Looking for a pathway to your dream career? We can help.
Be. Lab offers a unique 12-week paid internship for New Zealanders living with disabilities or access needs, who are undergraduates and graduates.
The Internship Programme is a career pathway programme that is organised into quarterly cohorts.
Our experienced relationship managers work with motivated access citizens to match them with meaningful work experience in their areas of study and/or aspiration.
73% of our candidates have gone on to secure permanent employment.
What we offer
Who we're looking for
Eligible candidates include those who:
This offering is available to access citizens who
In 2024 we have developed a new way of structuring our programme which will be great for businesses and interns alike, designed to align with how internal internship programmes work within some of the industries and sectors that we work with. We foresee this helping us creating better and more relevant opportunities.
Law, consultancy and professional services
Applications open February 1st - March 29th
STEM and IT
Applications open April 1st - May 31st
Not-for-profits, healthcare, government and policy
Applications open July 1st - August 30th
Mixed cohort
Applications open September 1st - November 29th
If you do qualify for our Tertiary internship, and are interested in finding out more about an internship opportunity outside of the cohort timeframe please e-mail talent@belab.co.nz
For candidates who are nearing the end of, or who have completed tertiary qualifications within the last 12 months:
If you're not sure if you qualify, please get in touch with our friendly Talent team to learn more:
E-mail talent@belab.co.nz or phone us on 09 309 8966
"Be. Lab gave me the platform to help me prove who I am to the rest of the world."
We have relationships with some awesome, accessible employers. You can find out more over on our Business Network webpage.
And we are also more than happy to reach out to other employers outside of our existing network, in order to find the perfect opportunity to match your area of study or aspiration!
