Position: 2 Internship opportunities

Salary Band: Internship

Organisational Unit: GIZ / Climate-Sensitive, Socially Just Planning and Housing (CSPH) and Capacity Development for the Implementation of Rwanda's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

Place of Assignment: Kigali, Rwanda

Initial Contract Period: 1^st of February 2025 to 31^st of July 2025

Application Deadline: 26 December 2024

About GIZ and the Projects

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federally owned international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. The GIZ Office in Kigali covers GIZ’s portfolio in Rwanda and Burundi. GIZ Rwanda/Burundi implements projects on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the European Union and other commissioning authorities in the following priority areas: Sustainable Economic Development; Good Governance; Climate, Energy and Sustainable Urban Development; Digitalization and Digital Economy; and regional projects in the Great Lakes Region.

The projects “Climate-Sensitive, Socially Just Planning and Housing (CSPH)” and “Capacity Development for the Implementation of Rwanda's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)” are part of the German-Rwandan Program for “Climate Protection, Climate Adaptation and Sustainable Urban Development”.

The CSPH project’s objective is to improve climate-sensitive urban planning processes and promote access to affordable housing opportunities for poorer population groups, especially women, in cities. It strengthens social, ecological, and economic urban development through improved public participation of the local population in planning and decision-making processes.

The ”NDC-Project” aims to enhance the institutional and financial framework conditions of relevant state and non-state actors in Rwanda for the coordination, implementation, financing and monitoring of the country’s climate targets.

The projects are each searching for a suitable candidate for the position of an Intern. One Intern will work for the project “Climate-Sensitive, Socially Just Planning and Housing (CSPH)” as part of the Cluster “Climate, Energy and Sustainable Urban Development”, while the other intern will work for the project “Capacity Development for the Implementation of Rwanda's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)”.

The Intern performs the following responsibilities and tasks:

Responsibilities

• Supporting activities (including research, evaluations, content preparation of information) related to the CSPH project’s three outputs (neighborhood planning, social rental housing and capacity development); respectively the NDC project’s three focus areas (climate science and data, climate policy, and climate finance)
• Assisting in communications and public relations related activities including the design of presentations, factsheets, etc., as well as support with internal and external communication including liaising with internal support units
• Supporting the preparation of workshops, events, retreats in terms of logistics and event management including liaising with internal support units
• Facilitating general organizational and administrative tasks related to the projects’ scope.

Tasks

The Intern will perform the following tasks:

Management and Coordination

• supports in organizing events, such as trainings, conferences, and seminars;
• supports the team in administrative, logistical and knowledge management activities such as workshops, forums, team meetings and other project activities;
• assists national and international advisors in carrying out their work in the context of the projects;
• assists the project with all organizational and management issues.

Communication and Networking

• communicates well within the GIZ team for ensuring an efficient workflow and synergies between the different project outputs;
• drafts presentations and background materials for communications, public relations, or project reports.

Other duties/tasks

• performs other duties and tasks at the request of management.

Required Qualifications, Competences and Experience

Qualifications and professional experience

• Minimum Bachelor/BSc/BA with a focus on a relevant field in relation to the project (e.g. urban/regional planning, architecture, sustainability/environmental studies, infrastructure, urban geography, public management, political science, etc.)
• Good knowledge of one or more of the following topics: integrated urban planning, social/affordable housing, urban infrastructure provision, urban climate policy, climate finance, digitalization in urban development.
• Some experience in development cooperation (approaches, principles) in the field of climate change and sustainable urban development

Other knowledge and additional competences

• Good knowledge of communication, PR, dealing with social media and writing and editing texts. Knowledge of design and layout or geospatial software (InDesign, Photoshop, etc.) is a plus
• Natural talent for communication and organization and the ability and willingness to work independently and on your own initiative and to quickly familiarize yourself with complex issues. You also enjoy working actively in a team
• Experience in event management, preparing trainings or workshops.
• Very good networking, communication, and team skills
• Very good knowledge of MS Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Fluent written and spoken English skills, French and German is an asset.

Interested candidates should submit their application (motivation letter, updated CV, certificates and references) via our electronic job portal by using the button “Apply Now”; until 26^thDecember 2024 at 4:00 PM. All attachments should be put together in one PDF file not larger than 2 MB.

GIZ is a signatory of the Diversity Charter. Recognition, appreciation and inclusion of diversity in the company are important to us. All employees shall be valued - regardless of gender and gender identity, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, social background, age or sexual orientation. We support equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.

This includes the provision of reasonable accommodation, if needed, in order to participate in the job application and interview process and to perform essential job functions. Please let us know, if you have any particular requirements should you be invited for assessment/interview or that you wish us to consider, when considering your application.

Women and persons with disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for test and interview.

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