Afar, Ethiopia
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Intern Soil and Water Management
Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #114/2018
GIZ- SDR Programme
 
Job Background
As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, the federally owned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its development-policy objectives; and in Ethiopia, GIZ has been working for more than 40 years in bilateral cooperation on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and on commission of the Ethiopian government and international donors.
 
The Strengthening Drought Resilience (SDR) support Programme of GIZ was initiated in 2013 as a response to the Ethiopian Government’s appeal to end drought emergencies. Thus, SDR Program is closely linked to the Country Programming Paper (CPP) to End Drought Emergencies in the Horn of Africa and anchored in the over-arching Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP). This programme is implemented under the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Resources (MoALR), the respective decentralised bureaus and the GIZ.
The SDR-Programme of GIZ supports the Ethiopian government’s endeavours to strengthen the drought resilience capacity of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in selected pilot areas in Afar and Somali regions, by allowing them to adapt their livelihood system to a changing natural and socio-economic environment context to get a higher and more secured income.
For its SDR program activities, GIZ is looking, for an Internship as per the detail below: -
 
 
Position:                                Internship
Place of Work:                      Afar                                  
Duration:                                3 months with possibility extension
Required Candidate:            One
Application deadline:          18.07.2018
 
Responsibilities:


Working under the supervision of the soil and water management engineering team leader;


Supporting the development of integrated soil and water management approaches in collaboration with government services and local communities;


Assisting the study, design and construction of water spreading weirs in selected kebeles;


Contributing to knowledge management pertaining to the undertaken measures focusing on training measures and communication purposes.


 
Tasks:


Assist the annual operational planning and subject specific monitoring in line with project objectives and intended results;


Carry out responsibilities in line with the GIZ management principles;


Contribute to internal and external communication regarding his/her field of intervention;


Support on technical aspects of project implementation (water harvesting, irrigation, soil and water management);


Support the local communities for the implementation of land rehabilitation measures;




Support the development of guidelines with technical input on locally adapted participatory approaches with close collaboration of the regional government and local leaders;


Assist with external support on technical matters of the pilot measures in the field of natural resource management;


Support the development of technical training contents and materials based on experiences of participatory approaches and pilot measures;


Perform any other tasks as required by the management.


 
Competences:


Ability to perform efficiently in a multicultural work environment;


Ability to work under time pressure;


Excellent communication skills, both written and oral in English and Afarigna;


The ability to read and speak Amharic is an advantage.



 
Job Requirements

 
Qualifications and Experience:


University degree in soil and water conservation engineering, soil and water management engineering, civil engineer, irrigation engineering or hydraulic engineering or similar;


Initial work experience (internship or similar) is an advantage.



 
How to Apply
Application procedure:
Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their application letter along with their non-returnable recent CV via Ethiojobs or to the following address:
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
P.O. Box 100009
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
OR
Fax: 011 554 0764
Note: -
The name of the position for which the application is made should be clearly marked on the envelope or on the fax applications. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
 
Applications from qualified women are encouraged