Hi everyone, I’m Janne and I work with the Sustainability team as a Sustainability Projects Assistant. As I will be leaving the team soon off to a new job, I thought this would be a good time to share my experiences and reflect on working with the King’s Sustainability team.
After graduating from my MA Cities at King’s I started here as a STEP intern. I have always been very interested in sustainability and with a group of friends at King’s I established a sustainability committee called ‘sustainitects’. This role seemed like a great opportunity to get involved with sustainability projects at King’s so I applied straight away!
The role is varied and you get a chance to work closely with students and staff cross the College, which I find really inspiring. My favourite project has been my research on education for sustainable development. It was very interesting to have conversations about sustainable development with so many people at the College.
I got quite a lot of responsibility managing internal and external projects early on, which gives you valuable transferable skills such as time management and project planning. You also develop a wealth of knowledge about sustainability strategy and communications. Working in a multidisciplinary team and with people on various levels also teaches you a lot about yourself and this has been a very rewarding experience for me.
I really like that our team has been able to offer starting points for initiatives on sustainability development at King’s and I’m proud of kicking off various sustainability projects with students and staff. It’s great to have a tangible impact on sustainability and strategy at the College and even just to inspire people to think about sustainable development.
I hope I’ve given you a bit of an impression about how it’s been to work here! I’m off to the Netherlands to start a new job in a few weeks. If you’d like to stay in touch you can always add me on LinkedIn or email sustainability@kcl.ac.uk.
Best wishes,
Janne
There are a number of paid internship opportunities with the team available now. See the Careers Group website for more details and to apply.
