Location: South Africa
Closing Date: 26 October 2023
African Development Bank: Internship Programme 2024
The Internship program is part of a wider Talent Management Framework which facilitates the Bank to deliver on the Ten-Year Strategy and the High 5s.
Selected candidates will be deployed in various Departments at Headquarters, Bank’s Regional and Country Offices. However, selected interns will perform their internship either remotely or on-site depending on the needs of their respective hiring units.
Remote interns are expected to have access to a personal computer, reliable internet connection and a conducive living environment that facilitates smooth and uninterrupted remote working.
The broad objectives of the program are to:
- Provide students with an opportunity to acquire professional and practical experience at the African Development Bank.
- Provide the Bank with a pool of potential candidates for future recruitment purposes.
The Fields of Study Required for the Internship:
The fields of study from which interns are selected must be within the job families of the Bank, particularly:
- Economics,
- Agriculture,
- Private Sector Development,
- Human Capital Development (Education and Health),
- Environment,
- Finance,
- Infrastructure Development,
- Human Resources Management,
- Information Technology,
- Communications,
- Law,
- Internal Audit,
- Budget,
- Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth
- Agriculture,
- Human & Social Development
- Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization
- Statistics
- Governance and Knowledge Management
- Finance
- Legal
- Human Resources and Corporate Services: IT, Language Services, General Services & Procurement, HR Management
- Audit, Anti-Corruption
- Evaluation
- Communication & External Relations
- Public Relations
- Gender
- Environmental and Social Assessment
- Governance or any other field of study that the Bank may deem relevant to its operations.
NB. Special consideration shall be given to students who are working on projects that have a direct bearing on the mission of the Bank.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Must be not more than Thirty (30) years old at the time of commencement of the internship program.
- Be currently enrolled in a master’s level degree program in a recognized public or private educational institution of higher learning.
- The candidate can apply for an internship within one (1) year of having obtained such a degree.
- Be nationals of the member Countries of the African Development Bank.
- Provide a letter from their school confirming their enrollment or a copy of the above-mentioned Degree.
- Applicants must be fluent in at least one of the Banks’s two working languages (English or French).
- Be able to use the Bank’s standard software packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access); knowledge of SAP is desirable.
How to Apply
Apply Online for the African Development Bank: Internship Programme 2024
