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We are looking for committed digital changemakers who want to contribute to overcoming the digital divide as a development worker with possible postings worldwide, e.g. in Vietnam, Rwanda, Jordan or Honduras.
Our model for success is a better life for everyone and purposeful tasks for our employees. For more than 50 years, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), as a company of the German Federal Government, has been supporting the implementation of development policy goals worldwide. Together with partner organisations in more than 130 countries, we are involved in a diverse range of projects. If you want to make a difference in the world and develop yourself in the process, you've come to the right place.
Do you want to help reduce the digital divide in countries of the Global South and actively shape local digital transformations? Do you want to advise municipal multimedia centres or youth clubs in West Africa, improve platforms for climate data in Latin America, breathe life into digital administrative services for municipalities in Central Asia, support micro-enterprises in North Africa in their digital journey, or assist vocational education and training providers in South Asia in becoming more digitally oriented? Do you have experience in the field of digital transformation and have the relevant skills and toolkit? Then you've come to the right place!
Under the motto "promoting inclusive digital change", our Digital Ambassador initiative aims to provide disadvantaged groups, municipalities, and civil society organisations in partner countries with better access to and improving their use of relevant digital technologies. In this way, more people should benefit from the opportunities offered by digitalisation. In particular, the initiative promotes the use of the internet in rural areas, digital literacy among women, girls and young people, and digital support for democratic processes.
In this way, Digital Ambassadors are intermediaries between the digital world, local digital ecosystems, and the realities on the ground. With their work, they support the development of solutions to bridge the digital divides between rural and urban, rich and poor, and men and women.
As part of your service as a development worker, you will take on the following tasks:
Location: Capital and provincial cities in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America, or the MENA region
In this case, the specific geographical location depends on the needs of the project. Digital Ambassadors are currently deployed in the partner countries of German development cooperation, e.g. in Ghana, Malawi, Senegal, Viet Nam, Pakistan, Honduras and Egypt.
Please indicate in the subject line of your cover letter if you prefer to apply for a specific region (do not list countries).
The duration of the assignment, including the start and end dates, also depends on the project in which applicants are to be employed. Generally, the duration is between one and two years.
We are pleased to offer you a first impression on topics such as climate, shopping and services, the school situation and health care in the countries.
Further information on country-specific advice from the Federal Foreign Office at
https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/.
At the site of some operations, the particulate pollution occurs to be many time higher than the European acceptable limit. As part of the selection process and during the recruitment examination you will be informed of appropriate protective and behavioral measures.
Length of assignment: 12-24 months (plus 1 month of preparation)
This assignment may be suitable for a gap year. Please contact us.
This is a unsolicited application. After sending the application you will receive an automatic reply with further information. We ask for your understanding if any feedback is delayed.
GIZ's Development Service is looking forward to applications of candidates with a professional qualification and / or university degree and at least two years of professional experience. In addition you hold the German nationality or the nationality of a member state of the European Union.
Willingness to travel on a regular basis is required.
For general questions from dependent partners about local employment - please contact us at: map@giz.de
Please observe the provisions of the country-specific vaccination regulations for entry and work in the country of assignment.
Please understand that we can accept and process in principle only applications via our E-recruiting system. Following the confirmation of your succesful application, kindly check your spam / junk mail folder on a regular basis, since some provider classify emails form our recruiting system as spam.
The basis for service as a development worker is the Development Workers Act (EhfG) and a comprehensive package of benefits based on it. This includes, among other things, targeted professional and personal preparation. We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative, globally active development institution. Your competencies are in demand in an interdisciplinary team on site.
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.
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