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Internship Opportunitity in the project \" Satellite-based digital solutions for the valorisation of climate-friendly agriculture (Soilify-aESTI)\" & the global programme ‘Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security’ (ProSoil India) Bookmark jobadShare jobad
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Job-ID: V000055073 Location: New Delhi Assignment period: 08/01/2023 - 01/31/2024 Field: Trainees Type of employment: full-time Application deadline: 05/18/2023Job description
The Fund for the Promotion of Innovation in Agriculture (i4Ag) is a GIZ fund under the special initiative \"Transformation of agricultural and food systems\" by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). I4Ag promotes gender-sensitive innovations in the agriculture and food sector, focusing on the five key areas of mechanisation, digitalisation, renewable energy, research and extension and cooperation with the private sector. Innovation refers to interventions that change existing routines or introduce new ones. Examples include digital, technical, organisational, administrative or financial products, processes, services, technologies and business models. The fund casts a wide net in its search for innovations and is not restricted to a specific region, technology or value chain. Innovations are identified, evaluated and selected through targeted networking or competitions. The goal is to initiate innovation partnerships with private and public organisations in order to pilot their innovations, develop them further in practice and adapt them to local contexts.Under the i4Ag fund, several projects have already been commissioned. One of them is the stand-alone measure “Satellite-based digital solutions for the valorisation of climate-friendly agriculture (Soilify-aESTI)”. The objective of this i4Ag measure is to ensure that digital approaches tested in Kenya (sub-project aESTI) and India (sub-project Soilify) for capturing soil carbon build up and soil conservation measures for climate change mitigation, respectively, are available for replication and scaling.The Special Initiative ‘One World No Hunger’ is a global initiative of the Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Federal Government of Germany, launched in 2014. It ad-dresses a wide variety of topics in the field of agriculture, food and nutrition security and rural development. The global programme ‘Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security’ has been commissioned under this initiative and is implemented by GIZ together with partner agencies since 2015 in seven countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, India, Mada-gascar and Tunisia. The programme’s strategy aims at achieving the broadest possible im-pact by implementing tried-and-tested approaches in soil protection and rehabilitation of de-graded soils and adapting them to new contexts as well as promoting innovations and les-sons learned.In India, the project ‘Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security in India’ (ProSoil) is implementing sustainable agro-ecological approaches for the protection and rehabilitation of degraded soils, including soil fertility management and climate-smart sustainable soil man-agement, in selected areas of India. The project is implemented by GIZ together with the Na-tional Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). Non-governmental organisa-tions are directly working on the grassroot-level with smallholder farmers in seven districts in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, building their capacities, providing training on sustaina-ble soil management and implementing measures for soil protection and rehabilitation. ProSoil aims to share its learnings from the ground with a knowledge ecosystem that is com-prised of various stakeholders. A variety of knowledge and communication products in differ-ent formats is being produced for managing thematic knowledge and public relations and strengthening the visibility of the project. Lessons learned are shared with different target groups and beneficiaries of the project as well as of the global soil programme through multi-ple channels nationally and internationally.
Your tasks
As intern you will work in both projects “I4Ag Soilify aESTI” as well as “ProSoil India” to get a full insight and experience on sustainable agro-ecological approaches for the protection and rehabilitation of degraded soils, including soil organic monitoring via satellites and climate-smart sustainable soil management practices. The intern supports 50 % of the project management in administrative and technical tasks and 50 % the operational implementation including coordination of project activities in consultation with the manager and in cooperation with the partners, knowledge management-exchange and communication aspects.I4Ag Soilify aESTI
During your internship you will have the following tasks:
Support internal processes and technical components of the I4Ag project in accordance with the order and project goals and activities agreed with the partner, team agreements and/or agreements with the superior Support with general project planning inputs, operational planning and technical assistance for preparation and strategic implementation of project activities (for both India and Kenya) including quality management, monitoring and evaluation Support communication as well as knowledge management including content creation for diverse communication materials and report writing for both India and Kenya Support in organizing multi-stakeholder-consultations, technical workshops, knowledge exchange activities and trainings in cooperation with external service providers Provide technical and administrative support for the development of communication material (e.g. content creation for diverse communication materials, writing of Terms of References) Support in special thematic areas such as climate, agroecology and sustainable soil management Intern should perform the tasks and duties as assigned by the Team.ProSoil India Component Support internal processes, the steering of the project and the project management in day-to-day business (e.g. support in Progress Report 2023) Support the operational implementation in the field of action \"Knowledge Management, Exchange and Learning\" with focus on knowledge continuity Provide technical and administrative support in organizing workshops and events (e.g. World Soil Day, National Conclave on Soils, Team Workshops, Knowledge Exchange Workshop) Support the conceptionalisation, development and finalization of quality knowledge products in collaboration with project partners and service provid-ers in consultation with the internship supervisor Content creation for communication materials (e.g. newsletter, newsletter arti-cles for the steering group or other organisational units within GIZ, infographics, 1-pagers etc.)Your profile
You are studying in the third semester or higher in political, social, environmental, geography or a similar subject area Prior knowledge of rural development, natural resource management, climate, agroecology Prior knowledge of German and international development cooperation Experience in creating communication materials and organizing events and workshops Experience in effective knowledge management approaches Experience abroad, especially in South Asia, is an advantage Very good written and oral communication skills in German and English Structured and independent way of working, initiative and flexibility, and confidence even under stressNotes
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 €2.064,- (gross). Depending on the country of assignment a monthly expatriation allowance (gross), predetermined by GIZ will be paid on top.
GIZ would like to increase the proportion of employees with disability, both in Germany and abroad. Applications from persons with disabilities are most welcome.
For further information, please contact Mr. Jonas Bartholomay (Mail: jonas.bartholomay@giz.de).