Intern in the Department of Rural Development and Agriculture

The global project “Sustainability and value creation in agricultural supply chains” is part of the special initiative Transformation of agricultural and food systems (SI AGER) and promotes the sustainability of selected agricultural supply chains. Cotton, bananas, coffee, cocoa, natural rubber, palm oil and soy are agricultural raw materials that are a central dominant culture in many developing and emerging countries and a key to rural development. Agricultural supply chains are the livelihood of many hundreds of millions of small farmers. International development goals can only be achieved in cooperation with the market-defining actors at a global level. The project therefore focuses on cooperation with globally operating companies, global intermediaries, raw material suppliers and international standard organizations. Starting from the place of final consumption (consumers), the global project works along the supply chain – it works “from the SHELF to the FIELD”. The control unit in Germany coordinates implementation in the various project countries. In addition, direct contact with the client and other cooperation partners is ensured. During implementation, the project works closely with globally operating companies and other agricultural supply chain projects in order to ensure the implementation and long-term anchoring of newly developed sustainability concepts in the selected agricultural supply chains.

Your tasks

The main tasks of your internship include supporting the steering unit in Germany in coordinating the project and setting up an agricultural supply chain cluster. These include:

• Support in day-to-day business, e.g. through organizational and technical support, processing/creation of public materials and preparation of minutes
• Collaboration in the various subject areas of the global project and the partner projects (e.g. conducting research, analyses and technical assessments and processing information on these work topics
• independent preparation of information for different target groups)
• Support of organizational processes and interface management
• Participation in events representing the project

your profile

• Studies in the fields of agriculture, economics (economics and/or business administration), political or social sciences, geography or other relevant courses
• You have background knowledge of the current discussion in the areas of supply chains, rural development and agriculture and/or have a corresponding interest in these topics
• In addition to fluent German, your written and spoken English skills are good; knowledge of French and Spanish is an advantage
• You have no difficulty using common data processing programs
• Ideally, you already have internship or work experience in a developing or emerging country
• Personally, you are characterized by flexibility, organizational skills and very good communication skills as well as a high degree of intercultural competence, reliability and thoroughness. You are team-oriented and at the same time impress with an independent, structured way of working

Hints

• GIZ is a signatory to the Diversity Charter. Recognition, appreciation and inclusion of diversity in the company are important to us. All employees should feel valued – regardless of gender and gender identity, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.

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