Are you our next intern?
Internship Position
Maze is an impact investment firm that offers a toolbox to everyone committed to delivering positive social and environmental outcomes. We were created by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in 2013.
One of our non-financial tools is startup acceleration programmes, and we are now opening a 9-month internship in our team.
Who are you?
- You are interested in impact acceleration and venture capital fields as well as the ocean economy space;
- You are a curious person, eager to learn about new topics and work areas;
- You like networking and getting involved with external stakeholders, be it startup founders, investors, partners, or mentors;
- You are able to articulate your thoughts and insights in a clear manner;
- You are based in Lisbon and able to work from the office when necessary;
- You have a proficient written and verbal communication in English.
What can you expect from the job?
As an intern joining our team you will start by being exposed to our acceleration work with impact startups, namely through our Blue Bio Value Acceleration programme. Your work might include:
- Scouting relevant impact startups;
- Assessing startups’ applications;
- Following and supporting startups throughout their journey in the programme;
- Collecting and analysing relevant data and building deliverables (reports and presentations) that are insightful.
What’s in it for you?
By joining the maze team, you will get a chance to:
- Work with a dynamic, growing, impact-driven team;
- Interact with the most exciting impact entrepreneurs, companies and investors, and be up-to-date on cutting-edge trends and innovation;
- Enjoy a competitive intern salary for the duration of the 9 months.
How?
This position is based in Lisbon, but maze has a hybrid work approach.
You will team up with: Marta (our Programme Manager). Work at maze is fluid, and you might also collaborate with other teams within maze.
This is a full-time internship.
When?
- Applications open on January 18th.
- Applications close on February 11th.
- Interviews will take place during February.
- Internship starts in the beginning of March (exact date depending on availability).
Ok, I’m in. What do I need to do?
Deadline extended: apply by February 11th here
The first step of the selection process, has three key elements:
Complete a challenge.
You are part of an investment team and you need to present two venture deals. Please prepare a 2-slide-deck in which you present the key aspects of two blue economy impact startups at your choice.
Guidelines:
- Please prepare one slide per startup.
- Please do NOT include any additional slides such as cover, introduction, etc.
- Please submit a PDF file (exported from PowerPoint), named “Deals_[Your Applicant Code]".
- Please do NOT include any information that clearly identifies you, such as your name, age, and gender anywhere on the document.
- All slide content should be in English.
- Answer a question about your experience.
- Please use a maximum of 150 words.
- With this question we want to understand how you structure your thoughts and express yourself in writing.
- Share your CV.
- Max. 2 pages
- In English
- In PDF format
Looking back at your personal and professional life, tell us one thing that has prepared you for this internship.
Guidelines:
Note that the selection process will follow an "anonymous 1st step" format. We will start by assessing your challenge and only then will we analyse your CV and remaining elements. We do this to try to reduce any potential biases in the recruitment process.
Guidelines:
Good luck!