Student Worker, Government and Public Affairs

Job Description

Are you passionate about policy and public affairs and would like to join a dynamic team working to support a broad corporate agenda? Can you contribute with project management skills and great stakeholder management capacities to enhance the LEGO Group’s advocacy objectives? 

The LEGO Group Government and Public Affairs function is looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to join our Policy & Global Engagement team as student worker. This is an outstanding opportunity to gain experience in corporate advocacy strategies whilst supporting our public affairs engagement and government relations activities globally.

Core Responsibilities

• Support our Policy and Global Engagement colleagues through project management of key advocacy efforts on our sustainability agenda.
• Help manage and develop corporate policy networks, including by creating meeting agendas, developing supporting materials, communicating with internal and external stakeholders, and proactively identifying next steps. 
• Offer wider team support across our other priority areas as relevant, including digital policy, value chain policy and around the newly recognized UN International Day of Play.
• Assist with event planning (virtual and physical), execution and post-event wrap up.

​Play your part in our team succeeding

Bring your innovative spirit, curiosity and expertise to life and join the LEGO Group’s Government and Public Affairs (GPA) team as a student worker. In this position, you will play an important role in helping to drive our public affairs engagement and agenda across a diverse range of issues globally, focusing notably on sustainability issues. 

Government & Public Affairs supports the LEGO Group’s mission to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.  We do this through strategic engagement with governments and related stakeholders, expanding market opportunities, protecting our business from political and legislative risk, and enhancing our reputation. It is our purpose to be purveyors of the magic, calming the seas, and shaping play-filled futures.

"We represent the LEGO Group on the world stage – helping to shape the agenda on the topics that matter most to us and making sure the mission of the company is heard by governments and policymakers globally."

Do you have what it takes?

• It is a prerequisite that you are enrolled in an educational institution during your employment as a student worker.
• You are inspired, thoughtful, independent and self-motivated student worker with strong digital competencies and great communication skills, and an interest in public policy, corporate social responsibility, and government affairs.  
• You show initiative and enjoy problem-solving and delivering results, and you have high integrity and work ethic.  
• You have a background or strong interest in public policy, international affairs, communication or similar. 
• Experience of project management and strong organisational skills.  
• Excellent writing and communication skills with strong interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in English, both written and spoken.
• Can work approx. 2 days a week (15-20 hours per week). 
• Strong graphic skills and visual eye; especially excellent handling of PowerPoint. Experience with PowerBI an advantage. 

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

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