Ecosperity Project Intern (Jan 2025)

Your role

Ecosperity is Temasek’s core platform for sustainability advocacy and engagement. Through the platform, the Singapore-headquartered global investment firm drives global sustainability thought leadership with the development and execution of year-round activities to convene conversations, catalyze action, and push the climate change and sustainable development agenda. 

This internship position supports the Ecosperity Programme Office (EPO) in developing advocacy strategies and executing convenings. As an Intern, your key roles and responsibilities may include:

• Develop research pieces on focus topics for Ecosperity’s advocacy strategies and convening efforts.
• Support the curation of session narratives for high-level discussions at Ecosperity’s key convenings. 
• Play the role of liaison officer to senior external stakeholders, including developing admin briefs for speakers, presenters, and partners.
• Provide onsite support for Ecosperity’s convenings. 

About you

To apply for this role, you have to meet the following qualifications:

• Excellent written and spoken English. 
• Strong interest in sustainability, with informed perspectives on the latest trends, developments, and policies in sustainable development and climate action.
• A self-starter who works well in a fast-paced, highly dynamic environment.
• Resourceful, adaptable, motivated, and has initiative and a “can do” attitude. 
• Experience in strategy development and/or executing high-impact events preferred. 
• Enjoy engaging with stakeholders and building relationships. 
• Interested applicants must submit both a cover letter and a resume. 
• Please state your availability clearly in your resume or CV (Start date, End date). 

Benefits

Temasek offers a wide range of employee benefits, which include:

• Career development and personal wellness programs.
• Family-friendly initiatives that help staff to achieve their career and personal aspirations.
• Classes on meditation, stress management, and fitness activities to support them in managing their well-being.
• Flexible work arrangements.

Training and development

Temasek strongly emphasizes developing and deepening the capabilities, ensuring talent remains relevant for today and tomorrow. Temasek's ‘4Es’ talent framework incorporates development programs and opportunities for all staff to gain Experience, Exposure, Education, and Enrichment. The firm encourages mobility as a way of developing talent to acquire multidisciplinary domains and these include job rotations to different teams, overseas assignments, stints in portfolio companies, stretch assignments, mentoring, and coaching.

Career progression

Through Temasek's Internship Programmes, you will be immersed in the role of a generational investor working on real business challenges and ongoing business projects, and be a step closer to securing a full-time opportunity within the firm.

How to apply

• Interested applicants must submit both a cover letter and a resume. 
• Please state your availability clearly in your resume or CV (Start date, End date).

Source

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• career2.successfactors.eu/career
• temasek.com.sg
• youtube.com/temasek-singapore