Student Assistant to Executive Office

Do you want to work within the Executive Office of a global engineering and consulting firm that facilitates strategic decisions and solutions to some of the world’s most complex challenges? Are you interested in gaining valuable experience supporting executive leadership and advancing your career in corporate management? Then Join us at COWI to enhance your knowledge and contribute positively to our initiatives.

Join COWI as a Student Assistant in the Executive Office

COWI experiences an increased demand for its services and delivers substantial results. This enhanced role in the market generates a consistent stream of large and complex projects, necessitating extra business support. In COWI’s Executive Office, we are seeking motivated students to join our dynamic team supporting the Executive Office and assisting the CEO, CFO and CBDO in their challenging daily activities. This is a unique opportunity to contribute directly to the team that is behind the executive leadership that drives COWI’s strategic growth and sustainability agenda.

As a Student Assistant in the Executive Office, your tasks will include:

• Conducting research and compiling data to support decision-making and initiatives


• Preparing clear and concise reports, presentations, and documentation for internal teams and external stakeholders


• Simplifying complex information to enable effective communication between teams and executive leadership


• Helping prepare meeting rooms and compiling materials ahead of executive meetings


• Assisting in coordinating internal events, workshops, or leadership sessions in collaboration with other teams

Your skills. Our team. Together, we lead the future

The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you will have:

• Enrollment in higher education in business, economics, social sciences, or related fields


• At least 2-3 years left in your studies


• A can-do attitude with motivation to develop your skills in executive office functions


• Availability to work 15-20 hours per week with flexibility around exams and academic commitments


• Strong communication and collaboration skills, and a positive approach to teamwork


• Super user in Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Word, Excel, SharePoint)


• Very strong proficiency in PowerPoint, including creating professional presentations.

A place to work and so much more

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

Got more questions? 

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Anton Guldborg Ravn, Manager in Executive Office, at [email protected]

Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

We do our utmost to ensure that our recruitment process is as fair and unbiased as possible. You can help us by not including a photo in your CV when you apply.

Diversity is fundamental to COWI, inclusion is key.

We are committed to creating a respectful and fair work environment where all employees have a sense of belonging and equitable opportunities to thrive and grow. We ensure that our leaders are role models for inclusive leadership by cultivating a culture where diverse perspectives and thoughts are seen as strengths. And we take diversity and inclusion into account in all relevant decisions and processes and when setting teams and fora. We do it because it-is part of our values and because it-is simply the right thing to do.

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