Knowledge and Learning Intern

Reference number: 2374
Job status: In-progress
Job category: Internship
Duty station: Bogor, Indonesia
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CIFOR-ICRAF
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) envision a more equitable world where trees in all landscapes, from drylands to the humid tropics, enhance the environment and well-being for all. CIFOR and ICRAF are non-profit science institutions that build and apply evidence to today’s most pressing challenges, including energy insecurity and the climate and biodiversity crises. Over a combined total of 65 years, we have built vast knowledge on forests and trees outside of forests in agricultural landscapes (agroforestry). Using a multidisciplinary approach, we seek to improve lives and to protect and restore ecosystems. Our work focuses on innovative research, partnering for impact, and engaging with stakeholders on policies and practices to benefit people and the planet. Founded in 1993 and 1978, CIFOR and ICRAF are members of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food secure future dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources.

Overview

The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) was first launched in 2013 by CIFOR with core partners including UNEP, the World Bank, and the Government of Germany. Meaningful engagement of youth and other typically marginalized stakeholders was a cornerstone of GLF’s operation from the beginning.

Today, the GLF is the world’s largest knowledge-led platform on sustainable land use, dedicated to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement, and is supported by its 33 Charter Members all leading sustainable development organisations.

Building on a decade of successful conferencing during which the mainstreaming of the landscape approach was achieved the GLF has evolved to five innovation areas each set up to contribute to strengthening and enabling landscape level action for sustainable development, addressing biodiversity loss and climate change. These include: 1) Creating a Digital Knowledge Commons on landscape approaches (having reached a billion people in 185 countries); 2) Pioneering Youth Leadership (60,000, 160 countries); 3) Capacitating the landscape professional through its GLF Learning Program (Landscape Academy (18,000 learners); 4) GLF Investment Case, sustainable finance, and value chains, and 5) GLFx community-led chapters.

Duties and responsibilities

Theprimary objective of the Knowledge and Learning Intern is to support themanagement of the Landscape Academy website and the Digital Campus and developmaterial and activities for GLF’s communication and outreach channels.

Thespecific tasks of the Knowledge and Learning intern are:

1.Support themanagement of the Landscape Academy Website and Digital Campus

• Continuous update of Landscape Academy’s webpage and its content,including monthly audits, identifying additional learning products frompartners and the worldwide web, to be featured and promoted.
• Support the management ofthe online community of learners and restoration education members on theDigital Campus with continuous updates and opportunities, networking,discussion threads, and facilitate knowledge-exchange.
• Support the transformationof knowledge products into learning relevant formats and assist in ensuringcontent between the Knowledge Hub, Landscape Academy and the Digital Campus iscoherent and consistent.
• Assist in the design anddevelopment of blended learning trajectories on landscape related topics andhosted on the Academy’s web page, in collaboration with YIL, GLFx and GLFpartners.
  

2.Assist in developingcommunications related material for GLF Learning projects

• Supporting writing anddevelopment of communications materials, including articles, scripts, and othermaterial used to promote GLF learning key messages and outcomes across GLFcommunications and social media channels.
• Assist in the communitymanagement of the Digital Campus’ learners, including facilitatingknowledge-exchange and increasing the interactivity of the Digital Campus
• Support in the design anddelivery of learning related events, workshops

Education, Knowledge and experience

• Recently graduated in environmental studies, geography, education, with additional experience in communications, marketing, documentary, writing, environment, social studies or related disciplines;
• An ability to identify useful and relevant knowledge, and understand the different needs of a broad community;
• Be familiar with the principles of education and adult education and have experience with online learning design.
• Fluent in English. A French or Spanish speaker is desirable;
• Understanding of WordPress CMS desirable: in particular, an understanding of categories, tags, taxonomies, and basic database schema;
• Knowledge of Python, Java or another programming language is desirable;

Terms and conditions

• This is an internship position.
• This internship will start in March 2024 and end in February 2025 (11 months). The intern will work full time (20 days/month).
• Work location: Bogor, Indonesia.
To apply, please visit our career site at:https://www.cifor-icraf.org/about/work-with-us/
To learn more about CIFOR-ICRAF, please visit our websites at:https://www.cifor-icraf.org
CIFOR-ICRAF promotes Gender Diversity – Applications from women professionals are encouraged.
CIFOR-ICRAF is an equal opportunity employer. It fosters a multicultural work environment that values gender equality, teamwork, and respect for diversity.

Application process

The application deadline is 16 Feb 2024
We will acknowledge all applications, but will contact only short-listed candidates.