Africa Talent by Deloitte - Sustainability Graduate Programme 2025- JHB/CPT
Deloitte
- Midrand, Johannesburg
- Contract
- Full-time
- Create, driving & own the learning roadmap for Africa Talent professionals
- Ensuring that Africa Talent skill development aligns with our client need
- An ever dynamic and growing internal scaleup with a purpose
- The stability and trustworthiness of a purpose driven global brand, ready to build your own future and add to Africa’s prosperity
- Being the driver of Africa Talent’s day-to-day operations
- A competitive package of benefits
- A hybrid work environment with possibility to work at home some days
- A driven and ambitious team that looks to you for making the team tick
practice by sharing your risk management, GHG accounting and industry experience across a diverse range of clients, helping our clients navigate the energy transition and meet their decarbonization priorities. In addition to working on client projects, you will support in preparing proposals, client meetings workshops, research and articles. We value innovative thinking and diverse insights, inspiring growth within our practice and input into the wider ecosystem at Deloitte. Your contribution will allow immense personal growth, while helping the sustainability practice evolve to meet the future needs of our clients.Job DescriptionAre you passionate about sustainability and looking for an opportunity to make a real impact? We are seeking a highly motivated graduates to join our team at Africa Talent by Deloitte. As an entry graduate, you will support our Sustainability practice by participating in client projects, research and delivery of assurance, with an aim to help companies on their journey towards compliance with CSRD and other ESG regulations. It requires you to evolve your familiarity with the ESG reporting regulatory environment and assurance standards, while bringing innovative ideas and solutions to our clients that will truly make an impact on their business and society as a whole. Your contribution will allow immense personal growth, while helping the sustainability practice evolve to meet the future needs of our clients.What will you do?You will have the opportunity to work directly with engagement teams delivering unique solutions to clients as you bring your ideas, creativity and passion for excellence as you make an impact that matters:
- supporting clients in navigating through the evolving landscape of legislation and frameworks on sustainability an integrated reporting (e.g. CSRD, EU Taxonomy, etc.).
- assisting clients in developing a compliant, yet value-driven reporting framework (i.e. conducting CSRD gap assessments, double materiality assessments, developing KPIs, obtaining and improving ESG ratings.
- participating in discussions with the team members and clients, identifying ESG impacts, risks and opportunities and developing supporting materials to facilitate through the project phases.
- analyzing and progressing both quantitative ESG data sets as well as qualitative targets, policies, and action plan.
- providing direct support to assurance teams in assessing the compliance of the disclosed information with ESG reporting standards
- contributing to external and internal meetings with professional and structured overviews (e.g. email, PowerPoint decks, Excel factsheets etc.).
- Bachelors degree in business and sustainability
- Engineering degree including a masters combining business and sustainability
- Any other relevant degree is advantageous
- A postgraduate or masters qualification in any of the above streams is advantageous
- No previous work experience required
- Demonstrates an interest and passion for understanding the sustainability landscape and its applicability in the world of business.