In-Service Trainee Marketing

Bring your skills as a In-Service Trainee Marketing to Queenstown and join a team that moves fast. This Eastern Cape role is one to watch.

About the Opportunity

This In-Service Trainee Marketing role sits within the in-service training function in Queenstown. It offers a defined scope, clear measures of success, and the support of an experienced team across Eastern Cape.

Expect a structured first ninety days, with onboarding milestones, regular check-ins, and an early focus on getting comfortable with the systems and processes that underpin the Queenstown team.

Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the In-Service Trainee Marketing is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Eastern Cape is consistently high and consistently fair.

Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the in-service training group in Queenstown.

Equal Opportunity

The organisation is committed to transformation and equal opportunity. Hiring is on merit, and applications are actively encouraged from women, youth, people with disabilities and other historically disadvantaged groups in line with the Employment Equity plan and B-BBEE objectives.

Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Queenstown.

Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Eastern Cape.

B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.

Working in Queenstown

Working in Queenstown means a place near the Mthatha regional service centre, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the Eastern Cape region, and the Queenstown office benefits from those long-standing connections.

If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in Queenstown, Eastern Cape.

Accessibility is taken seriously: where the role allows, the team works toward a balance of in-office presence and flexibility for candidates based in and around Queenstown.

Many candidates already living within reach of Queenstown cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Eastern Cape economy.

A Typical Day

Your day starts with a quick check-in with your mentor and a review of the tasks you’ll shadow or own. You spend time observing experienced colleagues, asking questions and trying small pieces of work yourself. As the day progresses, you capture notes for your logbook, attend team huddles and contribute where you can. The mix of structured learning, real workplace exposure and supportive feedback helps you turn classroom theory into skills you can actually use.

No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Queenstown.

Practically speaking, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Eastern Cape operations throw up the unexpected.

Beyond that, the Queenstown office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.

Why This Role

You will join a team that values respectful collaboration, honest feedback and shared wins. The Queenstown colleagues take pride in supporting one another and in doing the in-service training side of the business properly, day in and day out.

Crucially, the company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Queenstown keep progressing.

Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Queenstown teams.

Benefits are clear and consistent. Beyond the package on offer, the role includes the supports you would expect from an established South African employer in Eastern Cape.

About the Team

Importantly, you will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the in-service training side of the business inside out. The Queenstown group is a healthy mix of experienced operators and newer joiners, all of whom share a strong commitment to delivery and to one another.

In addition, the team mix in Queenstown reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.

Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.

Collaboration is the default working mode. Whether picking up a quick query or working through a complex project, you will find colleagues willing to lean in and help.

Core Functions

• Support transformation and youth-development objectives of the organisation
• Participate in team meetings, planning sessions and problem-solving forums
• Attend on-site and online learning sessions linked to your qualification
• Network with internal and external stakeholders during projects
• Apply theory from your studies to real workplace scenarios
• Develop core workplace skills such as communication, teamwork and time management

Essential Criteria

• Ability to maintain a workplace logbook and submit assessments on time
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English
• Letter from your TVET college or university confirming the in-service training requirement
• Legally entitled to work in South Africa for the duration of the placement
• Available to commit to the full duration of the in-service placement

Crucially, if most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.