Internship Internship NEW

Knowledge Management Intern)

Project name-CDSDR III

Duty station-Jigjiga

Contract duration- 6 Month

GIZ supports the Ethiopian Government in strengthening drought resilience and promoting sustainable natural resource management in the lowlands. The Capacity Development for Strengthened Drought Resilience in the Ethiopian Lowlands III (CDSDR III) project is implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and key federal and regional partners.

The project advances the Dry Valley Rehabilitation and Productive Use (DVRPU) approach across Afar, Somali, Oromia, and central coordination components to improve environmental stability, strengthen institutional capacities, and enhance the resilience of agro-pastoral communities.

The Somali Region component, based in Jigjiga, supports regional implementation across thematic areas including natural resource management, watershed rehabilitation, engineering interventions, livelihood and value chain development, institutional capacity strengthening, gender-responsive programming, and community resilience building.

To strengthen implementation and learning processes in the Somali Region, the project seeks to recruit one intern based in Jigjiga to provide broad operational and technical support to the regional team. The internship combines field-based learning and practical experience in project implementation, monitoring and evaluation, knowledge management, communication, documentation, and regional coordination support.

The intern will work closely with the Knowledge Management Advisor and the broader Somali regional team, supporting both technical and operational processes through field assignments, documentation of project results, community profiling, and evidence generation for learning and reporting

Responsibilities and Duties

1: Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning

• Support the documentation of project achievements, lessons learned, innovations, and best practices to strengthen organizational learning.
• Assist in the development of knowledge products such as case studies, success stories, policy briefs, summaries, and fact sheets.
• Help manage and organize digital and physical knowledge repositories, ensuring accessibility, proper filing and systematic archiving of documents.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of knowledge management systems and institutional learning process within the project.

2: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Support

• Support the Knowledge Management advisor in data collection, entry, cleaning, and organization for project activities, outputs, and learning processes.
• Assist in tracking project indicators and maintaining up-to-date training evaluation sheets, monitoring databases, reporting tools, and digital records.
• Contribute to outcome monitoring processes by compiling, analyzing, and summarizing evidence on project results, behavioral changes, and institutional progress.
• Support risk monitoring efforts by tracking implementation risks, documenting mitigation actions, and maintaining relevant risk-monitoring tools.
• Contribute to the preparation of periodic reports, dashboards, visualizations, and presentations for internal and external stakeholders.
• Participate in monitoring exercises, workshops, and field missions to capture key findings, lessons learned, and action points.

3: Field-Based Programme Support and Data Collection

• Support field missions across Somali Region project intervention areas to collect quantitative and qualitative data related to project activities and results.
• Assist in community-level data collection, beneficiary follow-up, interviews, observations, and documentation of implementation progress.
• Support the development of community profiles, capturing local development contexts, livelihood systems, vulnerabilities, resilience capacities, and project achievements.
• Collect and document field evidence on engineering interventions, natural resource management activities, livelihood/value chain initiatives, and institutional strengthening efforts.

Contribute to documenting field lessons, operational challenges, and implementation opportunities

4 Communication and Visibility

• Support communication activities by drafting content for newsletters, reports, presentations, website articles, and social media updates.
• Coordinate the collection of photos, videos, testimonials, and field updates to strengthen project communication, reporting, and visibility efforts.
• Assist in the design and preparation of communication and visibility materials using digital tools where applicable.

5: Feedback and Response Mechanisms

• Assist in implementing Feedback and Response Mechanisms (FRM), including establishing feedback committees, collecting, recording, categorizing, and tracking feedback.
• Support timely follow-up and documentation of responses to complaints, suggestions, and inquiries from beneficiaries, partners, and stakeholders.
• Contribute to ensuring that feedback systems are accessible, responsive, and aligned with accountability standards.

6: General Project Support

• Provide general technical and operational support to the Somali regional team across thematic workstreams.
• Support regional workshops, meetings, coordination events, and stakeholder engagements.
• Participate in shared onboarding, learning, and supervision sessions with other project interns.
• Perform other tasks assigned by supervisors in support of project implementation priorities.

Qualifications and Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in development studies, social sciences, communication, M& E, political science, natural resource management, gender, digitalization, public administration, or related field.
• Only recent graduates are eligible.

Professional Experience

• No prior work experience required; previous internships in M&E, communication, digital knowledge management, or gender-related work are an asset.

Skills and Competencies

• Strong interest in M&E, knowledge management, communication, gender equality, and digital tools, including AI prompt writing.
• Ability to analyze information and summarize key points clearly.
• Good writing, editing, and basic design/layout skills (Canva or Adobe are an asset).
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Good computer literacy, especially in Microsoft Office and digital collaboration tools.
• Experience with social media content or digital communication is an advantage.

Personal Attributes

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a multicultural environment.
• Proactive, well-organized, and able to meet deadlines.
• Culturally sensitive, open to feedback, and willing to learn.
• Positive attitude, flexibility, and strong motivation to contribute to evidence-based and gender-responsive knowledge management.

Formal requirements

• The candidate must be a fresh graduate with graduation less than 6 months in the past.

The candidate must hand in at least an application letter and CV in neat layout and professional writing including correct addressee and document naming