Intern - Climate-sensitive, Socially Just Planning and Housing at GIZ Rwanda

Vacancy Announcement

Internship Position

for

Climate-Sensitive, Socially Just Planning and Housing (CSPH)

A. About GIZ and the project 

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federally owned international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. The GIZ Office in Kigali covers GIZ’s portfolio in Rwanda and Burundi. GIZ Rwanda/Burundi implements projects on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the European Union and other commissioning authorities in the following priority areas: Sustainable Economic Development; Good Governance; Climate, Energy and Sustainable Urban Development; Digital Transformation and Digital Economy; and regional projects in the Great Lakes Region. 

The “Climate-Sensitive, Socially Just Planning and Housing (CSPH)” project is part of the German-Rwandan Program for “Climate Protection, Climate Adaptation and Sustainable Urban Development”. The project’s objective is to improve climate-sensitive urban planning processes and promote access to affordable housing opportunities for poorer population groups, especially women, in cities. It strengthens social, ecological and economic urban development through improved public participation of the local population in planning and decision-making processes. 

In order to create the institutional and planning framework conditions for better access to climate-friendly and socially inclusive housing, the project focuses on a combination of strategy development at national government level, practical neighborhood planning processes in selected cities and enhancing the professional capacities of organizations and individuals in public institutions, the private sector and academic education. 

The project is searching for a suitable candidate for the position of an Intern. The Intern will work for the project “Climate-Sensitive, Socially Just Planning and Housing (CSPH)” as part of the Cluster “Climate and Green Economy (CGE)”. 

• Support research, evaluations, and content preparation for project outputs in neighborhood planning, social rental housing, and capacity development.
• Assist in communications and public relations, including designing presentations, factsheets, and managing internal/external communications. 
• Assist in logistics and event management for workshops, events, and retreats, liaising with support units.
• Facilitate administrative and organizational tasks within the project's urban planning scope.
• Contribute to strategy development and neighborhood planning processes in selected sites.
• Facilitate general organizational and administrative tasks related to the project scope
• Enhance professional capacities through support in training and academic collaborations.

Specific tasks 

1. Management and Coordination

• Assist project advisors in activities related to the context of the project.
• Assist the project with any other organizational and management issues.
• Assist and supports collection and analysis of data related to the project activities

2. Communication and Networking

• Communicate well within the GIZ team for ensuring an efficient work-flow and synergies between the different project outputs;
• Assist in drafting project presentations, newsletter inputs, background materials, and reports for communications and PR 

3. Other duties/tasks

• Perform other duties and tasks at the request of management …

Interested candidates should submit their application (motivation letter, updated CV, certificates and references), via our electronic job portal by using the button “apply”; until 29th September 2026 at 4:00 PM. All attachments should be put together in one PDF file not larger than 2 MB.

GIZ is a signatory of the Diversity Charter. Recognition, appreciation and inclusion of diversity in the company are important to us. All employees shall be valued - regardless of gender and gender identity, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, social background, age or sexual orientation. We support equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.

This includes the provision of reasonable accommodation, if needed, to participate in the job application and interview process and to perform essential job functions. Applicants may inform GIZ of any requirements to be considered during assessment or interview.