cape Town, where they will provide administrative support to the Mazars Academy Team and deliver on creative projects, guided by the Team Leader.

Learners will assist the Desktop Publisher with the drafting of audit related communication documents, as well as external documents like proposals, reports and training material in accordance with Mazars’ visual identity guidelines using pre-designed templates.

The successful candidate will be working closely with the Desktop Publisher and must be able to take guidance and follow instructions. The candidate will also assist with camera work and studio set up for the recording of e-learning and marketing videos under the guidance of the Team Leader. This role will report directly to the Director of Mazars Academy.

Duties and Responsibilities of the programme:

Administrative support to the Mazars Academy team
Set up documents and reports as per briefing specs and complete these based on templates in Adobe InDesign
Complete corrections of reports until client satisfaction
Work with short deadlines and quick turnaround time
Assist with the recording of videos in the creative studio to be used for marketing and training purposes on an adhoc basis
General project administration

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO APPLY:

Before applying, please ensure that you meet ALL of the following minimum entry criteria – failure to satisfy all the requirements will result in your application being disqualified:

Must have completed Matric/ Grade 12
Must preferably have a keen interest in design projects
Must have intermediate or advanced experience and knowledge of MicroSoft Office (Word, PowerPoint)
Advantageous: knowledge of Adobe InDesign
Advantageous: exposure to other Adobe Creative Suite of products
Must be creative
Must have good communication skills (written and verbal)
Must have good time keeping and time management skills
Must adhere to the Mazars principles and values at all times
Must have an eye for visual balance
Must be able to closely follow a design brief
Must be committed to finishing projects
Must be able to work in a team
Must be able to work under pressure
Must be able to take constructive criticism and apply it to tasks
Must have good sense of judgement
Must be organised
Must have an eye for detail
Must take initiative

HOW TO APPLY FOR THE POSITION:

Applications must be submitted online for the following position:
Mazars Academy YES Learnership (Cape Town, Western Cape)
(Reference number: MAZ211028-2)

Submit the following documents with your application:

Detailed and up-to-date Curriculum Vitae
Certified copy of your Matric certificate
Certified copy of your Identity Document

Please note: Mazars is committed to employment equity and in line with our affirmative action plan; preference will be given to suitably qualified and experienced equity candidates.

CONTACT THE PROGRAMME PROVIDER FOR QUERIES:

For any queries related to this vacation work, please contact Mazars directly:
Contact portal: https://www.mazars.co.za/Home/Contact-us/Use-this-form-to-make-contact