Internship - Business Development Assistant for the International Development Unit

Description

Founded over 160 years ago, MWH has grown to become one of the world’s leading environmental engineering firms. There are now approximately 8000 employees working around the globe on some of the biggest projects around. Over the decades, we have expanded our core competencies from water and wastewater into a wide range of environmental and business services. Today, we provide consulting services to our clients all over the world.

MWH International Development, based in La Hulpe, is the MWH unit that provides consulting services to international institutions, such as the European Commission (EC), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the World Bank, the United Nations, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, governments and government agencies. Our services include design, procurement and implementation of technical, institutional and capacity development projects in the fields of water and wastewater, energy, climate change and disaster risk reduction as well as management support and monitoring and evaluation of large investment programmes. We are delivering also large technical assistance projects in the field of institutional strengthening and policy dialogue. Our main geographical focus lies on Europe, Africa and other developing countries.

Your role

You will be supporting the team in all the various tasks related to preparation of commercial offers and in the tasks related to the recruitment of consultants. You will be required to demonstrate a combination of discipline, flexibility, and precision in all tasks.

Responsibilities

Researching and analyzing project background information; undertake business intelligence researches, preparation of synthesis and reports;

Support MWH Bid manager during the expression of interest and bid preparation processes for international projects, including administrative support following strict EU procurement procedures;

Identifying and recruiting consultants;

Identifying and recruiting potential partners.

Requirements

Academic background: BA or MA in International Relations, Political Science, Environment, Energy, Social Science or related;

Professional experience in the preparation of expression of interest and proposals for EU-funded contract would be considered as an advantage;

Knowledge of the European Commission external assistance policies would be considered as an advantage;

Professional experience in the field of environment/energy/climate change/food security or in a similar technical assistance environment would be considered as an asset;

Previous experience working in developing countries would be considered as an asset;

IT-skills: advanced use of MS Office;

Rigorous, accuracy and attention to detail;

Creative, communicative, open-minded and results-oriented;

Languages: solid written and spoken English and ideally French; Spanish would be considered as an asset;

Work ethics, dynamism and ability to cope with multiple tasks and work under pressure towards tight deadlines.

The internship will take place in our office in La Hulpe, Belgium and will starting as soon as possible for a period of six months.

Compensation will be provided.

If you are ready to work in a fast-moving, international environment, please send your detailed CV and motivation letter (in English only) in electronic format quoting Intern/05-2015 not later than 13th April 2015 to:idprecruitment@mwhglobal.com.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.