National Intern (3RproMar) (GIZ)

Job Description

Title: National Intern
Duty station: 14 Thuy Khue Street, Tay Ho District, Hanoi
Duration: 6 months, starting from 9. April 2024
Deadline: 25/03/2024

Background

As a federal enterprise, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. We work in a variety of fields and support our cooperation partners in designing strategies and meeting their policy goals. GIZ Viet Nam is currently engaged in four priority areas: 1) Vocational training; 2) Environmental policy and sustainable natural resource use; 3) Energy; 4) Sustainable Economic Development. Gender equality is one of the key values of our company and of the work we do. Fostering gender equality in our project operation and our internal equal opportunity provisions are two strategic pillars of our corporate identity and policy. For further information please visit our website: www.giz.de/viet-nam.

To support the Vietnamese authorities on their path to sustainable development, Vietnam’s components of the regional project “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle to Protect the Marine Environment and Coral Reefs” (3RproMar) (2020-2025) and the regional project “ASEAN Municipal Solid Waste Management Enhancement” (AMUSE) (2022-2025) are being implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and funded by the governments of Viet Nam and Germany, with case studies in the Mekong Delta and Da Lat city.

3RproMar’s objective is to support the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states in the improvement of implementation capacities for reducing land-based waste leakage to protect the seas. The project outcome includes four output areas: (1) enhancing the regional cooperation and knowledge management among the ASEAN working groups, (2) developing national measures for waste leakage reduction within the focal ASEAN member states (Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Viet Nam) as well as their transmission to strategies at the local level, (3) involving the private sector to develop approaches for waste leakage reduction along the value chain and (4) implementing pilot projects in selected municipalities.

AMUSE’s objective is to enhance the capacity of public and private agencies involved in optimizing the management and recycling of municipal waste in small and medium-sized tourist cities. The project outcome includes four output areas: (1) enhancing regional cooperation and knowledge management, (2) supporting medium-sized tourist cities in the implementation of sustainable waste management and (3) implementing pilot projects in Da Lat city, considering sustainability and gender sensitivity.

In the upcoming time of the 3RproMar project and the AMUSE project is seeking an internship position to support the projects in Hanoi with the following conditions:

The Technical Intern will learn and practice by assisting the project staff in different activities:

For Project Implementation:

Provide general technical and administrative assistance for the project office
Support the impact-orientated monitoring of the 3RproMar project and the AMUSE project
Support on completion and dissemination of knowledge products, technical guidelines, reports, publications as well as other results of the projects
Support simultaneous interpretation and translation of project documents (EN, VI)
Occasional travel to assist project events is required

For Communication:

Assist in the preparation of promotional materials, such as promotional items, flyers, factsheets
Assist in the preparation of letters (EN, VI)
Support the project team in the planning and preparation of events, workshops and field trips

Requirements

Vietnamese citizen, who are in the last year of their bachelor/postgraduate study or newly graduated students within 6 months upon commencement of the internship
Academic background in environment, tourism, waste management, environmental protection, sustainable development, economics, or other related fields
Good knowledge of English and Vietnamese, written and spoken
Strong interest in plastic and solid waste management, and sustainable tourism
Computer literacy and ability to use efficiently the basic Microsoft Office© software (World, Excel, PowerPoint) and communications tools (internet, email)
High self-motivation, soft skills for interpersonal communication and an ability to work independently
Able to work under pressure and handle multi-tasks
Open-minded and keen to learn and work in a dynamic and intercultural environment
Strong interest in networking and international development cooperation

Apart from a monthly internship allowance, the successful candidate will enjoy good learning environment and professional and dynamic working conditions.

How to apply

Interested candidates are invited to send the latest curriculum vitae, cover letter and copies of relevant certificates and references by email to Ms. Nguyen Thi Minh Ngoc at email address ngoc.nguyen1@giz.de before 25 March 2024.

Note: Please state“Application fortheInternship – 3RproMar & AMUSE”in the subject line. The short-listed candidates will be contacted within 1 week after the deadline. Telephone contact is not encouraged.