GIZ is Recruiting for Communication and Event Management Intern – Sustainable Mobility (monthly stipend of €2.134,52)
Closing Date: 21 August 2024
GIZ is Recruiting for Communication and Event Management Intern – Sustainable Mobility (monthly stipend of €2.134,52)
Overview
GIZ model for success is a better life for everyone and purposeful tasks for its employees. For more than 50 years, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für 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, GIZ is 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 Description
Transport is responsible for around a quarter of energy-related CO2 emissions worldwide. To achieve the Paris climate targets, a transport transition and extensive decarbonisation of transport by 2050 is necessary. Among other projects in the GIZ’s transport cluster, The Mobilize Net Zero project supports governments in their commitment to decarbonise transport through building international partnerships. By facilitating knowledge exchange and peer learning as well as by raising awareness among policy makers, the project aims to accelerate the transition towards sustainable transport systems.
The project is funded through the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). GIZ is looking for a dedicated and creative Communication and Event Management intern with hands-on mentality and digital affinity, who will support GIZ with external and internal communication and event planning.
Your Tasks
As part of the Communication and Event Management internship, you will take on the following tasks:
- Supporting the external and internal communication of the “Changing Transport” brand by creating and maintaining content for the website changing-transport.org, the social media channels and newsletters
- Supporting the planning and implementation of onsite and online events in the areas of communication, programme design, and participant management
- Editorial planning and conception of content for online and print communication products (website, social media, publications)
- Conception and implementation of online campaigns
- Internal knowledge management
- Other ad-hoc tasks related to the promotion of sustainable mobility
Your Profile
- You are studying and/or have a degree (at least basic studies / Bachelor) in event management, media, communications, environmental, political, or social sciences, urban planning, or a related field.
- You are excited about development policy and have a basic understanding of the challenges the transport sector faces in emerging and developing countries and/or knowledge of international climate policy and approaches to mitigating greenhouse-gas emissions in the transport sector.
- You have a high degree of digital affinity and enjoy working with social media.
- You are able to implement creative ideas in an efficient, independent, and solution-oriented manner.
- You have great organisational and time-management skills and enjoy being part of the preparation and implementation of events in new, partly digital formats with a hands-on mentality.
- You have very good written and spoken English language skills (German and other language skills are an advantage). You have a very good sense of language and are adept at writing and editing texts. You enjoy writing.
- You are experienced in using Office programmes (especially Word, PowerPoint and Excel); knowledge of design programmes such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign is an advantage.
- You enjoy working in an international and multidisciplinary team and have a good sense of for intercultural and target-group oriented communication.
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.
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