[sustran] ADB Internship: Social Sustainability of Transpor

[Cornie Huizenga]

The Asian Development Bank has an opportunity for Internship:

Internship Title: Social Sustainability of Transport

*Expected Outcomes*:
- Identify and review existing or planned initiatives, policies, strategies
and guidelines on social sustainability and transport in the region
- Identify evidence-based good practices and tools that can enhance the
policy dialogue on social sustainability and transport
- Review existing training materials on social sustainability, and identify
those most relevantfor the transport sector and identify gaps in training
materials and tools
- Assist RSDD to design a training program on social sustainability and
transport for ADB transport staff, contractors and civil society
- Prepare write-ups for 2 or 3 good practice cases, including use of tools
- Prepare a 5-10 page paper on the topic and present in a brown bag

*Educational Requirements*:
Candidates must:
- be enrolled in a Master's- or PhD level program at a school in one of the
ADB member countries, both prior to and after the internship assignment; and
- be engaged in academic study in a field directly related to ADB's work

*Candidates must have*:
- relevant professional experience
- a good mix of social development and transport issues
- familiarity with core principles of ADB's Operational Plan of Transport,
more specifically social sustainability and transport
*
Relevant Experience And Other Requirements:
Candidates must*:
- possess an excellent command of English, both spoken and written
- able to quickly understand key policy issues of ADB, particularly
transport and social development
- interact with staff of ADB to deliver expected results

*Core Competencies:*
*Candidates must be able to:*
- exhibit professionalism in the conduct of his/her project tasks
- analyze data and recommend solutions
- be self-directed.
- build professional relationships to achieve results.
- prioritize work to achieve assignment outcomes.

*Immediate Reporting Relationships / Other Information*:
- Position reports to an assigned International Staff Supervisor.
- Candidates must be a national of one of ADB's member countries.
- Past interns are ineligible to apply in subsequent years.
- Close relatives of ADB personnel are ineligible to apply but ADB spouses
may apply if the eligibility requirements are met.
- Internship duration is 24 weeks (flexible)
- Assignment is from June to December 2011 (flexible) .


You can get further information on the ADB Internship program at:
http://adb.org/Internship/default.asp. Applications are online at the same
website.

with best regards,
Cornie

-- 
Cornie Huizenga
Joint Convener
Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport
Mobile: +86 13901949332
cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org
www.slocat.net