Sustainability Officer Intern (M/F) - September 2024 (6 months)

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Internship
Puteaux
Salary: Not specified
A few days at home
Skills & expertise
Project management
Presentation skills
Communication skills
Analytical thinking
Team building
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Job description

The AXA Group, world leader in Financial Protection, supports and advises its individual and corporate customers at every life stage, providing them with the products and services that meet their insurance, personal protection, savings and wealth management needs.

Our areas of expertise are reflected in a range of products and services adapted to the needs of each client in three major business lines: property-casualty insurance, life & savings, and asset management. In 2020, present in 57 countries, the 160,000 employees and distributors of AXA were committed to serving more than 100 million clients.

AXA Corporate Center’s main missions are to:

  • Steer the entities in order to ensure the coherence of the strategies, the consistency of the commercial approaches as well as the optimization of the risks and results; 
  • Defining and coordinating Group policies, different transversal projects and standards, identifying and sharing best practices; 
  • Supporting the entities in order to help them to grow, to develop their offer, their management and steering standards as well as their risk management.

The head office of AXA Group (GIE AXA), based in La Défense Majunga, gathers the Group's corporate activities. It coordinates the various entities according to the Group's strategy and is responsible for managing international projects. The headquarters is composed with over 850 employees and is distinguished by its strong international culture (45 nationalities).

Team Presentation:

Within the Brand, Communication & Sustainability department, the Group Sustainability team (GST) supports AXA’s long-term strategy with respect to the Group Purpose: Act for human progress by protecting what matters. This includes steering the Group climate strategy, foster green business and inclusive protection, raise awareness regarding ESG matters within the entities and across the different professional families.

Key objectives for the team include:

  • Integrating ESG thinking within the organization through the Sustainability network worldwide and through the other professional families such as procurement, insurance, investment…
  • Coordinating all the ESG reporting for the Group • Contributing to AXA’s overall responsible investment and insurance strategies on critical issues such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity, and promoting inclusive protection through offers with a social benefit and/or prevention services
  • Reinforcing AXA’s understanding of key environmental, social, and ethical trends in society, helping to envision the role of insurance in society in the future.
  • Engaging and collaborating with external stakeholders from civil society on issues of strategic importance to AXA’s business (such as NGOs, international institutions and national authorities).

Main purpose of the mission:

Within this department, you will support the ESG Integration team in the coordination of different projects:

  • Manage and upskill the sustainability network and the ESG community:
    • Contribute to the organization of the monthly calls with networks of internal sustainability officers worldwide
    • Support the organization of internal workshops, masterclass, seminars to foster integration of ESG in other professional families
  • Contribute to the citizenship programs of AXA:
    • Support the team in the reporting of philanthropy & volunteering activities of AXA Group worldwide
    • Contribute to the development of new philanthropic partnerships with NGOs
    • Help preparing philanthropy committee meetings (slides, background checks on NGOs, follow up)
    • Contribute to the strategic review of the employees international volunteering program 
  • Contribute to the disclosure and communication of ESG and philanthropy achievements:
    • Follow up of existing projects with NGOs and find communication opportunities
    • Coordinate events with NGOs
    • Contribute to answer when appropriate to non-financial questionnaires

Vous rejoignez une entreprise :

-    Responsable, vis-à-vis des personnes, y compris ses employés et ses clients, et de la planète. -    Aux valeurs fortes-    Qui encourage la mobilité interne, et la formation de ses employés-    Qui vous offre de nombreux avantages (en savoir plus ici : Reward & Benefits - french | AXA Group)-    Flexible, qui permet le travail hybride, au bureau et à la maison.

Les informations fournies par les candidat(e)s seront traitées de manière strictement confidentielle et utilisées uniquement à des fins de recrutement.


Preferred experience

Professional skills:

  • Master Degree final year or gap year.
  • A previous experience in project management is mandatory.
  • Strong project management skills, able to follow complex projects with many actors.
  • Very good writing skills in English and French.
  • Experience in working in international groups and/or large companies.
  • Synthesis spirit, able to catch main ideas and to organize and summarize information.
  • Good analytical skills.
  • Autonomous, able to work remotely.
  • Good interpersonal skills.
  • Good command of PowerPoint and Excel.
  • Knowledge of ESG issues is a plus.

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