Management and Communication Intern (Female Applicants Only)
GIZ-Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #134/2021
Ethiopian-German Energy Cooperation
As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, the federally owned the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its development policy objectives. GIZ promotes complex reforms and change processes.
GIZ is implementing various energy projects in Ethiopia with the aim towards strengthening the energy sector transformation in cooperation with private and public sector partners, collaborating support a sustainable supply of energy services. This is intended to contribute to Ethiopia’s national strategies (National Electrification Plan, Growth & Transformation Plan, Climate Resilient Green Economy).
The energy projects under the Energy Programme Ethiopia (EPE) include: Energising Development (EnDev); Energy Solutions for Displacement Settings (ESDS), Green Peoples Energy (GBE) and the Ethiopian-German Energy Cooperation. GIZ Energy Programme Ethiopia works in close cooperation with the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy as its main political partner. GIZ Energy Programme in Ethiopia are responsible for the implementation of the projects.
On 19 November 2019, in the context of the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) summit, a declaration of intent was signed between the Ethiopian and the German governments for the establishment of Ethiopian-German Energy Cooperation. One of the Cooperation’s objectives will be to foster innovative business solutions for off-grid electricity supply in rural Ethiopia.
Contract duration: 6 months
To improve the diversity of our team, we will only consider female applicants for this position.
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