Intern for the Project “Support to Pandemic Preparedness in the EAC-Region” in the area of project management and operations

As a federal enterprise, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development.

For our operations in Arusha, Tanzania, we are looking for a citizen of the East African Community (EAC) for the position as Intern for the Project “Support to Pandemic Preparedness in the EAC Region” in the area of project management and operations.

The “Support to Pandemic Preparedness in the EAC Region” (PanPrep) project was initially launched in 2017 with the aim of supporting the EAC Partner States to strengthen the prevention and control of outbreaks of infectious diseases with epidemic potential. PanPrep involves stakeholders from the EAC Partner States in all its activities. The regional approach aims to create structures and capacities relevant for all EAC Partner States to facilitate a uniform,
effective, responsible, and balanced approach in pandemic preparedness at regional and national government levels. The project builds capacities at institutional, individual and community level. Overall, PanPrep works with the EAC Secretariat to strengthen regional and national capacities to enhance pandemic preparedness and response through a One Health approach, addressing human, animal, and environmental health. It does this by focusing on four areas of intervention, including rapid response capacities and risk communication and community engagement, food safety, medicines, regulatory harmonization and pooled procurement as well as decentralised laboratory strengthening.

Duty station: Arusha

Duration: 01.03.2026- 31.08.2026

• Supporting project management and the team in day-to-day activities such as logistical support of meetings, minutes of the meetings compilation, online research etc.
• Supporting the liaison with the staff in the relevant Departments of the EAC Secretariat on administrative and logistic proceedings, support the collaboration with implementation
  partners
• Supporting the monitoring and evaluation of the PanPrep project, including ongoing activity reporting to the EAC Secretariat, contributions to regular operation planning meetings (preparation, documentation) with the EAC Secretariat partners, etc.
• Supporting the external and internal communication of the PanPrep project, including in the social media and through the development of articles on events and project
  presentations as well as updating EAC-GIZ website Supporting activities related
• to coordination, improvement and database maintenance of the EAC RDE pool.
• Supporting the backstopping of the PanPrep activities to institutionalize risk and crisis communication at the EAC Secretariat, including drafting and editing of press releases
  and other content for the RCC portal at the EAC Secretariat
• Supporting other adhoc tasks in the thematic scope of the PanPrep project, as required such as drafting of background documents, one pagers and analyses.
• Research on current developments in the field of pandemic preparedness in the EAC and
  monitoring of relevant health policy discourses.
• Support in the planning, realization and follow-up of events.

Required qualifications, competences, and experience

You have a bachelor's or master's degree in public health, veterinary medicine, human medicine,
pharmacy, biology, social or political sciences, international relations, or related disciplines. You possess basic knowledge and first initial experience in project management, regional collaboration and development cooperation.
Basic knowledge and experience in the field of pandemic preparedness and response and/or One Health are an asset. Practical experience in the field of communications and or, health commodities procurement and logistics would be an additional advantage.

Good intercultural skills, experience in working in an international context, excellent communication and cooperation skills and strategic thinking are among your strengths. You can express your thoughts very well in writing and orally in English. Good command of French is an advantage; knowledge of German is not required but would be an additional benefit. You are a team player, well organized, able to work independently and in time-constraint settings, grasp
new topics and knowledge areas quickly. You are a proficient user of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.