GFA Education Assistant (Intern)

Copenhagen, Denmark

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Start date: August 2025
FTE: 5-6 months, Full-time

 

Global Fashion Agenda is looking for a proactive and purpose-driven intern to support our Education Team. This full-time paid internship begins in early August and lasts 5-6 months.

 

Job description

As Education Assistant, you will contribute to shaping and delivering impactful education initiatives that inspire and equip the next generation of leaders and current industry professionals with knowledge and tools for transformation. This includes supporting innovative youth programmes, developing learning formats, and helping grow our reach and impact through the GFA Academy.

   Assignments 

  • Supporting the planning, content development, and delivery of GFA Academy learning experiences and formats such as masterclasses and tailored resources.
  • Assisting in the preparation and coordination of GFA’s youth-advocacy programme Next Gen Assembly, including stakeholder engagement and preparing programme materials
  • Contributing to research and project development linked to sustainability education, advocacy, and capacity-building across the fashion value chain.
  • Track emerging trends and developments in education and sustainability, helping the team shape relevant, forward-looking offerings in alignment with GFA’s strategy
  • Assisting communication with education partners, collaborators, and stakeholders, ensuring timely and professional updates across our initiatives.
  • Helping maintaining project materials, resources and databases
  • Support the Education Team with any ad hoc duties and internal administration support
  • Assist with office tasks together with the organisation’s other interns

What we expect from you

  • You are currently enrolled in a higher educational institution (Bachelor’s or Master’s) with an interest in developing your professional skills through practical experience
  • You have a strong passion for sustainability, education and fashion, and are eager to contribute to real-world impact.
  • You bring a solid understanding of sustainability topics within the fashion sector, including the curiosity to advance sustainability education and accessibility hereof across the fashion system.
  • You have research experience with an analytical approach to synthesizing information
  • You can take initiative, work independently, and take on responsibility for assignments
  • You are extremely organised with high attention to detail and able to multi-task
  • You have flawless English communication skills, both written and spoken
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and ideally some project management tools
  • You are a proactive team player who is enthusiastic and sociable with a positive outlook.

 

What you can expect from us

  • A dedicated and diverse workforce with team members situated across the globe, passionate about sustainability in the fashion industry and the ability to work remotely two days a week.
  • As an organisation founded and headquartered in Denmark, our internship policy aligns with the Danish policy whereby students receive ECTS points when carrying out an internship as part of their studies to support their development while they continue to be covered by a Danish study grant during their internship. As such, GFA interns gain an acknowledgement of a maximum of 3,000 DKK per month of the internship, which they receive at the end of the internship period. While we welcome internship applications from outside of Denmark, the gratuity remains consistent with Danish policy.

How to apply 

Send your CV and short motivational letter (max. 400 words) to Global Fashion Agenda’s Programme Manager, Maria Samsøe- Schmidt at apply@globalfashionagenda.org and state the position you are applying for in the subject line. The application deadline is 23 June 2025. We encourage early application as we will be conducting interviews on an ongoing basis.

 

The internship is a great opportunity to obtain relevant experience in sustainability and gain insight into the fashion industry in general. Interns must currently be enrolled at a higher education institution.

 

About Global Fashion Agenda & Global Fashion Summit

Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) is a non-profit organisation that fosters industry collaboration on sustainability in fashion to accelerate impact.

Our vision is to accelerate the fashion industry towards a net positive industry for people and the planet. An industry that puts back more into society, the environment, and the global economy than it takes out. To drive this change and spark action, we’re on a mission to mobilise, inspire, influence and educate all stakeholders. We have been leading the sustainability movement since 2009 and are behind the renowned international forum on sustainability in fashion, Global Fashion Summit, the Innovation Forum, thought leadership publications including Fashion CEO Agenda and Fashion on Climate and impact programmes including the Circular Fashion Partnership.

Our company values are empowerment, fellowship, and ingenuity. These values are used as guiding pillars for our work projects and are brought to life in our internal culture and work ethic. GFA is an international team based in Copenhagen, with English as the office language. We embrace and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and encourage all applicants regardless of age, race, nationality, sexual orientation, disability, sex and gender identity, religion, or political affiliation to apply for vacancies.