Undergraduate - Data Governance & ESG

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This undergraduate placement offers a unique opportunity to gain practical experience at the intersection of data governance and sustainability. Ideal for a data-driven individual with strong analytical skills, this role supports digital transformation initiatives and contributes to our Environmental, Social, & Governance (ESG) and compliance efforts. You’ll help ensure data quality, integrity, and accessibility, playing a key role in enabling accurate reporting, regulatory alignment, and sustainable business practices. This is a chance to build foundational skills in data management while making a meaningful impact on our sustainability goals.


We’re a vision-led organization integrating data and sustainability into the core of how we operate. Our goal is to create tangible impact through data-informed decision‑making, innovation, and ethical business practices. As part of our Digital and Data Division, you’ll play a key role in advancing data governance, ESG reporting, and regulatory compliance. You'll work with high‑quality data to drive transparency, track performance, and support strategic action—helping us meet ambitious goals while shaping a more responsible future.


This role will have the opportunity to travel for internal/external meetings across Europe.


Main Responsibilities

  • Support the collection, validation, and organization of data using digital tools.
  • Assist with data governance activities, helping to maintain data accuracy, consistency, and integrity across platforms and systems.
  • Work with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure timely and reliable data flows for reporting and regulatory compliance.
  • Help monitor performance through data analysis and documentation.
  • Contribute to the development of supplier‑facing materials such as newsletters, guidance documents, and instructional content, ensuring clarity and consistency.
  • Assist in managing shared collaboration spaces (e.g., Outlook mailboxes, SharePoint sites) to support effective data organization and accessibility.
  • Support audit readiness and regulatory reporting by preparing and maintaining relevant documentation.
  • Participate in initiatives to automate data processes and enhance digital capabilities for compliance reporting.
  • Identify opportunities for improving data workflows and support the implementation of governance‑focused solutions.

Required

  • Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Mathematics, or a related field with a strong focus on data analysis.
  • Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail and a passion for working with data.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Comfortable using digital tools such as Excel, SharePoint, and other data management platforms.
  • Proactive, curious, and eager to learn in a fast‑paced environment about data governance and sustainability.
  • A collaborative team player with strong organizational and time‑management skills.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of the Automotive industry.
  • Previous experience in Data and/or Sustainability sector.

Working at Honda

At Honda, we embrace inclusion in our various policies, so whilst our contracts state that the hours are as required to fulfill the role with a minimum of 35 hours per week, we offer flexibility for when you work. The regular office hours are 08:00 – 16:00 Monday to Thursday with a half‑hour lunch break & 08:00 – 13:00 on a Friday. However, we offer flexibility of when you work with our daily flex‑time start between 07:00 and 11:00 providing that there is no business requirement.


Whilst there is no contractual right to work from home, the flexibility we offer is that you can request to work from home 2 days per week, again providing there is no business requirement to attend the office.


Honda is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in the workplace for all employees, temporary workers, contractors, applicants, and visitors. Honda also encourages respect for the individual differences and talents of others while making full use of one's own abilities, based on Honda’s philosophy of respect for the individual.


At Honda, we value and celebrate diversity and are committed to being a fair, non‑discriminatory company that promotes and welcomes the uniqueness and differences of people around the world. We recognize that a diverse workforce allows for different ideas and perspectives, and we encourage everyone to share them. We strive to foster a culture of belonging that is consistent with Honda’s core values and lived out in the way we work and respect each other. For us at Honda, diversifying our workforce means increasing its overall strength by providing people with equal opportunities – regardless of personal characteristics or previous careers.


This commitment flows directly from the Honda philosophy and the belief that we are all working towards a common goal. Honda recruits, hires, trains, and promotes the most qualified/experienced individuals at all levels without regard to race, origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic.


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