What We Expect from You
The ability to drive actionable change in well-established organizations within and across the private, public and investor realms, as well as to add value to very new companies with large ambitions but no track record.
Distinctly strong and well-tested analytical skills, as well as stand-out social and empathic capabilities. You must be smart and kind at the same time.
Significant understanding of and passion for sustainability issues and solutions, as well as a firm grasp of how businesses and societies work.
A genuine interest in building a completely different company together with us.
What We Offer in Return
The opportunity to work exclusively with sustainability-related issues and solutions, with all the development opportunities that includes.
An outstanding group of highly skilled, experienced and empathetic colleagues to learn from and work with on the most pressing issues facing the world.
A workplace where environmental, social and financial sustainability are inseparable from what we are trying to accomplish.
A balanced benefit package and shared upside.
An open invitation to help shape the culture of a new purpose-driven company with a unique mission and business model.
What success means to us:
- Applying a sensitive approach when working with the most vulnerable members of society to empower meaningful participation in the environments we work in.
- Transforming conflict through good negotiation, pragmatic problem solving and sound processes that deliver positive impact.
- Positive socio-economic impact on a household level that allows ordinary people to feel the enhanced benefits of having industry in their lives.
- Contributing to systemic change through stronger business and governmental policies
- Creating solid professional development plans and training people who work in social development phase
- Ensuring that human rights grievances can go through due process for resolution
Synergy Global Consulting Internship Programme
Synergy’s Internship is a paid programme that is offered across Synergy offices in Oxford, Paris, and Johannesburg. It is designed to enhance professional experience in the world of work and to continue training and development. Interns will be working to broaden and deepen their experience in social performance consultancy, including building a specific area of expertise in human rights assessments.
The Internship Programme will develop young talent striving for personal and professional development. The Programme offers interns real opportunities to gain high-quality work experience and undertake meaningful projects or tasks that will benefit both Synergy and the intern. It is designed to tap into students’ knowledge and fresh ideas, and for interns to gain an interesting and helpful introduction to the workplace to help their future employment prospects.
Internships will be tailored to fit individual intern learning outcomes and Synergy’s dynamic work environment. Synergy prides itself on being a learning organisation, and our supportive team dynamic will ensure that interns enhance their learning and achieve their desired outcomes. Interns will attain knowledge of Synergy as a global business, and you will learn how to deliver on high business demands, enduring proactive and result-driven outcomes within a diverse workforce and high-performance culture.
Internship Objectives
1. Technical expertise, including data analysis, research and report writing skills, presentation development, and in-depth knowledge in specific areas
2. Teamwork dynamics and skills
3. Office and administration skills, including internal business systems, budgets, participation in meetings, and stakeholder engagement
4. Prioritisation and project feedback and involvement
5. Facilitation and presentation skills
6. Communication skills and general office etiquette
7. To develop business and leadership skills.
1. Enthusiastic, reliable individuals who enjoy working in a team
2. An individual with a strong interest in our work, approach, and values
3. A high level of English, strong written and communication skills
4. Highly computer literate
5. Strong organisational skills
6. Someone with a good research background.
1. Expect to form an integral part of the team and be entrusted with responsibility early on
2. Set your development objectives and targets and ways of monitoring and evaluating progress
3. You will be paired with a supervisor who will be responsible for your professional and personal well-being in the company, including setting development objectives and targets and evaluating progress.
Synergy’s internship programmes offer flexible engagements ranging from one week to one year. In addition, both part-time (from a few hours per week) and full-time internships are available.
Requirements:
1. Current student in an environmental sciences or social sciences discipline (environmental science, labour & working conditions, international development, human rights, economics, geography, political science, etc). Other disciplines may be considered
2. General understanding of and interest in the social and environmental challenges and impacts of the natural resource sector
3. Proven qualitative research and analysis skills, including the ability to quickly find, analyse and synthesise information from the web
4. Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with diverse colleagues
5. Professional demeanour
6. A self-motivated individual who also enjoys being part of a team
7. Fluency in English (both written and oral)
8. Additional languages not essential, but a big plus e.g. French.
The following programmes are offered in our United Kingdom and France offices:
– Micro internship- week long (5 days)
– Summer Internship -three months
– Extended Internship: six months to a year
– Internships are posted on LinkedIn.
The following programmes are offered in our South African office:
– Extended Internship-six months to a year.
– Internships are posted on Glassdoor, ZipRecruiter, Indeed, Graduate24.com, LinkedIn
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