Project Leader for Sustainability Advocates

Salary Unpaid

About the Programme 

Sustainability Advocates is a volunteer and educational program that runs under the roof of Station (Student Innovation House Copenhagen). It targets students and recent graduates from multiple educational backgrounds, who wish to make an impact in the field of sustainability. Through the program students gain knowledge on sustainability and how to implement it into meaningful projects, working together with companies and institutions in the Copenhagen area.

Sustainability Advocates is an entirely student-driven program where students can implement their own sustainability-related project ideas and take ownership. The program consists of a Leadership Team that jointly defines the framework of the program, commits to 4 projects, and sets goals for them. After this kick-off phase, the leadership team then recruits students to work with them on these projects for a time frame of 4 months.

General qualifications to become part of the Leadership Team

Student or recent graduate in the Copenhagen area with the ability to commit to the programme
Ability to work both independently as well as in a team
Fluent in English.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
Open-minded, compassionate, and proactive 
Passionate about the UN SDGs, sustainability, and change-making

Project Leader

4 people with ambitious ideas on sustainability will be project leads. In the role as project lead you will be responsible of defining a project for the recruited students to work on. You will decide the scope and subject of the project, together with the Head of Programme and other project leads.

Qualifications

You burn for your ideas and you are commited to realize them
Proactive & engaging
You are confident with taking responsibility for your team

Tasks

Seek potential partner for project
Design and scope the project
Be the main contact to the partner organization
Define goals and outputs for the project
Engage and lead the recruited students within your project

For more information or questions please contact us at john.c@station.dk

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Flexible working hours

Time is precious. Make it count. Morning person or night owl, this job is for you.

Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

Near public transit

Easy access and treehugger friendly workplace.

Social gatherings

Social gatherings and games; hang out with your colleagues.

Skill development

We want to take you from good to great.

Maternity / paternity leave

Kids are the future, go spend time with them.

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Working at
Station

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Roles at the bottom of the page! We are an interdisciplinary community of students and recent graduates who 1. create the most thriving crossdisciplinary student community 2. empower students through hands-on programmes and projects about sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship, and 3. engage in collaborations with the private, public and civic sector. We are 30-40 core volunteers and around 250 members split into smaller teams doing programmes, projects and activities. We are from every university in greater Copenhagen and specialize in a multitude of different disciplines ranging from STEM to social sciences and journalism to everything business related. We are also culturally mixed with approximately 50% Danish and 50% Internationals. We are based in the 100-year-old police station of Frederiksberg that we have just transformed to the slickest space for 52 million DKK to fit the ideas of bright minds. Station is the first crossdisciplinary hub for student innovation - and if you have a drive to make a difference and would like to connect with great people - we are here for you!