The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Liaison Office (LO) in the Client and Business Development Department (AGE) is responsible for key account management with the GCF, the development of GIZ project proposals submitted to the GCF and overseeing the implementation of GCF projects. Project proposals are developed and processed in close cooperation with numerous GIZ units in Germany and abroad. In addition, current developments in the GCF are identified and strategic recommendations for action for the GIZ/GCF business are derived from this.

During your internship, you will gain an insight into the work of the GCF-LO and become familiar with international development cooperation and its different dimensions (advisory services, processes, partnerships). You will deepen your knowledge of current developments in international climate finance and get to know GIZ's project work in the field of climate change mitigation and adaptation. A particular focus of this internship will be the support of a project development process for a REDD+ Results-based Payments (RbP) project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

• Study in environmental or climate sciences, development studies, political sciences, geography or a related field
• Relevant knowledge and high affinity for the topics of climate change and climate finance; a solid understanding of forest and land-use dynamics would be considered an asset
• Initial experience in project management and/or development cooperation
• Structured approach to tasks and problems, initiative, self-organisation and flexibility
• Ability to work in a team and sensitive communication behaviour with different stakeholders
• Very good practical knowledge of the usual MS Office applications, skills in graphical presentation in PowerPoint
• Very good written and oral communication skills in French and English are a prerequisite, and a good knowledge of German is an advantage