Africa Talent by Deloitte -NL - Sustainability Graduate Programme 2026- JHB/CPT

About Africa Talent

Talent by Deloitte (Africa Talent) is a competency center formed between Deloitte Africa and Deloitte North South Europe. Our goal is to recruit and develop Talent throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and meet the growing demand for Talent in Africa and Europe while bringing jobs, skills and experience to Africa, building the continent. Africa Talent professionals have the full Deloitte experience, getting both local and international exposure to a diverse set of clients and Deloitte teams while working remotely from Africa.

The ethos of our organization is characterized by vision, purpose beyond profit and an appetite to innovate and deliver creative, high impact solutions to urgent client challenges.

Every day, your work will make an impact that matters, while you thrive in a dynamic culture of inclusion, collaboration, and high performance. As the undisputed leader in professional services, Deloitte – Africa Talent - is where you will find unrivalled opportunities to succeed and realize your full potential.

This new team is a true encapsulation of hybrid work whereby you gain access and exposure to learn from and engage with colleagues in South Africa and across Europe, while working virtually from your local Deloitte office, or from home. The learning consultant is key to the continued development of our Africa Talent Professionals and key to the value we add to making our clients responsible businesses. Being a quickly growing division also brings ample opportunities for personal growth in the role.

Key responsibilities

• Create, driving & own the learning roadmap for Africa Talent professionals

• Ensuring that Africa Talent skill development aligns with our client need

What’s in it for you?

• An ever dynamic and growing internal scaleup with a purpose

• The stability and trustworthiness of a purpose driven global brand, ready to build your own future and add to Africa’s prosperity

• Being the driver of Africa Talent’s day-to-day operations

• A competitive package of benefits

• A hybrid work environment with possibility to work at home some days

• A driven and ambitious team that looks to you for making the team tick

Climate change is widely recognised to be a major global issue, requiring urgent corporate and governmental action in terms of emissions reductions and rapid decarbonisation leading up to 2050. As a consultant, you will help shape the Sustainability
practice by sharing your risk management, GHG accounting and industry experience across a diverse range of clients, helping our clients navigate the energy transition and meet their decarbonization priorities. In addition to working on client projects, you will support in preparing proposals, client meetings workshops, research and articles. We value innovative thinking and diverse insights, inspiring growth within our practice and input into the wider ecosystem at Deloitte. Your contribution will allow immense personal growth, while helping the sustainability practice evolve to meet the future needs of our clients.

Are you passionate about sustainability and looking for an opportunity to make a real impact? We are seeking a highly motivated graduates to join our team at Africa Talent by Deloitte. As an entry graduate, you will support our Sustainability practice by participating in client projects, research and delivery of assurance, with an aim to help companies on their journey towards compliance with CSRD and other ESG regulations. It requires you to evolve your familiarity with the ESG reporting regulatory environment and assurance standards, while bringing innovative ideas and solutions to our clients that will truly make an impact on their business and society as a whole. Your contribution will allow immense personal growth, while helping the sustainability practice evolve to meet the future needs of our clients.

What will you do?

You will have the opportunity to work directly with engagement teams delivering unique solutions to clients as you bring your ideas, creativity and passion for excellence as you make an impact that matters:

• supporting clients in navigating through the evolving landscape of legislation and frameworks on sustainability an integrated reporting (e.g. CSRD, EU Taxonomy, etc.).

• assisting clients in developing a compliant, yet value-driven reporting framework (i.e. conducting CSRD gap assessments, double materiality assessments, developing KPIs, obtaining and improving ESG ratings.

• participating in discussions with the team members and clients, identifying ESG impacts, risks and opportunities and developing supporting materials to facilitate through the project phases.

• analyzing and progressing both quantitative ESG data sets as well as qualitative targets, policies, and action plan.

• providing direct support to assurance teams in assessing the compliance of the disclosed information with ESG reporting standards

• contributing to external and internal meetings with professional and structured overviews (e.g. email, PowerPoint decks, Excel factsheets etc.).

If you are currently completing or have completed the following qualifications and have less than 6 consecutive months of work experience, or have no work experience, we would love to hear from you:

• Bachelors degree in business and sustainability

• Engineering degree including a masters combining business and sustainability

• Any other relevant degree is advantageous

• A postgraduate or masters qualification in any of the above streams is advantageous

Experience

• No previous work experience required

• Demonstrates an interest and passion for understanding the sustainability landscape and its applicability in the world of business.

We are always interested in talking with professionals about their next career experience. If you have a passion for learning from talented people and benefit from the support of a global organization and network, apply online now.

If you believe that you meet most of the criteria above, we encourage you to apply. Deloitte is an equal opportunities employer and will ensure any reasonable accommodations are implemented as part of the recruitment and selection process.
 

At Africa Talent by Deloitte, we want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work—in every country, in everything we do, every day. We aim to create a workplace where everyone is treated fairly and with respect, including reasonably accommodating persons with disabilities. We seek to create and leverage our diverse workforce to build an inclusive environment across the African continent.

At Deloitte, we want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work—in every country, in everything we do, every day. We aim to create a workplace where everyone is treated fairly and with respect, including reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. We seek to create and leverage our diverse workforce to build an inclusive environment across the African continent.

Note: The list of tasks / duties and responsibilities contained in this document is not necessarily exhaustive.  Deloitte may ask the employee to carry out additional duties or responsibilities, which may fall reasonably within the ambit of the role profile, depending on operational requirements.

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