Intern in the Cities Finance Facility

Cities face significant challenges from climate change, including rising sea levels, droughts, floods, and storms. However, cities also contribute 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions, so both increasing resilience and reducing emissions in cities are crucial in tackling the climate crisis. Access to finance is a major obstacle for city administrations in developing innovative climate change infrastructure projects. Financial institutions require robust preparation and solid business cases before investing, often causing projects to fail due to lack of funding. To address this issue, the C40 Cities Finance Facility (CFF) as part of the joint programme platform Climate-resilient Infrastructure Investments in Cities (CIVIC) acts as a link between cities and finance, supporting a green and just transition. The CFF, an award-winning project preparation facility under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, focuses on three components: preparing climate-relevant infrastructure projects for finance, linking projects to finance, and replicating successful approaches. It is jointly implemented by the C40 Cities Network and GIZ.

• Support the Monitoring & Evaluation team in the regular data collection and report writing process to create impactful stories
• Support the Monitoring & Evaluation team on the evaluation and storytelling for completed projects in South Africa, Colombia, Ghana, Senegal, and Indonesia
• Contribute to strategic political advisory to donors on advancing climate-resilient and low-emission urban infrastructure based on CFF support to cities, including support on the preparation of regular donor meetings
• Support the preparation of internal standard materials for operational and partnerships teams both towards cities, partners and donors
• Support the development of event formats and preparation materials for high-level international events, conferences and workshops aligned with strategic objectives, donor’s policy narratives, and building on CFF and CIVIC experiences

required criteria

• University degree in climate change, urbanisation, economics, finance, sociology, public policy, political science, communications or other related fields
• First professional experiences working in the sphere of development cooperation, ideally relating to cooperation with cities or government agencies
• A strong understanding of topics relating to climate change mitigation and adaptation, knowledge in the field of climate finance is an asset
• First experiences in the field of political advisory with a demonstrated ability to create strong impact stories

desirable criteria

• Initial professional experience working in highly complex and interdisciplinary initiatives; experience working in diverse cultural environments
• A strong collaborative ability and coordination skills; team-oriented with gender competencies
• Business fluency in English and German; knowledge of additional languages such as French, Spanish or Portuguese are 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. 

For further information, please contact Mr Junge (hajo.junge@giz.de).