Research Intern

3 weeks ago

Pretoria, South Africa International Water Management Institute Full time

**Scope of internship**

IWMI is involved in several CGIAR Research Initiatives and leads the initiative _Ukama Ustawi: Diversification for Resilient Agrifood Systems in East and Southern Africa_. The aim of this initiative is to support climate-resilient agriculture and livelihoods in 12 countries in East and Southern Africa, by helping millions of smallholders intensify, diversify and de-risk maize-mixed farming through improved extension services, enterprise development and private investment.

The intern will work closely with the Ukama Ustawi initiative’s Work Package 3 (Business Acceleration) team to support activities surrounding the support program for the first cohort of the CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator. The initiative will work closely with country partners in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Zambia to support agribusinesses in the program as well as identify and communicate with potential investors.

**During** **this internship, the intern will assist in the following areas**:

- Provide administrative support the Food Systems Accelerator program spanning across four African countries.
- Review existing literature on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments in climate-smart agriculture and prepare a list of relevant literature.
- Co-develop and implement a climate-smart agriculture framework that allows for the quantification of sustainability outputs for agri-investors.
- Contribute to research outputs that are developed as a result of the technical assistance provided to the agribusinesses in the Food Systems Accelerator.
- Identify potential investors and create a database of investors.
- Master’s or PhD students who have recently graduated in business administration, management, finance,
- Experience in agricultural value chains
- Proven interest in sustainability, ESG criteria, and inclusive business or sustainable finance
- Previous internship experience in consulting, venture capital or private equity, and startups.
- Experience in using a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods and participatory approaches to design and conduct field research within a system's thinking context.
- Ability to communicate research findings in English.

**Qualifications, knowledge and experience**

The duration of the internship is 06 months. This is a **nationally recruited internship and only citizens of South Africa are eligible** to apply.

**_IWMI believes that diversity powers our innovation, contributes to our excellence, and is critical for our mission. We offer a multi-cultural, multi-color, multi-generational and multi-disciplinary working environment. We are consciously creating an inclusive organization that reflects our global character and our commitment to gender equity. We, therefore, encourage applicants from all cultures, races, ethnicities, religions, sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability status, sexual orientations, and gender identities._

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