Request for Intern Application

Reference # 01/02/2024-Internship
Project Portfolio Management Team, Country Office
Position Intern
Location New Delhi
How to Apply: Please send your application along with the following to maksim.roskin@giz.de
with the reference number in the subject line.

• CV
• Letter of Motivation

A. About GIZ India

For details, click on: https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/368.html

B. Background

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has been operating in
India for over 60 years. It has offices in Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai, in addition to other locations
in the country. There are currently around 550 employees working at GIZ India, 80% of them are
national staff. Implementing around 100 projects, GIZ India works on behalf of the German
Government, the European Union (EU), other public and private clients in the areas of
environment, urbanization, energy as well as private sector development. The Country Office (CO),
located in New Delhi, is responsible for overall coordination and strategic orientation of GIZ in
India. The portfolio management team advises and supports the Country Director on strategic
portfolio development, monitors efficient implementation and acts as a link between commissioning
parties in Germany on the one hand and Indian implementing partners on the other.

C. Requirement

We are interested in applicants who wish to gain valuable insights into a constantly evolving and
growing sector of Indo-German development cooperation. This position is office-based (GIZ
Country Office in Delhi). You will be supervised by and report to a member of the portfolio
management team.

D. Core scope of tasks

• Support of Technical Cooperation (TC) portfolio monitoring:

o Provide support to the portfolio management team in authenticating and updating
information in the ‚TC portfolio monitoring‘.
o Liaise with project contact points to track and update relevant information.
o Based on the above, make suggestions on efficiency and innovation in management of
‚TC portfolio monitoring‘.
• Monitoring and analysis of the political landscape in India:
o Regular analysis of selected media outlets on topics of interest for German
Development Cooperation.
o Analysis of specific occasions, including the national budget, party election manifestos
and state policy of the new Government of relevance to GIZ India.
o Monitoring of administrative changes in implementing partner ministries.
• Support in event management and coordination of meetings:
o In coordination with the portfolio management team, support planning and
implementation of events/meetings, with a particular view on the investors conference
 on renewable energy, the 7th Cabinet Consultations, and Annual
Consultations/Negotiations on Development Cooperation.
o Support senior staff in the coordination of internal and external meetings/workshops,
including invitation management, logistics and documentation.
o Coordination and monitoring of schedules, ensuring that agreed blocks of time are kept
clear for planned events relating to the GIZ office.
• Any other tasks assigned as per the needs of the portfolio management team.

E. Eligibility
Applicants who fulfil the following requirements are invited to apply:

• Bachelor’s/master’s degree in social sciences (e.g. Political Sciences, Economics, etc.) or

related subjects.
• The applicant should have completed his/her qualifying degree (Bachelor’s or Master’s) not
more than 6 months ago at the time of submission of the application.
• At least 1-2 years’ professional experience in a comparable position.
• Excellent writing and communication skills in English, ideally some knowledge of German.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• Knowledge about Adobe design software and commonly used IT tools is an asset.

F. Duration of the internship period: 6 months

G. Last date of receiving application: 29 February 2024

Disclaimer: As per GIZ’s data confidentiality policy, the candidate’s application is stored in our
database for six months and is deleted thereafter.