IT & Strategy Talent Programme - Environmental Advisor

Company Description


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 now want to make fossil free living possible within one generation and we are driving the transition to a sustainable energy system.




Job Description


Now you can shape the path towards fossil free living. We are searching for 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?
By applying for the IT & Strategy Talent Programme you can become 1 of 23 talents working towards that goal. Each of the 23 positions in the program is unique and has its own specific responsibilities and challenges. This is a two-year programme with a strong focus on your development. You will have an individual development plan aiming at a targeted competence profile after two years and building blocks with learning goals towards that target. As part of the programme, you can look forward to assignments/rotations aimed at giving you a chance to really get into a project and deliver value.
Your role as Environmental Advisor
The environmental area is developing rapidly and expectations are constantly increasing. As an Environmental Advisor your role will be to drive strategic change initiatives within climate, biodiversity and sustainable resource use. You will have a variation of different tasks, ranging from monitoring trends to idea generation, developing strategies, concretize road maps and conduct environmental assessments. This position offers a great opportunity to grow within environmental sustainability and a possibility to build a broad professional network.
You will for example:
Collaborate with different business areas and drive projects that strengthen Vattenfall's environmental performance
Identify and implement actions that drive change in the organisation
Work with communication to increase impact and awareness on environmental topics
Develop long-term corporate environmental targets and KPIs
Assess environmental business opportunities including environmental product development
Support industry decarbonisation projects





Qualifications


Who are you?
Strong academic background and relevant bachelor or master degree (e.g. Natural Science, Business or Social Science or similar)
Experience in project management and agile ways of working
Excellent communication skills (i.e. convey ideas, information and messages effectively to different stakeholders)
Fluent in written and spoken English. Swedish, Dutch or German is meritorious.

We believe that you have an environmental background and has been working around two years with a wide range of environmental topics. You are passionate about environmental sustainability and you have a strong ambition to develop within this fields. You work independently and take own initiatives, but you thrive working in a team. You have an agile mindset and are able to adapt to changes and prioritize your work efficiently.
As a person you are curious and not afraid to challenging existing ways of working when needed. You are enthusiastic and your engagement can motivate others be open to new ideas and change. Your social skills enable you to understand different needs and your interest in networking is used to connect people.




Additional Information


Location
You will be working in the department of Environmental Strategic Projects (part of Staff Function Environment, Strategic Development) and the location for this position is preferably in Stockholm or Amsterdam.


Our offer
The IT & Strategy Talent Programme is a kickstart to your career within Vattenfall. It will give you the opportunity to visit different parts of our organization, e.g., in Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland and Denmark. There are planned weeks including personal development and internal leadership development from our Vattenfall Management Institute. Each position comes with a competitive salary and an excellent remuneration package


Application process
We welcome your application in English, including resume and cover letter. Last day to apply is February 9th, 2023. The selection period starts in the middle of February, followed by online tests and interviews in March and April. The recruitment process will be finalized around the end of April. The last step will be a pre-employment screening. The starting date of the Strategy and IT Talent Programme will be September 1st 2023.


We look forward to your application! If you have any questions regarding the Talent Programme in general, please check our FAQ page. For further information about the position or the recruitment process, please contact responsible recruiter Carolina Osterman carolina.osterman@vattenfall.com


Trade union representatives in Sweden (Strategy) are Shahriar Badiei (Akademikerna), Anders Bohlin (Unionen), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Juha Siipilehto (SEKO). To get in contact with the representatives, please call Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.


Our organization
At Vattenfall you can free your superpowers! We are one of the European market leaders in the generation of renewable energy and are primarily active in Scandinavia, Germany, Denmark, UK and the Netherlands. We take our responsibility seriously and together we are making the change towards fossil freedom. Our goal is to enable a fossil-free living within one generation. We are a dynamic company with an international focus and a social face at the heart of society. Diversity and inclusion is in everything we do,
Read more about our work with diversity.


Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classed the final candidates might be subjected to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation.


We look forward to receiving your application!