Early Careers Program - Financial Services Industries

EARLY CAREERS PROGRAM

Financial Services Industries (6 month duration)

Please note: This role is not eligible for relocation or work authorization support – work onsite from our New York office, 3 days per week, is required

The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, and other leaders of society to build coalitions, projects and initiatives – digitally and physically – to address industry, regional and systemic issues.

Why we are recruiting

The Forum engages a team of close to 800 people across six global locations, dedicated to our mission of improving the state of the world. We value a highly spirited, diverse, and driven workforce, attracting people of more than 80 nationalities from all walks of life.

We believe that early talent is an essential and vibrant part of our community. Through our Early Careers Program (ECP), we welcome recently graduated professionals with a wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, skills, and experiences at our New York office.

This program is an exciting opportunity for participants to get a feel for working at the Forum, bringing in fresh ideas from their studies and gaining valuable real-world experience while making an impact.

Conditions and benefits of the Early Careers Program (ECP)

• All required technological equipment (laptop and mobile phone) and accesses
• This program is not eligible for relocation support
• We are flexible to accommodate start dates between September 1 and October 15 2023
• Monthly gross compensation of USD $4000
• Full-time onsite employment duration of 6 months with the World Economic Forum New York office

ECP – Financial Services Industries

The Financial Services Industries team represents the largest community of Forum partners representing institutions from over 40 countries from across the Banking & Capital Markets, Insurance & Asset Management, Investors and Real Estate industries. The Financial Services Industries team is responsible for engaging senior executives from these institutions in the Forum’s various activities and building an ambitious industry agenda where the Forum’s trusted platform is ideally suited to drive global dialogue and shape industry transformation.

Reason for hiring

We are looking for a strong early careers program (ECP) candidate to provide ongoing support, coordination and analysis to work related to a number of initiatives and communities. This support would be provided to colleagues working across Banking & Capital Markets, Insurance & Asset Management, Investors and Real Estate.

The selected candidate will be responsible for:

• Community Management: Support the development, curation, and operation of the various communities in the Industry team. This will include supporting Industry Heads in helping with onboarding new community members, managing communications and providing other administrative support for data quality and information management.
• Research/Content Curation: Undertake research on critical industry trends as required to support Industry dialogue series and community activities, including quantitative and qualitative analysis. Support the curation and development of marketing materials for internal and external stakeholders.
• Scoping & Evaluation: Work with Industry leads to help scope and develop cross-industry activities, including new potential strategy dialogues and opportunities to convene cross-sectoral communities across World Economic Forum events.
• Operational Excellence: Support the team’s operational success by helping with the preparation and execution of virtual and in-person workshops / meetings and managing communications with communities and working groups. Work collaboratively with Partner Leads and Industry Heads by providing other administrative support as required.

Preferred qualification and experience:

• 1+ years of internship/professional experience in financial services, research or management consulting
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, business, or international affairs (Master’s preferred)

Desired skills

• Strong organizational, project management, and interpersonal skills
• Strong implementation and follow through, advanced communication skills with excellent writing examples
• Self-starting, flexible, team-minded attitude, and solution driven mindset
• Strong interest in the financial services sector

Vaccination requirement

The Forum LLC requires that employees be fully vaccinated with at least one booster against COVID-19 by their first day of employment. The Forum will evaluate all requests for accommodation/exemption from this policy in keeping with federal, state, and local law.

Why work at the Forum:

The Forum believes that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to improve the state of the world by building awareness and cooperation, shaping mindsets and agendas, and driving collective action. Join us and become a driver for positive change!