The objective of the City Climate Finance Gap Fund (Gap Fund), a global partnership comprising two multi-donor trust funds administered by the World Bank and the European Investment Bank (EIB) respectively. The EIB’s activities under the Gap Fund are implemented with support from GIZ GmbH. The Gap Fund supports cities worldwide in preparing concrete infrastructure investments that contribute to climate change adaptation and/or mitigation. These investments projects span sectors such as transport, energy, water, green spaces, urban infrastructure and waste management. However, local capacities, experience, and funding are often insufficient to guide these projects through the high-risk pre-feasibility phase.
The GIZ programme Support for Project Preparation for Urban Progress (SuPPUrbP) supports the management of the Gap Fund operations and provides technical assistance (TA) to cities and/or other project developers during the pre-feasibility stage of infrastructure investments. The TA activities are implemented upon request in low and middle-income countries in Africa, Latin America, European Neighbourhood Countries, Asia and the Pacific. You can find more information on the Gap Fund and its current activities at www.citygapfund.org. The dynamic multi-disciplinary and international GIZ team works closely with relevant EIB-colleagues and is based in Germany as well as in Luxembourg.
Your tasks during the internship will be the support of the project team in their daily work with a focus on Gap Fund communications and relations to partner cities, in particular:
Supporting the assessment and preparation of investment projects in urban infrastructure sectors, such as energy, transport, green spaces and urban infrastructure, water and waste management; this includes research on background information and the drafting of project documents
Supporting knowledge and document management, especially with regard to the collection, structuring and preparation of technical advisory to specific cities in low and middle-income countries
Support communication planning and the production of content (blogs, factsheets, social media content etc.)
Supporting the planning and logistics of high-level conferences, and virtual events
Support in the Monitoring and Evaluation processes, including operational planning and updating of indicators
Schedule content across Gap Funds social media channel
Support maintaining the Gap Fund website, and intranet page, including updating key content
Support the maintenance of an organized communications repository, store and update visual assets and documentation to facilitate efficient use across the Secretariat
Supporting in further administrative and organizational tasks
Your Profile You have to be currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or recently graduated (within last six months) in urban development, economics, engineering, public policy, communication or equivalent. We are looking for the following skills and experiences to be met under this position:
Knowledge and/or prior work experience/internships in city administrations and/or with municipal service providers and/or international organizations
Basic understanding of the preparation of investment projects and/or urban development processes
Basic understanding of the international climate change debate, including climate finance, and the climate action reporting schemes
Basic understanding of technical assistance (advisory) of national or subnational stakeholders in developing countries and emerging economies
Project management skills, and ability to communicate clearly and effectively with a range of stakeholders
Proactive self-starter who can work independently with limited supervision but can also work collaboratively in a team environment
Proven proficiency in speaking, reading and writing English; and proficiency in other languages such as French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic or Russian is an asset
Enthusiasm to work in a multi-disciplinary and intercultural team
Ability to efficiently structure information and processes
Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks within tight deadlines
Familiarity with social media content development and analytics tools is an asset
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.
Please be informed that you are only allowed to apply for this internship, if you are currently enrolled as a student or graduated not longer than six months ago from the start of your internship.
We pay a monthly stipend of €2.349,- (gross).
We support equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.
Broad-based expertise for sustainable development – under one roof
Working efficiently, effectively and in a spirit of partnership, we support people and societies in developing, transition and industrialised countries in shaping their own futures and improving living conditions. This is what the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) is all about. Established on 1 January 2011, it brings together under one roof the long-standing expertise of the Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (DED) gGmbH (German Development Service), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (German Technical Cooperation) and Inwent – Capacity Building International, Germany. As a federally owned enterprise, we support the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. We are also engaged in international education work around the globe.
Making development effective
Our partners want to take responsibility for achieving their own long-term development goals. We support them by offering demand-driven, tailor-made and effective services for sustainable development. We apply a holistic and value-based approach to ensure the participation of all stakeholders. In doing so, we are always guided by our concept of sustainable development. We take account of political, economic, social and ecological dimensions as we support our partners at local, regional, national and international level in negotiating solutions in the broader social context. This is how we drive development.
GIZ operates in many fields, including economic development and employment; governance and democracy; security, reconstruction, peace building and civil conflict transformation; food security, health and basic education; and environmental protection, resource conservation and climate change mitigation. We also provide management and logistical services to help our partners perform their development tasks. In crises we carry out refugee and emergency aid programmes. As part of our development services, we also second technical advisors to partner countries.
We advise our clients and partners on drawing up plans and strategies, place integrated experts and returning experts in partner countries, and promote networking and dialogue among international cooperation actors. Capacity building for partner-country experts is a key component of our services, and we offer our programme participants diverse opportunities to use the contacts they have made. We also give young people a chance to gain professional experience around the world – exchange programmes for young professionals lay the foundations for successful careers in national and international markets.
Who we work for
Most of our activities are commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). GIZ also operates on behalf of other German ministries – in particular the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Environment Ministry and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research – as well as German federal states and municipalities, and public and private sector clients both in Germany and abroad. These include the governments of other countries, the European Commission, the United Nations and the World Bank. We work closely with the private sector and promote results-oriented interaction between the development and foreign trade sectors. Our considerable experience with alliances in partner countries and in Germany is a key factor for successful international cooperation, not only in the business, academic and cultural spheres but also in civil society.
The company at a glance
GIZ operates in more than 130 countries worldwide. In Germany we maintain a presence in nearly all the federal states. Our registered offices are in Bonn and Eschborn. GIZ employs approximately 17,000 staff members worldwide, more than 60 % of whom are local personnel. In addition, there are 1,135 technical advisors, 750 integrated and 324 returning experts, 700 local experts in partner organisations and 850 ‘weltwärts’ volunteers. With an estimated turnover of EUR 1.9 billion as at December 2010, GIZ can look to the future with confidence.
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