Intern in the field of human rights, social compliance and AI social compliance (mandatory internship)

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Integrity, Governance & Sustainability at Mercedes-Benz Group AG, the Compliance department is functionally oriented and supervises the various areas along the value chain - from development, purchasing and production to sales. The Social Compliance department continuously develops the company's human rights approach, maintains the exchange and communication with internal and external stakeholders and is particularly responsible for the ongoing development and implementation of the Group's Human Rights Respect System. In addition, the portfolio of our department also includes the role of the legal contact for the Human Rights theme. We answer Group-wide legal questions on human rights-related compliance and care obligations as well as other issues from the perspective of human rights. As an intern*in with a focus on human rights, social compliance and AI, the following exciting tasks await you: You support the team of the Department of Social Compliance at the Board of Management in the integrity, governance & sustainability of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, which coordinates central and group-wide activities and initiatives on human rights and social compliance An important part of your internship will be project-based / experimental work on the topic “Human Rights and AI” You present research activities in the field of human rights, social compliance and ESG in the context of artificial intelligence, taking into account e.g. B. Current legal, political and social developments in human rights, existing risk analyses, existing human rights governance or supply chain issues in relation to human rights You support the Team Social Compliance in the following activities: Advice and support in the further development of the Mercedes-Benz human rights approach Analysis of national, European and international developments in human rights and, if necessary, deriving concrete recommendations for action for the Mercedes-Benz human rights approach Support for the organisation and content preparation of events (e.g. the Mercedes-Benz Sustainability Dialogue, including Human Rights Working Group) Support for the planning, preparation and production of text contributions for the Mercedes-Benz Sustainability Communication Support for the exchange and communication with Mercedes-Benz stakeholders We offer you: A working environment in which you can prove yourself with self-responsibility and self-employment in a dynamic theme The possibility of contributing to the further development and design of our Human Rights Advisory Panel and the approach to reporting to fulfill legal reporting obligations Interdisciplinary and varied tasks in a dynamic and multi-layered context Working in a highly motivated and dynamic team The activity can begin from September 2026.

We wish the following qualifications: Study programme in the field of human rights / international law, law, economics, political sciences or other disciplines with relevant focus / specialization on human rights or Economic and human rights

Secure knowledge of German and English

Safe handling of MS Office

Experience and intuition in dealing with applications of artificial intelligence and dealing with their results

Personal competencies:

Self-employed, responsible and agile work

Individual initiative, reliability and flexibility

Friendly appearance and team skills

Intercultural competence

Understanding economic and technical relationships

Please note that your internship at this site must have a prescribed mandatory share. Additional information: We are looking forward to your online application with CV, lettering, certificates, current enrollment certificate with a specification of the semester, if necessary. Compulsory internship certificate and proof of the regular study period. Please do not forget to mark your documents as ''relevant for this application' in the online form and note the maximum file size of 5 MB. Further information on the setting criteria can be found here. Disabled and equalized applicants are welcome! The severely disabled representative (sbv-zentrale@mercedes-benz.com) is happy to support you in the application process. HR Services will be happy to help you with questions about the application process. You can reach us by email via myhrservice@mercedes-benz.com or by phone at 0711/17-99000 (Mo-Fr 10-12am & 13-15am).

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