Communications Werkstudent / Working Student – Energy and Sustainability, and Infrastructure – Berlin

Are you interested in working with talented people to help develop innovative solutions to some of society’s most complex and challenging problems?

We are Guidehouse, a leading global provider of consulting services to the public and commercial markets with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. We help clients address their toughest challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures with a focus on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that prepare our clients for future growth and success. The company has more than 10,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally.

Are you ready to make an impact in the energy transformation and sustainability? Take your first step by joining our growing global Energy, Sustainability, and Infrastructure Segment. Our consultants are passionate about building the energy systems of tomorrow and working side by side with utilities, governments, large corporations, and manufacturers to transform their businesses, manage complexity, and accelerate operational performance. From day one, you will contribute to ground-breaking solutions that will jumpstart the distributed, intelligent, and low carbon energy industry of the future.

Position: Communications Werkstudent / Student Worker – Energy, Sustainability, and Infrastructure

Location: Berlin & Cologne

The Working Student will have the opportunity to provide wide-ranging communication support for client engagements, whilst building their marketing and communications foundation. You will work in a team to support and help deliver high quality client-ready work. As our clients are mostly large, complex companies and government entities, Working Students will be coached to demonstrate business professionalism and an ability to grasp new concepts quickly to perform effectively in the client environment. The Working Student will have the opportunity to support the business and work on various communication tasks for a large programme funded by the German Government’s International Climate Initiative.

We are looking for a Student Worker to support the Cool Up programme, which focuses on upscaling sustainable cooling in the Middle East North Africa region. Our focus countries include Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to the implementation of the strategic communication and stakeholder engagement strategy of the Cool Up programme
• Supporting the programme’s communications work including, but not limited to, newsletters, social media posting, videos, blogs, press releases, webinars and event organization, and website content and maintenance.
• Helping convert complex ideas and topics from the cooling and climate space into digestible, catchy texts and posts
• Ensuring that documentation is properly managed, quality checked and organised
• Upholding Guidehouse’s values of respect, integrity, innovation, stewardship and excellence and support our culture of inclusion and diversity
• Building good relationships with the wider team and colleagues

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a relevant Bachelors-level course (e.g., marketing, communication, business etc.) at a university (or similar) in Germany
• A team player who demonstrates the willingness and ability to work effectively in diverse teams and collaborate with colleagues at all levels
• Capable of juggling a range of tasks while still having a strong eye for detail
• Creative, organized and pro-active
• An excellent communicator (particularly written communication)
• Interested in personal development, as well as the climate and sustainability space
• Fluent in English
• Arabic or Turkish language skills – considered a plus
• Tech savvy and experienced with Microsoft products (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint)
• Experienced with/eager to learn website development and marketing tools, such as Mailchimp, WordPress, Goolge Analytics, Sendible, Canva, etc.
• Experience in graphic design or video editing – considered a plus

Additional Requirements

The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer (such as a non-compete) that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities as described.

Disclaimer

Guidehouse is an equal opportunities employer and applies objective criteria to assess potential suitability. We are committed to ensuring all our directors, employees, contractors and job applicants receive fair and equitable treatment across all aspects of the firm’s HR policies and practices and we aim to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favorable treatment on the grounds of race, color, nationality, religion, ethnic or national origins, age, gender, marital status, sexual orientation or disability.