Research Intern

24 hours ago


Pretoria, South Africa International Water Management Institute Full time

**Scope of internship**

IWMI, a CGIAR Research Center, 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.

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

- Provide administrative support to the launch of the accelerator program spanning across four African countries.
- Identify and reach out to potential applicants for the program and create a list of applicants.
- Identify potential investors and create a database of investors.
- Review existing literature on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments in climate-smart agriculture and prepare a list of relevant literature.
- Develop an ESG framework that allows for the quantification of sustainability outputs for agri-investors.
- Master’s or PhD students who have recently graduated in business administration, management or finance.
- Proven interest in corporate 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 systems thinking context.
- Ability to communicate research findings in English.

**Qualifications, knowledge and experience**
- Master’s or PhD students who have recently graduated in business administration, management or finance.
- Proven interest in corporate 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 systems thinking context.
- Ability to communicate research findings in English.

The duration of the internship is 03 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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