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Sustainable Development Assistant Summer Intern

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Reference 00369  (Please mention Stopdodo/Environment Jobs in your application)
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Location Pennsylvania - America North
Town/City PA-Pittsburgh
Type Temporary / Contract / Seasonal
Status Full Time
Level Voluntary & Interns
Deadline 01/05/2009
Company Name Bayer
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Bayer Corporation is the North American subsidiary of Bayer AG. Bayer Corporation encompasses the corporate-center functions that support Bayer subgroups in North America: Bayer CropScience, Bayer Healthcare and Bayer MaterialScience. Bayer Corporation departments include: Enterprise Accounting, Corporate Communications, Internal Audit, Law and Patents, Mergers and Acquisitions, Tax and Treasury.
Bayer Corporation is currently seeking an intern for the summer semester for our Pittsburgh, PA location. Relocation assistance will not be provided. The primary responsibility of this role is, with limited supervisory guidance, to lead projects to support Bayer Corporation's overarching goal to be a recognized North America leader in sustainable development. The 2009 focus for this overarching goal is sustainability thinking education for employees, proposing sustainability leadership projects, and defining focal points for North America's sustainability efforts.
The incumbent will:
  • Identify, test and customize strategic tools for sustainability strategy;
  • Gather and design content for technical sustainability education;
  • Design and execute stakeholder interviewing on sustainability;
  • Assess competitor's sustainability strategies;
  • Attend relevant sustainability meetings.

Qualifications

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The selected candidate is required to possess the following:
  • Pursuing a Bachelors degree with an emphasis in Sustainability;

  • A passion for sustainability, meeting the needs of today's society without compromising the ability for future generations to meet their own needs;
  • Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to establish rapport easily and quickly with a wide variety of individuals;
  • Ability to absorb a lot of content and synthesize the content into insights and knowledge;
  • Ability to be creative when faced with a challenge;
  • Highly professional in demeanor and appearance (working in the Office of the President);
  • Ability to be effective with minimal supervision;
  • Ability and willingness to work May through August;
  • Ability and willingness to work 40 hours a week.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Pursuing a Sustainability MBA;
  • Excellent verbal communication and technical writing skills.
Bayer is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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