Intern (m/f/d) in Urban Infrastructure Investment (City Climate Finance Gap Fund)

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 task during your internship will be the support of the project team in their daily work, in particular:

• Supporting the preparation of background information such as internal and external research in urban infrastructure sectors, such as energy, transport, green spaces and urban infrastructure, water and waste management
• 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
• Supporting organization and preparation of high-level conferences and events as well as virtual events, by drafting concept notes, organizing events’ logistics, taking notes during the events, etc.
• Support in the Monitoring and Evaluation processes, including operational planning and updating of indicators
• Support in the development of communication materials such as blogs, factsheets, social media content, etc.
• Supporting in further administrative and organizational tasks

• 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 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
• 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 or Russian is an asset
• Enthusiasm to work in a multi-disciplinary and intercultural team
• Ability to efficiently structure information and processes and to prioritize and handle multiple tasks within tight deadlines

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 €2.205,01 (gross).

We support equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities. 

For further information, please contact Mrs. Linden (alexandra.linden1@giz.de).