International Trainee - Sustainable Analyst in Berlin bei Vattenfall

Vattenfall is one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK. The Vattenfall Group has approximately 20 000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years. We are committed to building a future where everyone can choose fossil-free ways to move, make and live. Join us as we work for fossil freedom!

Do you want to shape the future?

Now you can shape the path towards fossil free living. We are searching for 34 talented individuals to join us on our journey towards fossil free living. Individuals that challenge the way we think, lead us down new paths and contribute to solving the biggest challenge of humankind - climate change. Is this you?

Become one of our 34 International Trainees at Vattenfall. Each of the trainee positions is unique, linked to a department within a specific business area and a working location. This means that each position has its own specific responsibilities, challenges and matching profile.

Next to your personal development in this unique position you will be enjoying one year of all we have to offer. Your trainee year will be filled with meetups with your international trainee team with likeminded individuals. You will be meeting up virtually to work on assignments and live during four seminar weeks where you will be visiting our power plants and growing your superpowers with a variety of trainings.

Your role as a Trainee – Sustainable Analyst

The Corporate Sustainability team develops, defines and proposes the overall sustainability direction for the group to become best in class in sustainability performance. This means we act as a support function and center of expertise towards the whole group. We provide insights, guidance on prioritization and direction, and capacity building on sustainability issues.

Topics the team is working on are spread over a large area of responsibility. Human rights, climate targets, Just Transition, and sustainability data and reporting and are just a few out of many topics which fall under the Sustainability team’s scope. As a trainee - Sustainability analyst, you will join the Sustainability team in making this sustainability direction a reality.

Your daily activities consist of:

• Perform research and analysis on topics including best practices in sustainability reporting, valuation of social and environmental impacts, national social and environmental strategies and policies, as well as ad hoc requests
• Identify sustainability gaps and improvement needs, implement related actions
• Support our business units and top management with knowledge and awareness on specific sustainability projects and stakeholder engagement
• Raise sustainability awareness and drive engagement within the organization on relevant sustainability topics
• Boost transparency externally by supporting targeted communications and reporting
• Play an active role in driving the Sustainability team forward in a data-driven future

For succeeding in the role

You are a strategic thinker with strong analytical skills to make sense of complex and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. You are able to see both the details as well as the big picture You can operate effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear. You plan and prioritize your work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals. You can build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. You can relate openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people. You have the ability to anticipate and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders. And you can develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Furthermore you have

• A passion for the social side of sustainability and a strong drive to have a positive impact on society as a core motivating principles
• Ability to structure complex tasks into understandable and executable project roadmaps
• The ability to extract, synthesize and convey relevant and understandable insights from very complex topics, and present them in a comprehensive way
• Humility as a key element of your collaboration philosophy, coupled with a sense of determination
• Strong social skills, which allows you to build relations with different stakeholders
• Strong English communication skills, both written and spoken, language skills in other world languages can be a merit

You are our ideal trainee if you are a recent gradua