GLF Internship Program

CIFOR-ICRAF

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

Today, the GLF – with 35 of the world’s leading development and environmental organisations engaged as Charter Members – has become the world’s largest knowledge led forum on sustainable land use, restoration and integrated landscape management, dedicated to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, the Paris Climate Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Since its inception in 2013, the GLF has connected more than 25,000 organisations, 1.3 million youth, 100 governments and millions engaged from 185 countries, while cumulatively reaching more than 2.9 billion people through social and traditional media.

Building on a decade of successful conferencing during which we achieved the mainstreaming of the landscape approach, the GLF has evolved to three workstream pillars that support decentralised local action towards ecosystem restoration and sustainable development. These include: 1) Accelerating Community Action and Strengthening Youth Leadership through the GLFx chapter network, Restoration Stewards and Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL); 2) Scaling Landscape Action through i) Learning (Landscape Academy) and ii) Sustainable Finance; 3) Growing the Global Movement through digital transformation, encompassing innovative digital communications, events and campaigns.

GLF is a place where a farmer can inform action, pathways, and policies; where international organisations can learn from the private sector and vice versa; and where CEOs, community leaders, communicators and scientists can share, learn, connect, and act together.

From building the investment case for sustainable landscapes, to conserving and restoring peatlands, to supporting restoration in Africa, GLF has been at the cutting edge in hosting and facilitating all manner of discussions to accelerate positive action for people, for the environment, and for the achievement of global climate and SDGs.

 

Duties and responsibilities

The primaryobjective of the Global Landscapes Forum interns is to provide support to the relevant GLF team, according to their expertise and interest. Interns tasks vary from team to team, as seen below:

  • The GLF Youth Program Team & the Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL):
    The YIL intern will support the GLF Youth Program Team in continuing the growth of the YIL network through community building and outreach, facilitating the Restoration Stewardsprogram and ensuring that all youth-related activities serve the broader youthcommunity, with a strong focus on regional needs and visions. Tasks couldinclude, but not limited to supporting with: planning for upcoming programs,setting up agendas and taking notes in meetings, creating social media content,leading teams of volunteers, research about great young professionals leadingchange, and much more. Apply for this internship if you have a strong interestin youth-led action and intergenerational collaboration, and if you lovefacilitating conversations, talking with people, and planning!
  • The GLFx ProgramTeam:
    The primary objective of the GLFx network intern is to assist theGLFx team in creating, planning, implementing and communicating opportunitiesfor “GLFx chapters”. GLFx chapters are local organisations, partners of theGLF, who are leading restoration activities on the ground. Tasks could include,but not limited to supporting with: general planning for upcoming programs,creating social media content, building and engaging an online community,facilitating meetings, and much more. Apply for this internship if you have astrong interest in connecting with local communities, and if you lovemultitasking, planning, and connecting with people all over the world!
  • The GLFCommunication Team:
    The global GLF Digital Communications team islooking for creative, visually and digitally savvy interns to support GLFsocial media, media or event communications work to drive engaging campaigns onits websites, social media channels, event platform and media. Depending on theposition, tasks include: ideating, creating and scheduling social media andmultimedia content, supporting live event coverage, engaging with onlineaudiences, researching best practices, and collaborating with journalists and influencers.Apply for this if you are passionate about digital storytelling, have acreative mindset, and want to gain hands-on experience in digitalcommunications!
  • The GLF KnowledgeTeam:
    The Knowledge intern will support the GLF Knowledge team toidentify, organise and curate the latest evidence, knowledge and expertiseacross activities ranging from GLF hybrid and digital events, to the managementof the GLF Knowledge Hub library. Tasks could include: assisting eventcoordination, assisting speaker engagement, organising and optimisingmulti-media products in the Knowledge Hub, and general planning and teamcoordination support. Apply for this internship if you love to research, plan andorganise, want to engage with GLF’s broad range of topics, and gain insightinto the workings of a growing and dynamic organisation!

 

Education, knowledge and experience

  • Currently enrolled in or recently graduated from an MSc programme on Environmental Sciences, Sustainable Development, Environmental Communications, Environmental Education, Political Science Or similar field.
  • Alternatively, graduate from a BSc programme with 2 years’ experience (voluntary or otherwise) in the field of sustainable development, communication, communities or youth engagement.
  • Great command of the English language is necessary – other languages (especially Spanish, French, Portuguese) are an asset.
  • Strong organisational and communication skills.
  • Experience with creating original material and content for social media and running social media campaigns is an asset.
  • Experience with online engagement, youth organisations, capacity development or event management is an asset.
  • Experience with WordPress, Canva and Trello is an asset.
  • Experienced in and/or comfortable with remote work is an asset.

 

Terms and conditions

  • This is a full-time internship position.
  • We will provide compensation based on experience and location-based.
  • Period of Internship is expected to be 9 months, between February 2025 – December 2025.
  • Work location: home-based, preferably in CET time zone or similar, but all time zones are welcome.
  • We encourage youth, young women and youth from rural, Indigenous and local communities to apply for this position.

 

Application process

  • If you are available to start in February-March 2025, kindly apply no-later than January 15th, 2025. Otherwise, applications are accepted on a rolling basis until 30 June 2025.
  • You can pick only one team to work with, but please state in your cover letter if you would be open to be considered for other teams too, and which ones.
  • We will acknowledge all applications, but will only contact short-listed candidates for interviews.

 

Cover letter tips:

  • We invite you to write cover letters no longer than one page
  • We suggest you to not repeat the information stated in your CV, but to use the Cover letter as an opportunity to share with us what makes you passionate, why you would like to be selected for this position, and how your experience can be an asset to the team.
  • We strongly encourage you not to use AI to create your cover letter, as it will mean the immediate disqualification of the application.
  • Kindly share cover letters in PDF.

 

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.

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