Final-year Internship - Sustainability & Sustainable Transformation Consultant

Job description

You join Wavestone’s Sustainability Business Unit in Paris. It supports large organizations in their sustainable, human and organizational transformations, sometimes using Data and AI.

You work on assignments covering CSR strategy, climate, decarbonization, CSRD and sustainable IT. You carry out assessments, prepare client workshops and write recommendations, supported by a tutor and a manager.

This final-year internship is for students in their last year of study, and it can lead to a job.

What you'll do

• Analyze an organization’s environmental, social and regulatory issues
• Carry out assessments, benchmarks and maturity analyses
• Help define CSR, climate or sustainable IT strategies
• Structure roadmaps, indicators and governance frameworks
• Help produce ESG reports and support CSRD compliance
• Assess the environmental impact of digital transformations or AI projects where relevant
• Prepare and run workshops with business, CSR, Data and IT teams
• Produce recommendations, decision-making materials and action plans
• Contribute to internal work and to the Sustainability community’s monitoring of trends

Who they're looking for

• Hard skills: Knowledge of, or strong interest in, CSR, climate, ESG or sustainable IT
• Hard skills: Ability to handle and interpret quantitative and qualitative data
• Hard skills: Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Hard skills: Knowledge of CSRD, carbon footprint assessment, Green IT or life cycle analysis is appreciated
• Hard skills: Understanding of the main uses of Data and AI for sustainability issues is appreciated
• Soft skills: Intellectual curiosity and eagerness to learn
• Soft skills: Team spirit and enjoyment of collaborative work
• Soft skills: Ability to analyze, summarize and structure
• Soft skills: Independence, rigor and sense of responsibility
• Soft skills: Ease in written and oral communication
• Final-year student at a top engineering or business school (engineering degree, Grande École program)
• Motivation to discover consulting and client environments
• Interest in organizational transformation issues
• Specialization or strong interest in the environment, energy, CSR or sustainable transformation
• First foundations gained through courses, academic projects, student associations or internships
• French: fluent level required for this role
• English: good professional level, written and spoken, required for this role