NFVF Seventh Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (PESP7) Digitization Project for NationalArchives and Records Services of South Africa (NARSSA)

The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), together with the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC),
in response to the seventh Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (PESP7), is looking to recruit South
African graduates and unemployed youth (aged 35 and younger) to assist with the digitisation project for the
National Archives and Records Services of South Africa (NARSSA) and its Provincial Archives.

The project is expected to start on 24 August 2026.

The project will be based in all nine Provinces of South Africa as well as the National Archives and Records Service
of South Africa in Pretoria.

Applications should be submitted via email to the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), please include the
job reference number in the subject of the email.

Candidates who have previously participated in PESP Projects are discouraged from applying.

In provinces that have more than one site, kindly indicate the site for which you are applying.

Suitably qualified and experienced candidates are invited to submit their abridged curriculum vitae (CV) via email
to pesp7internship@nfvf.co.za with the job reference number in the subject, no later than Monday, 03 August
2026 by 16h00.

Opening Date: 15 July 2026

Closing Date: 03 August 2026

All applications must include the following:
§ Copy of CV
§ Certified copy of ID
§ Certified copy of Driver’s Licence (Code 10 and PDP where applicable)
§ Certified copies of qualifications and certificates

Important Notes:

• Suitable candidates will be subjected to citizenship verification, criminal checks, and qualification verification.

Applications not responded to within 30 days of the closing date must be considered unsuccessful.

The NFVF reserves the right not to make an appointment.

Please see below the roles available and the minimum requirements for the role:

Job Reference Number

WC.01 –
Assistant Archivist

Location

Western Cape – Cape Town

Job Name

Assistant Archivist –
-Arrangement And
Description
-Digitisation of
Archival Records
-Client Services

• Oral History
  -Appraisal

-Records
Management

• Capacity Building

Minimum Requirements

Four year
diploma or three
year degree in
archival studies/
Information
Science/ Film
Studies/ Sound
Engineering

Number of Positions

10

Job Reference Number

KZN.01 –
Assistant Archivist

Location

Kwazulu Natal – Ulundi, Durban,
Pietermaritzburg

Job Name

Assistant Archivist
-Arrangement And
Description
-Digitisation

Minimum Requirements

• Four year
  diploma or three
  year degree in
  archival studies/
  Information
  Science/ Film
  Studies/ Sound
  Engineering

Number of Positions

22

Job Reference Number

NW.01 –
Assistant Archivist

Location

North West – Mafikeng

Job Name

Assistant Archivist –
-Oral History
-Arrangement and
Description

• Digitisation
• Videography and
  Editing

Minimum Requirements

• Four year
  diploma or three
  year degree in
  archival studies/
  Information
  Science/ Film
  Studies/ Sound
  Engineering

Number of Positions

22

Job Reference Number

LMP.01 –
Assistant Archivist

Location

Limpopo – Polokwane, Makwarela,
Giyani, Lebowakgomo

Job Name

Assistant Archivist –
-Arrangement And
Description
-Appraisal
-Records
Management
-Digitisation
-Oral History

Minimum Requirements

• Four year
  diploma or three
  year degree in
  archival studies/
  Information
  Science/ Film
  Studies/ Sound
  Engineering

Number of Positions

20

Job Reference Number

MP.01 –
Assistant Archivist

Location

Mpumalanga – Mbombela

Job Name

Assistant Archivist
-Appraisal
-Arrangement and
Description

Minimum Requirements

• Diploma or
  Degree in
  archival studies/
  Information
  Science/ Film
  Studies/ Sound
  Engineering

Number of Positions

22

Job Reference Number

EC.01 –
Assistant Archivist

Location

Eastern Cape – Qonce, Gqeberha,
Mthatha

Job Name

Assistant Archivist
-Arrangement and
Description

Minimum Requirements

• Three year
  Bachelor’s
  degree in
  Archives and
  Records
  Management/
  Post Frad
  Diploma in
  Archives and
  Records
  Management

Number of Positions

22

Job Reference Number

GP.01 –
Assistant Archivist

Location

Gauteng – Kagiso, Johannesburg

Job Name

Assistant Archivist
-Records
Management
-Arrangement and
Description
-Preservation and
Conservation

Minimum Requirements

• Four year
  diploma or three
  year degree in
  archival studies/
  Information
  Science/ Film
  Studies/ Sound
  Engineering

Number of Positions

22

Job Reference Number

NC.01 –
Assistant Archivist

Location

Northern Cape – Kimberley
Districts (Francis Baard, JTG, ZFM,
PKS, Namakwa)

Job Name

Assistant Archivist
-Oral History
-Conservationist
-Digital Archiving
-Arrangement and
Description

Minimum Requirements

• Diploma or
  Degree in
  Archival
  Studies/
  Information
  Science/
  Heritage

Number of Positions

22

Job Reference Number

FS.01 –
Assistant Archivist

Location

Free State – Bloemfontein

Job Name

Assistant Archivist
-Arrangement and
Description
-Strong room
maintenance
-Reading Room
Management
-Digitisation
-Records
Management

Minimum Requirements

Four year
diploma or three
year degree in
archival studies/
Information
Science/ Film
Studies/ Sound
Engineering

Number of Positions

15

Job Reference Number

NARSSA.01 –
Assistant Archivist

Location

National Archives and Records
Services of South Africa – Pretoria

Job Name

Assistant Archivist-
-Arrangement and
Description
-Strong room
maintenance
-Reading Room
Management
-Records
Management
-Digitisation

• Oral History
  -Conservation
• Sound
  Preservation

Minimum Requirements

Four year
diploma or three
year degree in
archival studies/
Information
Science/
Records
Management/
Film Studies/
Sound
Engineering

Number of Positions

23

We wish you all the best with your applications