{"id":57115,"date":"2020-09-04T18:41:51","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistsouthafrica.com\/?p=57115"},"modified":"2020-09-04T18:41:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:41:51","slug":"iclei-africa-latest-employment-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistsouthafrica.com\/iclei-africa-latest-employment-opportunity.html","title":{"rendered":"ICLEI \u2013 Africa Latest Employment Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"

ICLEI\u00a0is a global network of over 2 000 cities and other subnational governments committed to building a sustainable future. ICLEI provides technical services, capacity building, networking opportunities and cutting-edge urban solutions to its network cities and their communities.\u00a0ICLEI\u2019s African Head Office, which serves ICLEI\u2019s network cities from across Africa, is based in Cape Town (www.africa.iclei.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Over the past two decades ICLEI Africa has provided critical support to African cities and subnational governments as they embark on their sustainability journeys.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Title: Internship<\/strong>
\nLocation:\u00a0<\/strong>South Africa<\/p>\n

ICLEI Africa<\/strong>\u00a0conducts sustainability work across Africa, and has done so over the past 20 years. Our programmes and projects are needs-based, they serve cities and towns across the continent, and contribute in tangible ways to local, national and international urban sustainability agendas. Our goals are significant: we promote the necessity for city engagement in the development of national and international sustainability agendas, and communicate in tangible ways how cities are contributing to the achievement of all major sustainability-related international agreements, such as the Paris Agreement, the New Urban Agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. We implement programmes and projects in cities across Africa, from inception and project conceptualisation to implementation of on-the-ground interventions. One of ICLEI Africa\u2019s major strengths is that complementing the significant technical expertise that our teams possess, who get deep technical work done in cities across the continent, we engage in sustainability journeys with our cities, over the long-term. ICLEI Africa prides itself in maintaining long-term and trust-based relationships with stakeholders in our cities and towns through serving our member and network cities via capacity building, technical support for policy development and action, and advocacy for the importance of local action and finance.<\/p>\n

ICLEI Cities Biodiversity Center<\/strong><\/p>\n

ICLEI Africa also proudly hosts ICLEI\u2019s global Cities Biodiversity Center (CBC), a center of excellence in the field of urban biodiversity and nature-based solutions for urban development. Through the CBC we work with all of our other ICLEI offices, many international partner organisations and networks, and with cities and other subnational governments from across the world (www.cbc.iclei.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The ICLEI Africa and ICLEI CBC team<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our work is conducted by a dynamic and passionate team of well qualified and highly skilled professionals that work with cities to ensure a more sustainable future. As an office that deeply cares for the cities it works with, the team adheres to a strong set of values. There is a culture and ethos of openness and sharing, where staff are always willing to support each other where they can. There is diversity of skills and experiences in our team of well over 40 staff that spans from those that have worked in research, carrying Masters and Doctorate degrees, to those that are experienced practitioners in the fields of urban planning, economics, sustainability, environmental science and engineering, as well as communications. Given the number of languages spoken across the African continent and globally, ICLEI Africa has many bilingual and multilingual staff, and also supports staff development in adding more languages to their repertoire.<\/p>\n

ICLEI Africa has the pleasure to invite suitably qualified individuals to apply for the position below, to join our African and Cities Biodiversity Center teams of dynamic urban sustainability professionals.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

ICLEI Internship<\/strong>
\n(12-month fixed term contract position with the potential of renewal)<\/strong><\/p>\n

In line with our commitment to support youth development, ICLEI Africa invites recent graduates to apply for an internship position at ICLEI, joining our African and global Cities Biodiversity Center teams of dynamic urban sustainability professionals.<\/p>\n

Successful candidates must have a keen interest in pursuing work in urban development; economics; systems thinking; socio-technical systems; communications, promotions and marketing, to work at the city and city-region level. Interns are also selected based on their ability and keen interest to effectively and creatively communicate technical subjects to diverse audiences. ICLEI Africa is seeking candidates a wide range of subjects related to urban sustainability, including:<\/p>\n