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Intern (m/f/d) for GEO-Land Degradation Neutrality Bookmark jobadShare jobad
Our model for success is a better life for everyone and purposeful tasks for our employees. For more than 50 years, the Deutsche Gesellschaft fĂźr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), as a company of the German Federal Government, has been supporting the implementation of development policy goals worldwide. Together with partner organisations in 120 countries, we are involved in a diverse range of projects. If you want to make a difference in the world and develop yourself in the process, you've come to the right place.
Job-ID: V000061406 Location: Bonn Assignment period: 05/12/2025 - 11/11/2025 Field: Trainees Type of employment: full-time Application deadline: 03/23/2025Job description
The global project \"Geodata for Development - Supporting the Land Degradation Neutrality Initiative of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO-LDN)\" (GV D4D4LDN) works on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Through the GEO-LDN initiative, it supports actors of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in the use of geodata for planning, monitoring and decision-making processes for sustainable land management and is divided into four areas of work: (1) The GEO-LDN Secretariat with its coordination, networking and public relations work; (2) Development of a modular and interoperable system of geodata and decision support tools for LDN; (3) Capacity building, in particular development of a postgraduate study program and web-based offerings; (4) Knowledge and experience exchange, e.g. through annual dialogue forums. e.g. through annual dialog forums. The trainee position will work in the areas of capacity building, communications, stakeholder engagement and general project management support.
Your tasks
During your internship you will have the following tasks, among others:
Contribute to the creation of knowledge products, such as recommendations for the UNCCD and the development of BMZ factsheets as well as country-specific factsheets in collaboration with relevant partners Support internal and external communication for the GEO-LDN Secretariat: gathering and organizing relevant content, creating content, maintaining the website, and producing newsletters and social media posts (experience with WordPress is a plus) Assistance in developing a new sitemap for the GEO-LDN website Systematic monitoring of social media posts from relevant partners as well as other GEO initiatives and flagship projectsHelp maintain customer relationship management database (CRM)
Support ad-hoc tasks required for the GEO LDN Flagship.
Independently plan, coordinate and execute a work process to be defined with the team lead.
Your profile
You study from the sixth semester in Education, Social Science, International Relations, Political Science, Geography or another relevant discipline You are a strategic thinker who can support in creating knowledge products. Basic understanding of learning theories is a plus You are open to learning new systems like tools for database and knowledge management You are motivated, a team player and flexible. Your way of working is organized, independent, systematic, detail- and result-oriented and you implement creative ideas in an agile, fast and productive way You have a good feel for languages, have a very good command of written and spoken English Good knowledge of the common MS Office programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point) is a prerequisite. Knowledge in Wordpress or a similar CMS is a plusNotes
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 âŹ2.205,01 (gross).
We support equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.
For further information, please contact Ms Hecheltjen (antje.hecheltjen@giz.de).