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Project Lead NextGen Impact Forum (m/f/d)

30 % (limited from immediately to 30.09.2027)

Your tasks

What you will do
  • Unite diverse stakeholders around the concept, planning, and delivery of the NextGen Impact Forum.
  • Build and engage the NextGen Impact student community, bringing together students, clubs, and sustainability programmes across HSG.
  • Lead and coordinate a small student team anchored in the University's
  • Integrative Sus-tainability Management (SuM) certificate programme, turning ideas into action.
  • Connect and support student initiatives and help increase their visibility and impact.
  • Build relationships and co-create events within the Forum with internal and external partners.
  • Help shape the Forum's communications and social media presence, particularly on In-stagram and LinkedIn.

Your profile

What you bring
  • Passion for sustainability, impact, and bringing people together.
  • A good understanding of the HSG ecosystem and motivation to help shape it.
  • Initiative, creativity, and strong organizational and communication skills.
  • Confidence working with different stakeholders and taking ownership of a project.
  • Interest or experience in social media and community building.
  • Previous leadership or student engagement experience is a plus.
  • You are an HSG student, ideally well into your Bachelor's or pursuing a
  • Master's degree, and can be regularly present in St.Gallen.
  • Excellent German and good English.
The NextGen Impact Forum is HSG's student-driven platform for sustainability and impact, bringing together students, student initiatives, faculty, alumni, and external partners. Through workshops, discussions, networking, project showcases, and the NextGen Impact Award, the Forum creates a space for students to connect, learn from one another, and turn ideas into action.
As the Project Lead NextGen Impact Forum, you will take ownership of the Forum while mobilizing a small team of students to co-create it with you. You will work closely with the Lead R&S Co-Curriculum and students from programmes and initiatives including SuM and MaCS.

The position is a 30% part-time role on a fixed-term (one year) contract, with some variation in workload across the academic year.
Interested? Please send your CV and a short motivation letter outlining relevant experience and why you would like to shape NextGen Impact by 6 September 2026 to NextGen@unisg.ch.
For questions, please contact Rachel Brooks, Head of R&S Curriculum Development, or Maryna Potriina, Lead R&S Co-Curriculum Development.
We are looking forward to your online-application stating the job ID
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Inspirational Work Environment

Inspirational Work Environment

Executive Education

Executive Education

Network

Network

Family & Career

Family & Career

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunities

Fit and Healthy

Fit and Healthy

Inspirational Work Environment

Inspirational Work Environment

At the HSG, as Europe's leading business university, we operate in an entrepreneurial environment where you will meet highly qualified, ambitious experts - both regionally and internationally. For example, you benefit from a modern IT infrastructure and, in our library via HSGswisscovery, from nationwide access to the wealth of scientific information available.

Executive Education

Executive Education

We support internal and external executive education opportunities. Our internal executive education programme offers you a practical, dedicated and didactically mature transfer of knowledge in the form of seminars, e-learning, coaching and collegial advice. We support task-specific external training and executive education financially as well as with regard to the time required.

Network

Network

We promote our culture of cross-functional collaboration and create space for forging valuable relationships - also with external partners. Regular exchanges and internal events help to strengthen these relationships and make them long-lasting.

Family & Career

Family & Career

We provide our employees with flexible work time models with a variable number of hours per week. As a family-friendly employer, we offer part-time positions, 16 weeks of maternity leave and a subsidised crèche, as well as support with childcare during the vacations.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunities

The University enables equal opportunities for all employees and students. This applies to degree courses and work, as well as academic careers, university management positions and the reconciliation of studies, work and private commitments. We are committed to this with various measures in the areas of teaching, research, administration and the Presidency.

Fit and Healthy

Fit and Healthy

We help you stay fit and healthy. In addition to our diverse range of sports activities at the university, most of which are free of charge, and campaign weeks for corporate health management, we also offer you fruit in the workplace. In our canteen you will find a wide selection of freshly prepared meals - from vegetarian to fish dishes - at discounted prices.

Further information on working at the HSG can be found here.

For job-related questions

Dr. Rachel Brooks
Head of Sustainability Curriculum Development

We look forward to receiving your application!


Maryna Potriina
Lead Co-Curriculum Development

For any questions about the project or the position, please feel free to contact me.

Your place of work

University of St.Gallen

«A place where knowledge is created» - As one of Europe's leading universities of economics and business administration, the University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland, is committed to the education of over 10'000 students. The HSG is one of the largest employers in the region and provides an attractive and innovative environment for more than 3'800 researchers, educators and professional staff.