Student assistant for ESG research

at  Copenhagen Business School

Student Assistant at the Department of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School
We are over 130 fulltime employees at MSC, who all work with research, teaching and administration. MSC is located in Dalgas Have, Frederiksberg. You can read more about the department and our research areas at: https://www.cbs.dk/en/research/departments-and-centres/department-of-management-society-and-communication
We are looking for a student assistant to support a researcher and their team of student assistants. The work is methodological, multidisciplinary and data driven related to the field of ESG (environmental, social and governance).

The tasks can include but are not limited to:

• Developing, testing, and optimizing an ESG scoring tool
• Improvement of data availability through web scraping and API
• Methodological work on how to better quantify and interpret raw board member data
• Creating graphs and reports on board member ESG knowledge using Power BI and database languages such as SQL

We are looking for someone who:

• Is skilled at quantitative task using a variety of different computational languages such as Python, R, SQL or Excel (VBA)
• Has good statistical understanding to conduct econometric analysis on financial data
• Has analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to clearly communicate quantitative methods
• Has the ability to qualitatively interpret quantitative findings
• Can work alone as well as collaboratively with a team
• Can communicate complex topics in a clear manner
• Comfortable when interacting with any (internal or external) stakeholder

Please note that you need to be a master’s student to be considered for the position. Priority will be given to those who has a bachelor’s degree and/or are doing their master’s in the area of economics or social data science.
We can offer a position in a friendly and fun pace to work. We are an international department and value the different perspectives everyone contributes with to our department.

SALARY AND TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

Employment will take place in accordance with the HK organizational agreement and the Collective Agreement between the Ministry of Taxation and Publicly Employed Organizations (OAO-S Collective Agreement).
The salary amounts to between DKK 132.68 and DKK 139.19 depending on previous employment with office employment experience and level of education. Pension is paid if there has been 9 months of prior employment in the public sector and you are over 20 years old, or have previously been covered by a pension scheme as part of a previous employment. The pension contribution amounts to 11.19% of the pensionable salary components.
It is a requirement that you are an active student at a higher education institution to be employed.
MSC is looking for a student assistant for a permanent position until you finish your studies.
Working hours: on average 15 hours per week
Expected Start: As soon as possible
Should you have any questions do not hesitate to contact HR coordinator Rikke Petersen at rpe.msc@cbs.dk

• Developing, testing, and optimizing an ESG scoring tool
• Improvement of data availability through web scraping and API
• Methodological work on how to better quantify and interpret raw board member data
• Creating graphs and reports on board member ESG knowledge using Power BI and database languages such as SQ