Junior Associate, Battery Passport

Junior Associate, Battery Passport & Sustainability Benchmarks M/W/X

The Global Battery Alliance (GBA) is an independent, multi-stakeholder platform working to establish sustainable, responsible and circular battery value chains. Its Battery Passport programme brings together companies, governments, civil society, standard setters and technical partners to develop credible rules, benchmarks and data systems for sustainability transparency across the battery value chain.

The Junior Associate will provide analytical and coordination support to the Battery Passport programme, with a particular focus on the Battery Benchmarks sustainability framework. The role combines standards and regulatory research, consultation analysis, drafting, data organisation and practical support to working groups, governance meetings and operations.

This is a hands-on junior role in a small, internationally oriented team. It requires comfort moving between technical sustainability content, data handling and processing, and routine delivery tasks, including meeting administration, document control, stakeholder follow-up and event logistics.

Key responsibilities

• Analyse, catalogue and synthesise feedback from GBA member and public consultations.
• Map voluntary ESG and responsible-sourcing standards relevant to battery and critical-mineral value chains.
• Maintain regulatory and standards mappings and propose evidence-based updates to Battery Benchmarks modules and supporting documentation.
• Support development of thematic modules.

Assurance and credibility

• Conduct background research on data assurance, verification, conformity assessment and certification approaches relevant to the Battery Passport.
• Prepare comparisons, notes and materials for review by programme leads and external experts.

Consultation and capacity building

• Support the design and delivery of consultation surveys, webinars, outreach materials and the analysis of responses.
• Draft and organise capacity-building and e-learning content using existing GBA frameworks and technical source material.

Policy and regulatory monitoring

• Monitor developments affecting batteries, critical minerals, sustainability reporting and responsible sourcing, and maintain a structured regulatory tracker.
• Draft concise internal summaries and, where requested, first drafts of policy-facing materials.

Working-group and Secretariat support

• Prepare agendas, slide materials, minutes, action logs and member-input records for working groups, steering committees and governance meetings.
• Support member-management processes, mailing lists, document repositories, event preparation, on-site delivery and post-event reporting.
• Synthesise publications and market information into briefs, web copy or social-media drafts, and undertake other reasonable Secretariat tasks as required.
• Excellent verbal and written communications in a culturally diverse and politically sensitive environment.
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement AI-enabled workflows, including task-specific agents, to improve data handling, optimise internal processes, and support the ongoing maintenance of GBA standards and regulatory mappings.

Profil

Required qualifications and experience

• A completed master's degree in sustainable development, environmental policy or governance, international development, sustainability management, responsible business, supply-chain governance, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrable professional experience analysing sustainability or ESG standards, regulatory frameworks and responsible-sourcing requirements in complex value chains.
• Demonstrable research familiarity with battery or critical-mineral value chains, or with a closely comparable global industrial supply chain involving material environmental and human-rights risks.
• Experience organising and analysing qualitative and quantitative information, including structured datasets, document review and synthesis of stakeholder input.
• Ability to turn complex technical or policy material into accurate, concise written outputs for non-specialist and specialist audiences.
• Strong organisational discipline, including document management, meeting preparation, minute-taking and follow-through on actions and deadlines.
• Professional fluency in written and spoken English.
• Ability to work from Brussels and to participate in occasional early-morning or late-afternoon international meetings; willingness to travel occasionally for GBA events.
• The successful candidate must be legally entitled to work in Belgium before commencing employment.
• Demonstrated experience using AI and data-analysis tools to develop efficient w