Paid Internship Opportunity: Join GIZ as a Water Management Intern (Focus: Climate and Water) with a monthly salary of €2,205.04
Closing Date: 26 August 2025
Paid Internship Opportunity: Join GIZ as a Water Management Intern (Focus: Climate and Water) with a monthly salary of €2,205.04
Overview
A better life for everyone and meaningful work for its employees – that’s GIZ model for success. For more than 50 years, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), a German Federal Government company, has been supporting the global implementation of development policy goals. Together with partner organizations in 120 countries, GIZ is involved in a wide variety 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.
Field of activity
The Competence Center for Water, Wastewater, and Waste Management advises colleagues in partner countries on project planning and provides expert advice on project implementation. At the same time, it is responsible for GIZ’s position on current key issues related to water management. Currently, the topic of “climate and water” is a particular focus of development cooperation, and GIZ intends to address this issue and explore it in greater depth. Within the framework of a similarly named excellence theme, tried-and-tested approaches are to be reviewed and new ideas developed at the interface of climate and water. The focus areas are climate risk analysis, climate finance, and private sector participation in climate adaptation measures and financing.
Your tasks
As a Water Management Intern you will support the colleagues of the Competence Center “Water, Wastewater and Waste Management” in the processing and further development of the excellence topic “Climate and Water” by:
- Collection and analysis of existing approaches to the above-mentioned topics in water management within GIZ and in the sector
- Identification of needs for better positioning of the topics (information, methods, networks and models)
- Supporting the identification of approaches within the three priority themes
- Preparation of content research, evaluations and presentations
- Revision of various intranet pages maintained by the Competence Center on the topics
- Support for events and meetings in terms of organization and content
- Supporting the responsible colleagues in preparing presentations, briefings and compiling current information on the topic
- Support of knowledge and community management as well as the preparation and follow-up of internal/external appointments
Your profile
- You are studying a Master’s degree in engineering, environmental sciences, economics or geography with a focus on water
- You have a high affinity for the topic of “climate and water”
- You have very good written communication skills and have gained initial experience in writing scientific papers
- You are interested in the topics of international cooperation; initial work experience, especially in developing and emerging countries, is an advantage
- We require very good German and English skills. Knowledge of French or Spanish is an advantage.
- We also expect a high level of commitment, willingness to cooperate and learn, as well as flexibility and goal orientation
Notes
The Water Management internship is only possible if you are currently enrolled, are enrolled in a continuing education program that includes an internship, or if you have completed your studies no more than six months ago at the start of the GIZ internship. The monthly intern salary is €2,205.04 (gross).
For any questions regarding the content, please contact Mr. Theisen ([email protected]).
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