The Role
Supports the full employee lifecycle through recruitment, onboarding, employee records, HR documentation, employee queries, learning and development coordination, HR reporting, engagement initiatives, and People & Culture projects. The intern will receive mentorship while contributing to process innovation and automation. The role requires confidentiality, attention to detail, initiative, teamwork, and an interest in building an HR career.
Summary Generated by Built In
At the ooba Group, we don't just process home loans — we open doors, many of them front doors for our home buyer customers.
As South Africa's leading home finance expert, we've helped hundreds of thousands of people and families achieve one of life's most meaningful milestones: owning their own home.
When we thought about mortgage origination, we looked to solve our customers' big questions: "Can I get a home loan? How will I know if my home loan offer is the best offer I can get?” Through answering of those questions, we created an industry supporting home buyers.
Today, a quarter of a century later, that pioneering spirit still drives us — we've never stopped growing and innovating, evolving into a diverse group of businesses that support every dimension of the homeownership journey: from financing and insurance for our home buyers, to innovative solar energy solutions and secure deposit investments. Joining ooba means becoming part of our continuing story.
Headquartered in the heart of Cape Town with a national footprint, we're a team of passionate problem-solvers, innovators, and specialists across multiple brands (ooba, evo, ooba Insure, ooba Power and Buyers Trust), united by a single belief: that what we do genuinely changes our customer and business partners lives. Here, your work has real impact you can see — in every approved bond, every home protected, every roof powered, every first-time buyer handed their keys.
We invest in our people the way we invest in our clients: with commitment, care, and a belief in what's possible. If you're driven by purpose and excited to grow in a vibrant and challenging environment with a market leader shaping the future of homeownership in South Africa, there's a place for you at ooba.
What will you actually DO?
Forget sitting on the sidelines. You’ll get hands-on exposure to the full employee lifecycle, including:
Recruitment — CVs, interviews, candidate experience and onboarding
HR systems & employee records — keeping information accurate, organised and up to date
HR documentation — contracts, letters and employee administration
People support — helping employees with HR queries and knowing when to escalate
Learning & development — coordinating training and learning initiatives
HR data & reporting — working with information, reports and people metrics
Projects — supporting organisational and People & Culture projects, including stretch assignments
Employee engagement — helping bring people initiatives and activities to life
Innovation & automation — looking for smarter, simpler and more efficient ways of working
The real world of work — getting a feel for how a modern People & Culture team operates
And yes — you’ll also get direct mentorship and coaching from an experienced HR leader.
Are you our kind of person?
You don’t need to know everything. That’s what the internship is for.
Apply if you are:
Genuinely interested in building a career in HR / People & Culture
Naturally curious and detail-oriented
Interested in data, reporting, privacy and using information to make better decisions
Curious about technology, automation and innovation
Someone who spots a problem and thinks, “Surely there’s a better way to do this?”
Eager to learn, ask questions and take initiative
Professional, trustworthy and able to handle confidential information
Comfortable using MS Office and Teams
Able to work independently while still being a team player
We’re looking for someone who is:
Matric
Completed or currently studying towards an HR qualification and requires WIL experience
Culture Fit — Living the ooba Values
Our four values of Partner, Knowledge, Challenge and Fun underpin the ooba culture, and great performers at ooba are both good at their job and good at living our values. In this role, that looks like:
Partner: You work as one team with one purpose, building trusting relationships with colleagues, agencies, and channel partners — sharing your intention openly, listening with an open mind, and resetting partnerships when they break down
Knowledge: You make time for learning and mastering your craft, becoming an expert in our customers and categories, sharing what you know generously, learning from mistakes, and seeking out diverse perspectives
Challenge: You pioneer and innovate — setting big goals, taking bold steps, trying new things even without all the answers, asking brave questions like "why not?", and reviewing results frankly
Fun: You share in the joy of homeownership with our customers, celebrate wins big and small, make fun part of everything you do, and don't take yourself too seriously
Skills Required
- Matric
- Completed or currently studying toward an HR qualification
- Requires workplace-integrated learning (WIL) experience
- Proficiency using MS Office and Microsoft Teams
- Ability to handle confidential information professionally and trustworthy
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
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The Company
What We Do
Make ooba a new home for your career! At ooba (www.ooba.co.za), we’re proudly contributing to the growth of our country and the economy by transforming the South African home ownership market. Not only do we empower people by ‘opening doors’ to a secure financial asset for them and their families, we also help them protect their assets through our competitive range of insurance products. We do this by being pioneer and the leading brand in home loans origination for South Africa. We’re a growing and innovative business offering meaningful work with rewarding careers. At ooba, we believe in empowering our people by the introduction of innovative technology enablers and progressive people practices. Want to find out more about a career at ooba, check out our careers site at: www.careers.ooba.co.za
