Project lead Sustainability in Academia at the HSG Delegate's Team for R&S (m/w/d)
Your tasks
The Project Lead Sustainability in Academia is responsible for maintaining and scaling-up the Sustainability in Academia platform. This role includes managing operations, driving website growth, strengthening our digital community, positioning the initiative in Responsible Management Education spaces, and acquiring funding by formulating value propositions for corporate partners and sponsors. The successful candidate plays a critical role in ensuring the platform's growth, engagement, and impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Website management and growth: further develop and drive the Sustainability in Academia digital platform strategy.
- Community building and engagement: Streamline and develop incentives for sustained user engagement, turning visitors into contributors.
- Marketing and communications: Create and manage communication materials across social media, newsletters, and email campaigns. You will prepare conference presentations, organise and host workshops.
- Content strategy and SEO optimisation: Develop and execute a content plan that improves discoverability and relevance. Implement technical SEO enhancements and distribution strategies to increase reach and traffic.
- Partnership-building and stakeholder management: Cultivate and manage relationships and ensure effective collaboration with institutional partners, funding partners, and stakeholders.
Your profile
- Bachelor's degree or higher.
- Proven skills in digital product management, growth marketing, and online community management.
- Experienced in managing multichannel communications, including social media, newsletters, and email campaigns.
- Confident in building and managing relationships with institutional partners, sponsors, and funding agencies.
- Impact-driven (in the SDG sense), with a strong interest in Responsible Management Education.
- Strong agency, problem-solving, strategic thinking, and a continuous learning mindset, with the capacity to prioritize effectively.
- Bring a fresh, entrepreneurial mindset.
- Proficient in English; knowledge of German is an advantage.
Sustainability in Academia is a collaborative initiative between the University of St. Gallen, WWF Switzerland, and the Network for Business Sustainability. It is a resource hub that aims to integrate sustainability into higher education curricula by offering a database of high-quality, curated materials and tools for teaching sustainability.
We are looking forward to receiving your resume and cover letter that should include your prior experience in this area by December 7th, 2025. For any questions do not hesitate to contact Dr. Anna Diaz Tena.
Inspirational Work Environment
Executive Education
Network
Family & Career
Equal Opportunities
Fit and Healthy
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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 3'500 researchers, educators and professional staff.
