Early Career Programme - Centre for Urban Transformation

EARLY CAREERS PROGRAM

6-month duration

(Please note: This role is not eligible for relocation or work authorization support – work onsite from our New York office, 3 days per week, is required)

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, projects 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 New York 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!

Conditions and benefits of the Early Careers Programme

• Full-time onsite employment contract of 6 months with the World Economic Forum, New York 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

Vaccination requirement

The Forum LLC requires that employees be fully vaccinated with at least one booster against COVID-19 by their first day of employment. The Forum will evaluate all requests for accommodation/exemption from this policy in keeping with federal, state, and local law.

Centre for Urban Transformation

G20 GLOBAL SMART CITIES ALLIANCE

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 recent 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 successful management of project and taskforce deliverables for the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance.
• Identify and coordinate engagement with key stakeholder including city, business, civil society, and academic leaders.
• Conduct preliminary research and analysis of city policies and best practices to support the development of model policies.
• Help organize and manage high-profile events, workshops and meetings (both virtual and in-person) with key stakeholders and global leaders.

Preferred qualification and experience:

• Master’s degree with broad intellectual background, ideally, with subject matter expertise in public policy, technology governance or sustainability (climate).
• One to two years of relevant work experience or equivalent.
• Experience in project management, community management, and partnership building in a multicultural environment, consulting background is an advantage.

Desired skills:

• Demonstrated organizational, planning and communication skills (verbal, written and editorial) with perfect command of verbal and written English.
• Experience and comfort working on matters involving administrative and coordination support.
• Strong command of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and database management)

Why work at the Forum:

The Forum believes that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to improve the state of the world by building awareness and cooperation, shaping mindsets and agendas, and driving collective action. Join us and become a driver for positive change!