IWA: Intern for Capacity Development and Career development

Cknet Ina; Den Haag; Hybrid; EUR 4,000 - 5,400; Full time

Job summary

The IWA invites applications for the role of Intern for Capacity Development and Career development in The Hague, Netherlands. The intern will assist in reviewing competency frameworks, contribute to capacity development principles, and help build a career development framework within the IWA network.

This six-month placement starts asap and offers a stipend as described. Working hours are Monday–Friday, totaling 40 hours per week, with supervision under the Learning and Capacity Development

Responsibilities

• Review competency frameworks
• Support the development of key principles for effective Capacity development
• Support the development of a career development framework

Job description

IWA: Intern for Capacity Development and Career development

TERMS OF REFERENCE – Intern for Capacity Development and Career development

Working hours: Monday – Friday, 40 hours

Duration: 6 months (starting asap)

Duty station: IWA Global Operations, The Hague, Netherlands

Payment: € 400,- per month as stipend

About IWA:

IWA is a worldwide network for water professionals and companies, with a membership comprisingleading companies in the fields of water services, infrastructure engineering and consulting as wellas more than 10,000 individuals.

The IWA network is structured to promote multi-levelcollaboration among its diverse membership groups, and to share the benefit of knowledge onwater science, technology and management worldwide.

Each year IWA organises and sponsors over40 specialised conferences and seminars on a wide variety of topics in water management inlocations worldwide. IWA publishes 12 scientific journals and 40+ books per year on watermanagement. IWA develops leading edge innovations and synthesises these through the work ofthe 52 IWA Specialist Groups and a set of global programmes focused on for example Cities of theFuture, Water, Energy and Climate Change and Basins of the Future. IWA has a worldwide staff ofapproximately 40, with headquarters in London and offices in The Hague (Netherlands), Bucharest,Bangkok, Beijing and Nairobi.

IWA’s strategic plan (2014-2018) has added a new strategic priority area that is focused on IWA as afacilitator Towards learning and professional development. Its main goal is to have water andenvironment professionals improve their knowledge and skills by using the IWA learning andprofessional updating mechanisms.

This also means that the sector’s organisations need support inbecoming learning organisations ontheir own. We are in the initial stages, this requires scoping onkey principles for effective capacity development for IWA’s and its member organisations,developing a larger water sector competencies framework, and a water sector’s careerdevelopment framework.

Reporting to:

Learning and Innovation DirectorUnder the general supervision of the Learning and Capacity Development officer(=maternitycover?), the intern has the responsibility to:

• a) Review competency frameworks
• b) Support thedevelopment of key principles for effective Capacity development
• c) Support the development of acareer development framework.

IWAis an equal opportunity employer.