Intern (m/f/d) at the Bavarian Africa Office – null

Ein besseres Leben für alle und sinnstiftende Aufgaben für unsere Mitarbeiter*innen – das ist unser Erfolgsmodell. Seit mehr als 50 Jahren unterstützt die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) als Unternehmen der Bundesregierung bei der weltweiten Umsetzung entwicklungspolitischer Ziele. Gemeinsam mit Partnerorganisationen in 120 Ländern engagieren wir uns in unterschiedlichsten Projekten. Wenn Sie etwas in der Welt bewegen und sich selbst dabei entwickeln möchten, sind Sie bei uns richtig.

• Job-ID: V000057449
• Location: München
• Assignment period: 01/15/2024 – 07/14/2024
• Field: Trainees
• Type of employment: full-time
• Application deadline: 02/14/2024

Job description

The Bavarian Africa Office reports to the Bavarian State Chancellery and promotes the establishment and expansion of long-term partnerships between African and Bavarian actors in the areas of economic cooperation, scientific cooperation and development cooperation. Geographically, the office’s work focuses primarily on Bavaria’s four partner regions in Africa (Ethiopia, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia) as well as on pan-African initiatives involving the African Union.

Your tasks

As part of your internship, you will have the following tasks, among others:

• Support in the monitoring and further development of concrete cooperationformats between Bavarian and African actors
• Support for monitoring, research and reporting on political and socio-economic developments in Ethiopia, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia and at African Union level
• Support in the organization of events of the Africa Office
• Support in the conception and preparation of delegation trips of the Bavarian State Government/the Bavarian State Parliament to Africa

Your profile

• You will study from the 4th semester onwards with (very) good grades and international orientation
• Very good written and oral expression skills in German and English; Knowledge of French, Arabic or Amharic is an advantage
• Practical experience in an international professional context
• Clearly expressed interest in cooperation with the African continent
• Ability to work independently and flexibly in an intercultural team at multiple locations
• Reliability, discretion and high motivation

Notes

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).

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 Ms Hanefeld ([email protected]).