START AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN YOUR LOCAL ORGANIZATION - WITH FUNDING

Calling GLFx chapters and Restoration Stewards in Africa! Are you looking to develop more youth community engagement and strengthen your work? Are you keen to have inputs from young, dynamic minds and support the next generation of sustainable landscape work? 

GLF and the Youth in Landscapes Initiative, sponsored by BMZ, are offering funding for Restoration Stewards’ or GLFx chapters’ local environmental organizations in Africa to hire young local interns. 

Together we aim to support both the growth and engagement of local African organizations, and the professional growth of young people interested in sustainable landscapes. 

The internship position

In collaboration with the partner organization, interns will be evaluated and selected to play the following roles: 

• Support the partner organization with their work, with a specific focus on youth engagements.
• Dedicate 1 day per week to exploring aspects of policy engagement and to connect with the GLF youth team to ensure youth perspectives feed into GLF events and YIL programs. 
• Be an active member of the GLF Youth Regional Project Team for Africa. 
• Provide a mid and final internship report with all main activities and results. 
• The GLF will support the local organization to hire an intern for 9 months in 2023, overall amount of the agreement will depend on the average internship salaries in the selected organization location

GLF Criteria

• The local organization needs to be a GLFx chapter or the organization of a Restoration Steward.
• The local organization holds the responsibility to guide the intern in their daily work;
• The local organization holds full responsibility for the intern.
• The funding will be given from GLF to the local organization through a Letter of Agreement. This means your organization needs to be a registered one.
• The selected local organization will be fully responsible for all hiring processes of the intern. 
• The intern needs to be a young person between 18 and 35 years old.
• The intern needs to be someone locally based.
• GLF and YIL would like to encourage the consideration of young women, Indigenous youth, rural youth, and other underrepresented groups for this internship program.

If you are interested in hosting an intern in your local organization as part of this programme, apply here by February 19th 2023.