Climate Strategy Intern
Quantis, Switzerland
Job Description
As our Climate Strategy Intern, you'll collaborate with our Group Climate Strategy team to research and shape materials on critical climate related topics.
Why you’ll love Quantis
Quantisians are agents of change, working to build a sustainable future. Our vision is to reinvent businesses to create a thriving future for people and the planet. We guide top organizations to define, shape and implement intelligent environmental sustainability solutions. We do that by delivering resilient strategies, robust metrics, useful tools, and credible communications to a diverse set of companies, brands, and public and private organizations.
Fluidity, collaboration and autonomy are strong elements of the way we work. Together, we form a dynamic team of 200+ talents that cultivate a special team spirit that is both purpose-driven and empowering.
Our group is truly different. Curious?Our talents give you the inside scoop.
Learn more about Quantis and our Mission.
Does this describe you and your next internship?
- You’re motivated to put your skills to work towards our mission of building a sustainable future.
- You’re a team player that works quickly, independently and on schedule with a keen eye for detail and accuracy.
- You’re fluent in written and spoken English; fluency in French, German or Italian are a bonus!
- You’re curious and like to research various topics related to climate and its implications for businesses.
- You have good synthesis skills and a strategic mindset.
- You have examples of work where you deep dived into technical topics and extracted key strategic insights
- You’re organized and juggle multiple projects + deadlines well.
- You have a strong entrepreneurial spirit: you are always looking for new ideas and ways to push the envelope.
- You’re no stranger to topics like carbon credits, renewable electricity or carbon pricing.
- You have recently graduated or you’re in the final phase of your studies in sustainability management or environmental sciences (ideally Master’s level).
- You have already completed an internship in a similar role, ideally in climate mitigation/adaptation.
As our Climate Strategy Intern, here’s a preview of what type of work your days will include:
- Knowledge management: developing templates, guidance, FAQs on critical climate related topics such as action plan developments, offsetting, insetting, carbon pricing, renewable energy + develop trainings for Quantis Global on these topics
- Knowledge development: working with the branch leads and the topics leads to identify needs for templates and new knowledge development + supporting or leading the development of these new materials
- Trends assessment: identifying and brainstorming trending topics and summarizing key learnings for the climate strategy team + engaging and sharing these learnings with the team
- Support marketing material development: supporting the marketing initiatives from the climate strategy team through research and content development in collaboration with the global head of climate strategy and the marketing team
To thrive in the Quantis culture, you’ll:
- Show up as a team collaborator with a win-win attitude: empathetic, attentive and supportive of colleagues.
- Take responsibility and ownership for your work: think and act with autonomy, while knowing when to ask for help.
- Take initiative if something needs to be done.
- Be positive! Use positive language, look at challenges not as bottlenecks, but as problems to solve, and see failure as a lesson learned.
- Practice open and transparent communication; welcome effective dialogue and productive disagreement with minimal tension.
- Self-Manage: be in the driver’s seat of your professional growth and ambitions all the while valuing the learning journey and opportunities within Quantis.
Some logistics to consider
- Location: Any Quantis office (Boston, Portland, Paris, Lausanne, Zurich, Milan or Berlin)
- Job type: Internship (4-6 months)
- Pace: Full or Part-time contract options (3/5)
- Optimal start date: November
- Frequent collaboration with other Quantis branches
Application deadline: October 1st, 2021
Quantis has a distinctive, fluid structure nurtured by our Quantis Spirit and our way of collaborating that provides a po