Internship - Philanthropy Strategic Partnerships - April 2025

Référence de l’offre
250001K4

Type de contrat
Stage

Niveau d'expérience
Etudiants

Société du groupeGIE AXA

Famille métierMarketing et communication

Localisation
PARIS

**Votre rôle et vos missions**:
We are seeking a highly motivated Strategic Partnerships Intern to join our team for 6 months.

In this role, you will be responsible for supporting the development of the socio-economic philanthropy partnerships, gain hands on experience on the AXA Research Fund’s strategic partnership landscape. You will also be a key player in the dissemination and valorization of Climate and environmental science. More specifically, you will help us support selection process management for high quality results of project call and support important initiatives for bridging the science-policy gap including create content and work on events and seminars to valorize research outcomes.

**Your work environment**

The headquarters gathers approximately 1000 employees and is distinguished by its strong international culture (45 nationalities), which makes it a rich and stimulating place to work. AXA is built around diversity and unity, which is why we are committed to promoting collective success through inclusion.

Within the Group, you will join the AXA Research Fund. The AXA Research Fund is AXA Group’s scientific philanthropy initiative. Its mission is to support independent academic research in key areas related to risk and to inform science-based decision-making to address the most important issues facing our planet.

Since 2008, the AXA Research Fund has supported almost 720 research projects led by researchers in over 300 universities in 38 countries. The missions of the AXA Fund are to finance innovative research projects to inform public decision-making and make research accessible to the greatest number of people. As part of its mandate, the Fund engages with a range of strategic partners including international organizations (e.g. IPCC, UNESCO), world class research institutions (e.g. Cambridge University, Bocconi University, ETH Zürich), industry research centers (Swiss Re Institute), foundations (Red Cross) and many more. These partnerships complement our research portfolio by championing research around selected risk topics and targeting specific geographies (Africa). In addition, the Partnerships serve as a platform for exchange, bringing together leading minds of different research fields, to position knowledge into transformation action agendas across science, business, and public policy.

Within the AXA Research Fund, you will report to the Senior Partnerships and Development Manager and the Climate & Environment Scientific Philanthropy Partnership Manager to work transversally across topics to inform the Funds Strategy.

If you are searching for an impactful job, have an entrepreneurial, collaborative mindset and like challenges, join us

**What you will be doing**

You will be a key contributor in driving project management and knowledge dissemination efforts, playing an important role in enhancing our partnerships and amplifying the impact of our research initiatives in socio-economics and Climate sciences:

- Support the management of ongoing partnerships by developing project plans, drafting and reviewing call documents, development of briefs for steering committee meetings, event planning.
- Support the induction and onboarding on researchers selected under the theme of “Navigating misinformation and trust erosion in the digital age”
- Provide input to the develop of strategies to bridge the science-policy gap (research dissemination) and assist in positioning research outcomes in the right decision-making platforms for instance with universities, CEPR, OECD and AXA entities.
- Work on the production of events, thematic notes and research summaries highlighting research conducted in the socio-economic and climate ecosystems together with management and researchers,
- Liaise with the communication team to devise internal & external communication strategies to support the partnerships from the socio-economic and climate portfolios all along (social media, website..)
- Support collaboration across the team to ensure alignment on research objectives and findings

Providing support to the team as needed, including event organization, content writing, and operational assistance.

**Votre profil**:
**Let’s talk about you**
- Master or gap students with an academic background in the field of economics, political science, sociology, sustainability sciences, communications, business administration, marketing, engineering school or any other related field
- Strong analytical and research skills; knowledge of research methods and standards
- Ability to synthesize written output clearly and structure plans and output
- Knowledge in CRM is a plus
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, in English, work ability in French is