Intern - Project Assistant

GIZ- Internal/External Vacancy Announcement ‘#068/2022’

GIZ- Support to African Union Border Programme

The regional GIZ project supports the implementation of the African Union Border Programme (AUBP) with a focus on three areas:

Delimitation and Demarcation: The project supports selected AU Member States to better define their borders and to use improved planning and technical capabilities for joint border definition. The better definition of borders includes increasing the number (densification) and renewal of dilapidated border markings, as well as mapping border areas. It also includes the reform or creation of border commissions. Working with the local border to communities to create awareness about the relevance of borders and to prevent conflicts is another important aspect to foster peace and security.

Cross-Border Cooperation: The project works with border communities, local, civil society and state actors to implement cross-border cooperation projects at selected borders.

Strengthening the AU and RECs: The AUBP-unit and selected Regional Economic Communities (RECs) are strengthened in supporting border governance initiatives of their Member States. The project works with the AU Commission (AUC) and the RECs to improve their capabilities to exercise their roles as norm developers, multipliers and coordination platforms. The project aims at increasing the added value of the AUC for the states and to further strengthen the AUBP unit as a pacemaker of the border governance agenda and multiplier of AU legal instruments and policies.

The AUBP Unit whose mandate is to coordinate and supervise the implementation of the AUBP, gathered, since the inception of Programme in 2007 to date, a huge number of documents that need to be organized, digitized and archived. As part of its support to the AUBP, GIZ is facilitating this activity by hiring two interns.

 Duration of contract:  14/11/2022

 Application deadline: 29/04/2022

 Required Candidates: 1

 Place of Work: Addis Ababa 

Responsibilities

The Program Intern will perform the following tasks:

Administrative Task

• small procurement below 1.000 EUR
• prepare service request documents
• taking minutes of meeting whenever is needed.
• preparing official letters
• photocopies and scan documents as needed
• filing of documents according to GIZ Rules & Regulation
• flight and hotel booking for staff
• event organizing

Financial Tasks

• handles per diems and transport allowance for workshop participants
• quality check of invoices from venues
• prepares payment requests from utilities
• initiation of vouchers including supporting documents
• taking a corrective action according to internal control report recommendation
• perform other duties and tasks at the request of the supervisor

Job Requirements

Required qualifications, competencies, and experience

Qualifications

• Professional experience: BA Degree in Management, Business Administration, or related fields
• Working knowledge (fax, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office)
• Good working knowledge of the English language

How to Apply

Application procedure:

Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with their non- returnable recent CV via CLICK HERE or Email: hreth@giz.de

Note: Make sure you mention the vacancy number and position title ‘Intern – Project Assistant #068/2022 in the subject line of your email application. Due to large number of applications we categories applications with the vacancy numbers. Applications without vacancy numbers in subject lines might not be categorized in the appropriate folder and could be disqualified.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted

We encourage persons with disabilities to apply for the position. In case of equal qualification, persons with disabilities will be given preference.

Applications from qualified women are encouraged.

“Please refer to our brochure to learn more about GIZ’s attractive benefit package.”