Analyst Intern – Responsible Value Chains

Do you want to make a real impact with your analytical skills? Do you want to contribute to improved value chain transparency, making products more sustainable, impacts on the living environment, human rights improvements, preservation of biodiversity and an inclusive society? Do you want to develop yourself in the growing field of impact measurement and be part of an ambitious and driven organization?

We are currently looking for a motivated Analyst Intern to join our consulting team to support our projects and products.

Activities

You work closely with consulting team providing support on international value chains with a focus on food and will be working on internal and client projects with regular team check-ins. At the start, you will do supplementary analysis under close supervision, as it involves client work. Soon you will get more responsibilities and support throughout all phases of a project’s cycle.
You support our consultancy projects by:
- Contributing to quantitative analyses on environmental, social and economic benefits and costs based on primary and secondary data.
- Conducting economic and business analyses to formulate and assess projects that companies can do to profitably improve their impact
- Working together with our data, software and research teams

What do we offer?

A dynamic, flexible, and stimulating working environment with fun colleagues with intrinsic motivation, who want to change the world with you.
A 5- 6 month internship, 32-40 hours per week
Active coaching, regular training (onboarding, team training, consulting training, etc) and supervision
Access to a strong network (partner-organizations, board members)
Actual responsibilities and the opportunity to have impact
Compensation starts from €550 while studying for your bachelor’s degree and up to €785 per month with a completed master’s degree based on a fulltime internship.
Functional work areas: Impact, Sustainability, Strategy, Economics, Environment, Life cycle assessment and Finance.
Additional benefits: Laptop, NS-Business Card or commute allowance

Your profile

You are looking for professional experience in a stimulating environment, where you will learn a lot and get the opportunity to work on projects that have an impact. You want an internship at a social enterprise that works on the basis of solid analysis, sustainable innovation and transparency. You are looking for an opportunity to learn about and contribute to a cutting-edge field that meets a fast growing demand among private, public and non-governmental sector organizations worldwide.

Currently studying a bachelor’s degree or master’s degree or have completed your studies and would like to gain more professional experience in the field.
Sustainability and/or quantitative background (coursework in sustainability, econometrics, statistics, mathematics, physics, information sciences, life cycle assessment and/or industrial ecology).
Affinity with sustainable development, business consulting, economics, social or environmental sciences.
Experience with programming and databases is a plus.
Ambitious person with a drive to improve the world.
Independent, accurate, results-oriented and problem solver.
Ability to communicate about technical issues with people without a technical background.
Ability to write in English at academic level. Dutch reading skills are a strong plus, Dutch fluency and knowledge are a plus as well.

Are you ready?

If you recognize yourself in the above, we welcome you to apply for this position by sending your resume, cover letter and list of grades to recruitment@impactinstitute.com. We will review applications on a rolling basis. We prefer to have direct contact with our applicants, therefore we do not work with intermediaries, such as recruitment agencies.

Embark on a rewarding journey with us! Join our dynamic team and kickstart your career adventure with a starting date in May. Explore new opportunities and grow with us!

About Impact Institute

The Impact Institute is a social enterprise. Our mission at the Impact Institute is to empower organisations and individuals to realise the impact economy. We do this by creating a common language for impact through the publication of open source standards and by providing the tools, training, and services to implement those standards. We give organisations – multinationals, SMEs, NGOs, governments – the information needed for sustainable risk management, innovation and stakeholder management. Read our vision and Mission to learn more about us. The Impact Institute team also powers True Price.