Intern (m/f/d) for the Climate Governance Component of the EU Climate Programme in Latin America EUROCLIMA+

EUROCLIMA+ is the EU flagship cooperation programme on environmental sustainability and climate change in the Latin American region. The Programme aims at fostering climate mitigation, resilience and investment through actions that are considered of strategic importance for the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of the 18 Latin American partner countries.
EUROCLIMA+ also responds to emerging priorities such as the European Green Deal and the post-COVID19 Green Recovery. The Programme is implemented by agencies of the EU Member States (AECID, AFD, Expertise France, FIIAPP, GIZ) and the UN (ECLAC and UN Environment).
The German contribution to the EUROCLIMA+ Programme intends to ensure a link to the NDC partnership and to involve the BMZ in the climate policy dialogue between the EU and Latin American partner countries. GIZ assists the implementation of the objectives of EUROCLIMA+ by: i) supporting programme coordination and coherence; ii) leading the facilitation of a number of country dialogues; iii) acting as coordinating agency for the Action Lines no. 2 "Access to Finance and Investments" and no. 4 "Coordination among sectors, between government levels and multiple stakeholders"; iv) acting as coordinating agency for the sectors Urban Mobility/Transport and Energy, and as support agency to the Forests, Biodiversity, Ecosystems and the Resilient Food Production sector.
This intern will be assigned to the GIZ Climate Governance coordinator (Country Dialogue facilitation and Coordination Action Lines 2 and 4).

• Support the coordination of dialogue processes on NDC implementation, LTS strategies and Green Recovery in partner countries
• Support the coordination of NDC-related regional, multicountry and national actions with a focus on climate finance and intersectoral, multilevel and multistakeholder coordination processes
• Participate in events and meetings with EU Commission, implementing partners, programme secretariat and the project team
• Support the coordination with internal and external programme partner
• Support the preparation of presentations, reports and the organisation of events
• General office management support
• Special tasks on behalf of the Programme management

• You are studying in the final year of your Bachelor or Master studies preferably in the area of environmental sciences, political/social sciences, development cooperation, or another relevant area
• Excellent command of Spanish and English, both written and spoken; German language skills as advantage
• Prior experience in climate and development cooperation fields, or demonstration of strong interest, experience with climate governance or sustainable finance is an advantage
• Work experience in Latin America as an asset
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office (in particular Word, Excel, PPT)
• You have very good organisational skills
• You are a team player with strong communication and networking skills and intercultural sensitivity
• In a work environment with a wide range of tasks, you can maintain an overview and efficiently organize yourself

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 €1.225,- (gross). Please note that the contract will be concluded under Belgian law.

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 Mrs. Brugger (silvia.brugger@giz.de)