Deadline:
As soon as possible
Location(s)
United States of America
San Francisco, California
Overview
Details
The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation.
The Forum engages the foremost political, business, and other leaders of society to build coalitions and initiatives – digitally and physically – to address industry, regional and systemic issues.
Why we are recruiting
The Forum engages a team of close to 800 people across six global locations, dedicated to our mission of improving the state of the world. We value a highly spirited, diverse, and driven workforce, attracting people of more than 80 nationalities from all walks of life.
We believe that early talents are an essential and vibrant part of our community. Through our Early Careers Programme, we welcome young professionals with a wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, skills, and experiences at our San Francisco office.
This programme is an exciting opportunity for participants to get a feel for working at the Forum, bringing in fresh ideas from their studies and gaining valuable real-world experience while making an impact.
How to apply
The positions we offer are best suited to bachelor’s and master’s program graduates, with at least one previous professional experience. Please review the opportunity below and submit your CV, letting us know in your cover letter why role is best suited for you. We will review your application and revert to you. We look forward to hearing from you!
Reason for hiring:
Centre for Urban Transformation drives global impact and advances the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through coordinated local level action to enable more resilient and future-ready cities.
The Centre’s flagship initiative, the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance, brings public-private leaders together to accelerate the responsible adoption of technology to advance the SDGs within cities. This is achieved by strengthening city policies where technology is an enabler for urban transformation, sharing incentive mechanisms, and engaging global leaders to accelerate policy adoption and innovation.
The Centre is looking for a university graduate to support the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance’s areas of work including: (1) sustainability, particularly the creation of model policies and benchmarking assessments to help cities advance their net-zero goals, and (2) a global campaign on digital inclusion.
The selected candidate will be responsible for:
- Support the team in successfully managing project and taskforce deliverables and community engagement for the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance.
- Coordinate communication and engagement with key stakeholders including city, business, civil society, and academic leaders.
- Support and coordinate high-profile events, workshops and meetings (both virtual and in-person) with key stakeholders and global leaders in urban transformation.
- Conduct preliminary research and analysis of city policies and best practices to support the development of model policies.
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Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Qualifications and experience:
- Bachelor’s required. Master’s preferred in Public Policy, Urban Development, International Relations, Technology Governance, or a related field.
- One to two years of relevant work experience or equivalent. International and/or sustainability experience a plus.
- Experience in project management, community management, or partnership building in a multicultural environment.
- Demonstrated organizational and planning skills to support multiple tasks and assignments simultaneously.
- Strong verbal communication skills to interact diplomatically with diverse internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong written communication skills, including content generation.
- Experience and comfort providing support with administrative, coordination, and event activities.
- Proactive, resourceful, and solution oriented.
- Enthusiastic to collaborate with people from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds and a flexible team player.
- Strong command of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and database management). Salesforce experience a plus.
Dates
Deadline: As soon as possible
Cost/funding for participants
Conditions and benefits of the Early Careers Programme
- Full-time onsite employment contract of 6 months with the World Economic Forum, San Francisco office
- We are flexible to accommodate start dates between April 1 and April 29 2024
- Monthly gross compensation of USD $4000
- All required technological equipment (laptop and mobile phone) and accesses provided
- This program is not eligible for relocation or work authorization support
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