Reference Number | 240168 |
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Position Level | Intern |
Department | Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department |
Division | Gender Equality Division |
Location | Asian Development Bank Headquarters |
Date Posted | Tuesday, February 20, 2024 |
Closing Date | Tuesday, March 5, 2024 11:59 p.m. (2359 Manila Time, 0800 GMT) |
1. Internship Topic
Understanding of gender responsive heat adaptation approaches.
2. Summary of Job Description
• Mapping exercise to identify existing global initiatives, policies, strategies, available funds, and other related information for gender-responsive heat adaptation from various stakeholders, including donor and developing member country governments, development partners, NGOs, and CSOs through desk research, and interviews as necessary.
• Analysis to identify comparative advantages of ADB, recommendations for heat adaptation mainstreaming, and key areas of potential cooperation with partners based on the findings from mapping exercise.
• Creating a database to consolidate all information collected from the mapping exercise, maintain, and regularly update in a common folder.
• Final report: The intern will compile the results in a report, to be presented in a seminar/workshop. The report will present key findings, the result of the mapping exercise, and recommendations for ADB’s engagement with potential partners on gender-responsive heat adaptation.
• Other tasks as assigned and agreed upon.
3. Duration
11 weeks
4. Timing
June 2024 onwards
5. Location
ADB Headquarters, Manila
6. Expected Outcomes
The internship will lead to a greater understanding of heat stress with its gendered impact, various stakeholders’ interventions to address heat stress, climate change strategies and policies.
Qualifications
7. Education Requirements
• Enrolled in a Master’s- or PhD-level program at a school in one of the ADB member countries, prior to and after the internship assignment;
• Engaged in academic study in gender study, international development, climate change, environmental science or a related field.
8. Relevant experience
• Dynamic and proactive personality;
• Knowledge of current global dialogues on gender and climate change nexus, with a special focus on global warming and heat related issues (desired);
• Experience working in the field on gender and climate change, and/or disaster risk management projects (desired)
9. Additional Requirements
• National of one of ADB’s member countries.
• Possess an excellent command of English.
Upload the following documents in the “Attachments” section of your application:
• Curriculum vitae (CV)
• Proof of enrollment to a Masters or PhD program. Inclusive dates should confirm that you will be enrolled during the intended period of assignment.
• Writing samples relevant to the internship assignment in MS WORD or PDF document, maximum of 1500 words.