IT & Strategy Talent Programme: Sustainability Analyst

Now you can shape the path towards fossil free living. We're 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 40 talents working towards that goal. Each of the 40 positions in the programme is unique and has its own specific responsibilities and challenges. This is a two-year programme with a strong focus on your development. From the outset you’ll have your own development plan which will be tailored towards a role suitable for you and include building blocks with learning goals towards that target. The focus is very much on learning by doing, and together with your manager you’ll select different assignments and rotations where you’ll participate in real projects, and contribute to fossil free living, at the same time as you get the experience you need to boost your development


Your role as Sustainability analyst under the Talent program (senior profile)
In your role as Sustainability analyst, you will join the Sustainability team in its work to secure Vattenfall’s position as a frontrunner in sustainability. To do this, you will primarily be supporting the Sustainable Supply chain team with assessments of suppliers, as well as putting together recommendations and training material for colleagues throughout the organization


Your daily activities:
• Perform screenings and interpret audits of suppliers and partners to Vattenfall, including making recommendations to buyers, managers and relevant colleagues for how to progress.
• Support our buyers, employees, contractors and suppliers on sustainability and our supply chain practices by i.e. providing trainings
• Perform research and analysis on sustainability topics like Code of Conduct for suppliers and partners, target setting, KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), valuation of social and environmental impacts, as well as ad hoc requests, identify sustainability gaps and improvement needs, focus on supply chain related activities, and implement related actions


As a Sustainability analyst you recognize yourself in the following:
• Strong analytical ability
• The ability to extract, synthesize, and convey relevant, understandable insights from very complex topics including judgement calls of social aspects
• Humility as a key element of your collaboration philosophy, coupled with a sense of determination
• A desire to have a positive impact on society as a core motivating principle
You are our ideal candidate if you have an academic degree, with a few years’ experience of working with supplier assessments and relationships or with sustainability assessment in particular human rights. You are fluent in English. Skills in German, Dutch, Swedish and Chinese are a merit. You are willing to relocate for possible assignments throughout the organization. And of course, you identify yourself with our principles: active, open, positive and safe.


Location
You will be working in the department Sustainable Supply chain within Staff Function Sustainability and the position is located either in Berlin, Amsterdam or Solna.


Our offer
The IT & Strategy Talent Programme is a kickstart to your career within Vattenfall. We offer a two-year accelerated development programme based around your specific talents and personality. Each stage of the programme will have new abilities to learn and different targets to achieve, all aimed at accelerating your development towards the next sweet spot in your career. You can read more about our offer here: IT & Strategy Talent Programme - Vattenfall


Application process
We welcome your application in English, including resume and cover letter. Last day to apply is April 22nd 2022. Selection period starts in April, followed by online tests and interviews in April and May. The recruitment process will be finalized around the end of May/beginning of June. The last step will be a pre-employment screening. Starting date of the IT & Strategy Talent Programme will be September 1st 2022.


We look forward to your application!


If you have any questions regarding the Talent Programme in general please visit: Frequently asked questions - IT & Strategy Talent Programme - Vattenfall
Don’t miss our digital event: 07.04.2022: IT & Strategy Talent Programme | digital career event - Vattenfall


More information
For further information about the position or the recruitment process, please contact rrecruiter Sabina Eriksson at sabina.eriksson@vattenfall.com
Trade union representatives in Sweden 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.
Due to COVID-19 all steps of the recruitment process will take place virtual. At Vattenfall we are committed to acting responsibly in response to the challenges posed by COVID-19 and we are taking all necessary measures to protect employees and job applicants. For more questions about COVID-19, please visit our generic FAQ page.


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 Sweden, 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, please visit: Read more about our work with diversity.
Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure and many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classed, the final candidates might be subjected to a security vetting process in accordance with Swedish legislation.
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