Internship Summary:
Location: Mexico
City: Mexico City
Contract Type: Internship
Grade: Internship
Salary scale: Internship
Contract Duration: 6 months
Job Reference: INT_MXPM
Application Deadline: 31 Jan 2025
Introduction to GGGI
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is a treaty-based international, inter-governmental organization dedicated to supporting and promoting strong, inclusive and sustainable economic growth in developing countries and emerging economies. To learn more please visit about GGGI web page.
The Global Green Growth Institute internship program provides a unique learning opportunity for students and recent graduates from diverse academic backgrounds. The program is designed for talented and motivated individuals skilled in areas relevant to GGGI’s operations. The program allows selected candidates to gain insight into the work of the Institute and provides assistance and training in various professional fields in a multicultural environment. We encourage qualified women and men, in particular, nationals of developing countries, with diverse professional, academic, and cultural backgrounds to apply.
Current opportunity
We are looking for a talented individual to work with us in the Mexico Program to provide monitoring and reporting support, for daily monitoring activities:
The assignment will include the following but not limited to:
- Assist with the continuous monitoring of Mexico’s projects in GGGI Online, ensuring data and information are up-to-date and of high quality.
- Contribute to internal and external reporting for GGGI projects, including the preparation of monthly, quarterly, mid-year, and end-of-year reports.
- Provide additional support to the MEL Assistant as needed.
Eligibility
Applicants to the GGGI internship program must at the time of application meet the following requirements:
- (REQUIRED) Be enrolled in a Bachelor’s (final year) of industrial engineering, project management, economics, environmental sciences, social sciences, or other related fields to GGGI’s work.
- Be engaged or recently engaged in academic study in a field directly related to the Institute’s work.
- Possess an excellent command of English.
Qualification
- Demonstrated skills in planning and strategy, with a focus on the effective and timely delivery of results.
- Proven ability to manage and organize data efficiently.
- High level of attention to detail, accuracy, quality control, and methodical abilities.
Selection process
- Candidates are required to provide a cover letter and a CV.
- Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
- GGGI evaluates applications based on eligibility requirements, relevance of academic study and work experience (if any); and the level of interest and motivation to contribute to development work.
- Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Important information
- Duration: The internship program is for at least three months and up to six months. Once selected, interns must begin your internship either prior to or within 12 months of graduation.
- Stipend: GGGI interns receive a monthly stipend of USD $500 per month (unless agreed to be funded by sponsoring institutions). All costs related to travel, insurance, accommodation, and living expenses must be borne by either the interns themselves or sponsoring institutions.
- Visa: GGGI will provide a supporting letter for visa. Interns will be responsible for obtaining and financing the necessary visas.
- Travel: Intern will arrange and finance their travel to the internship location.
- Medical Insurance: Interns must present proof of valid medical insurance to GGGI upon returning the signed internship contract.
- Confidentiality: Interns must keep confidential any and all unpublished information obtained during the course of the internship and may not publish any documents based on such information.
- Academic Credit: Interns may get academic credit from their institution of higher education for the internship. Interns need to check with their university to confirm their academic credit policy for internships.
- Working Hours: interns are expected to work during normal working hours. Leave should be pre-approved by the Intern Manager, and the latter should inform the Office of HR accordingly.
- Learning Outcomes: before completion of the internship, Intern Managers are expected to review the learning outcomes with the intern.
- Certificate: provided upon successful completion of the internship, upon request.
