Vacancy Details
Employer: Placement Point (Pty) Ltd
A well established Tax Company is looking for a Technical Support Intern.
Requirements:
- Minimum qualification: Completed or currently studying towards a qualification in Taxation or Law (with tax exposure)
- Experience: None required
- Strong interest in South African tax administration and SARS processes
- Sound understanding of basic tax principles (Income Tax and VAT advantageous)
- Good written communication skills and strong attention to detail
Competencies
- Ability to work with structured information and large datasets
- Strong digital literacy, including Microsoft 365; familiarity with AI tools is advantageous
- Analytical thinking and a structured approach to problem-solving
- Ability to handle confidential information responsibly
- Proactive, organised, and able to manage multiple tasks
Candidate Requirements
Key Responsibilities:
• Tax Helpline Support
• Assist with helpline administration, including downloading, organising, and cleaning datasets
• Track allocated queries and maintain accurate records
• SARS Escalations Support
• Maintain escalation registers and support the preparation of submissions to SARS
• Monitor outstanding responses and assist with follow-ups or re-escalations
Technical Content & Knowledge Support
• Assist in compiling practitioner-focused FAQs from helpline queries and engagements
• Support technical content development, including social media posts, polls, and webinar material
• Perform data de-identification to support confidentiality and data protection requirements
• Organise technical inputs from multiple sources into structured working material
• AI Knowledge Base Maintenance
• Assist in updating, organising, and classifying the AI knowledge base for effective retrieval
• Identify outdated or duplicated information
• Support content validation and quality control
Member Engagement & Communications
• Support member engagement through social media and related communication channels
• Monitor, categorise, and organise engagement data into useful insights
Regional & Stakeholder Coordination
• Support preparation of meeting packs and summaries
• Help consolidate issues raised across regions
• General Administrative Support
• Organise documents and datasets and maintain structured records for audit and reporting purposes
• Assist with scheduling meetings and coordinating logistics
Additional Screening Criteria
• No criminal record
• Verifiable references from lecturers if no prior work experience exist.
Additional Information:
· This division plays a critical role in:
· Providing technical assistance to tax practitioner members via the Tax Helpline
· Managing engagement with regional practitioner communities
· Escalating systemic and operational issues to SARS
· Supporting practitioner-facing communication and knowledge-sharing initiatives
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