Job highlights

Full time

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Job ID

R200001649

Closing date

01/08/2026

Last Updated

01/07/2026

HR Services – Graduate Programme

HR Services Department Melrose, Johannesburg

Our Graduate Programme in Johannesburg, South Africa offers a unique chance to dive deep into the world of commodity trading, gaining invaluable experience across diverse projects and operations. If you've just finished your degree and are eager to gain practical experience and develop professional skills to start your career, our Graduate Programme is the ideal opportunity for you.

We offer our graduates rewarding career opportunities in different teams that are committed to advancing their careers in a performance-driven culture. The Graduate Programme offers the possibility for graduates to understand different functions in our company, as all participants will have the opportunity to work on a variety of roles through internal rotations, resulting in a broad exposure to our business.

Working together with industry experts, graduates will gain a variety of skills and have real responsibilities to gain a holistic view of our business. Additionally, training programmes with best-in-class partners, will be offered to all participants in topics that will go from technical skills such as trading, traffic, finance, business analytics, to soft skills like networking, public speaking and presentational skills.

All graduates will be assigned to mentors, who will be guide the new joiners through their development path at Glencore. The mentoring programme will support new joiners in understanding our company culture and building networks across the business.

Global HR Hub & Payroll Services Graduate Programme

We are seeking a detail-orientated, proactive, and highly motivated Graduate to be part of the Global HR Services team in Johannesburg, South Africa, through the HR Hub which supports key operational processes for multiple Glencore offices worldwide.

Global HR & Payroll Services Graduate Programme is designed to prove your aptitude and test your resilience providing functional support to HR Services and Payroll, with opportunities to rotate between.

The HR graduate will work in a shared service centre environment (our HR Hub) and the required attributes include strong organizational skills, a customer-focused mindset, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, globally matrixed environment and gain exposure to international HR operations and best practice and contribute to impactful employee experiences across the globe.

We are looking for students who are currently enrolled in or have recently graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related study is beneficial.

Who we are

Glencore is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities. Through a network of assets, customers and suppliers that spans the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market and distribute the commodities that advance everyday life.

With over 140,000 employees and contractors and a strong footprint in over 30 countries in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, our marketing and industrial activities are supported by a global network of offices.

Glencore’s customers are principally industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities.

Important informationThis material does not purport to contain all of the information you may wish to consider. For further important information, including in connection with forward-looking statements and other cautionary information, refer to the Important notice section of Glencore’s 2025 Annual Report, which is available at glencore.com/publications. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future events, results, performance, achievements or other outcomes expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

This document does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for any securities. Other informationThe companies in which Glencore plc directly and indirectly has an interest are separate and distinct legal entities. In this document, “Glencore”, “Glencore group” and “Group” are used for convenience only where references are made to Glencore plc and its subsidiaries in general.

These collective expressions are used for ease of reference only and do not imply any other relationship between the companies. Likewise, the words “we”, “us” and “our” are also used to refer collectively to members of the Group or to those who work for them. These expressions are also used where no useful purpose is served by identifying the particular company or companies.Note*: All applications will be subject to potential background checks.

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