Internship at Nordic Consulting Group Autumn 2025
ABOUT NCG
As an intern in Nordic Consulting Group (NCG), you will be part of an exciting international consultancy firm that carries out a broad range of consultancy assignments globally with a special focus on Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. Our services focus on all sectors and themes related to international development, where our core competencies lie within governance, human rights & equality, climate & environment, private sector development and sustainable growth, and the humanitarian-development nexus. NCG's main clients include Danida, Sida, Norad, Swiss Development Cooperation, the EU, the World Bank, the UN agencies, and various national and international NGOs.
OUR WORKPLACE
At Nordic Consulting Group, you’ll be part of a young and energetic secretariat in a dynamic work environment that encourages initiative, provides opportunities to lead processes, and drive meaningful change within the organisation. Your workday will take place in our bright offices with excellent transport connections. We also offer a free, delicious vegetarian lunch.
YOUR PROFILE
- Passionate about international development and humanitarian work
- Curious and quick learner
- Can work independently and take initiative
- Solid planning and coordination skills
- Strong communication skills and excellent writing skills in English
- An interest in communication including visual design and storytelling is an advantage
- An understanding of AI models, API integrations and/or Microsoft Power Platform would be a great asset
- Ability to understand Danish
- Enrolled at a Danish University, or other institutions of higher education
TASKS
As an intern, you will work closely with our team of project managers, partners, and a network of external consultants. Your tasks will be varying and will include but not be limited to:
- Fast and efficient identification and monitoring of upcoming and relevant project opportunities
- Providing support to Project Managers in tender processes
- Supporting contractual, financial, and administrative management
- Supporting IT & Communication projects
EMERGING FOCUS AREAS FOR INTERNS
As NCG grows, we’re expanding our internship roles to reflect new strategic directions, especially within digital transformation and communication. We welcome applicants interested in one or more of the following areas (no prior expertise required):
- Interest in communication, incl. professional storytelling and visual communication, managing the new company website and social media accounts
- Practical skills in Microsoft’s Power Platform
- Knowledge of AI modelling and automation of digital workflows
- Knowledge of platform integrations
HOW TO APPLY
The internship is eligible for ECTS credits at relevant institutions and runs full-time (37 hours/week) from August 2025 to January 2026. While unpaid, a monthly compensation is offered.
Please send us your application by May 21st, including a cover letter, CV, and other relevant documents, to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Denmark to close its Embassy in Tanzania? NCG evaluates 60 years of Danish-Tanzanian development cooperation!
At a time when discussions about the Danish Governments’ decision to close the Danish Embassy in Tanzania by mid-2024 is still heating, NCG has been commissioned by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to evaluate the Denmark-Tanzania development cooperation during the last six decades (1962–2022).
Tanzania is Denmark’s longest standing development partner. Since the enactment of Denmark’s first law on Development cooperation in 1962, Tanzania has been Denmark’s first, and, subsequently, biggest bilateral development cooperation partner. The end of such a historic bilateral cooperation obviously calls for an evaluation that takes stock of Denmark’s contribution to Tanzania’s development journey. Therefore, the overall purpose of this evaluation is to learn what difference the 60 years of Danish development cooperation has made for Tanzanian institutions, organisations and people.
In view of the evaluation’s complexity spanning Denmark’s long-term support to economic- and social development, governance, civil society and human rights as well as public financial management across different partnerships, aid channels and modalities, NCG has composed an evaluation team of strong international and national experts, including a core group of NCG Partners:
Carsten Schwensen, who is the Team Leader for the evaluation; Lars Christian Oxe as Private Sector Development Specialist; and Louise Scheibel Smed as Governance and Human Rights Specialist. Two other NCG partners, Jakob Kjærtinge Faarbæk and Cecilia Linn Hansen are also supporting the evaluation work. In addition to this, the evaluation team includes John Rand, Senior Researcher and Professor at the University of Copenhagen University; Per Tidemand as Public Financial Management Specialist; Notburga Timmerman as Social Development and Health Specialist, as well as four Tanzanian thematic consultants. Ted Freeman and Per Kirkemann will be in charge of quality assurance.
The evaluation work has just been initiated and is planned to be completed in the last part of 2024.
WHAT CAN EVALUATIONS TELL US ABOUT THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE?
Nordic Consulting Group was commissioned by OECD to carry out a literature review as an essential input to the Strategic Joint Evaluation of the Collective International Development and Humanitarian Assistance Response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which is undertaken by the COVID-19 Global Evaluation Coalition.
The paper presents key findings on the overall coherence and coordination of bilateral, multilateral, and Civil Society Organisations’ (CSOs) response to COVID-19. It includes an assessment of development agencies’ ability to apply innovative and adaptive approaches to the response, apply a humanitarian-development-peace nexus, ensure localization, as well as of the extent to which vaccine equity has been applied.
The work was undertaken by NCG partners Carsten Schwensen and Louise Scheibel Smed.
For more information please find attached the paper
Mid-term Evaluation of the Women’s Economic Empowerment Project in Zambia
WEE project
The overall objective of WEE is to foster women’s economic empowerment to participate in, contribute to and benefit from agricultural value chains and processes in manners that affirm the value of their contributions, respect their dignity, and promote equality. The project is implemented in eight districts of Eastern, Western, Southern and Central Provinces of Zambia.
Specifically, the project strives to:
- i) Expand women’s agency and decision-making power at household and, community levels to address barriers to women’s economic empowerment.
- ii) Reduce institutional barriers that limit women’s economic development in agricultural value and market chains and
Gender perspective
The project is gender transformative and is both women-centered and women-led. The primary target groups and rightsholders are women at community level, especially in the District Women’s Development Associations (DWDAs). The transformative approach adopted by the project ensures the involvement of young women, female-headed households, married women, widows, elderly women, women living with HIV and AIDS, women living with disabilities and other disadvantaged women who are involved in the agricultural chain of value.
The project is led by a team consisting of Carsten Schwensen as Team Leader and Louise Scheibel Smed.
Study on drivers and obstacles of a just, green transition in Eastern Neighbourhood
In response to democratic challenges in the Eastern Neighbourhood Countries, the New Democracy Fund, seek to identify drivers, challenges, and obstacles to a just and inclusive transition - and to identify potential alliances and multistakeholder efforts that may speed up a just transition process.
The objective is to optimize available resources to contribute to a just, inclusive transition to production and consumption with reduced climate and environmental footprints without loss of living standards. As a result, NCG is conducting the comprehensive study on climate and environment in the six European Neighbourhood Countries, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
The study will provide necessary evidence, as well inspiration, to civil society in the Eastern Neighbourhood Countries towards developing effective strategies and promoting a socially just, green transition.
The study is led by a strong team consisting of Team Leader Frank Runchel, Marianne Jacobsen Toftgaard, Jakob Kjærtinge Faarbæk, Niels Jakob Lampe, and several external consultants.