
Working Student CoE HR Solutions (all genders)
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Job description
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) posted this role. Below, we break down what it means for a working student in Düsseldorf: your weekly hours, take-home pay and visa limits. You can also open ChatGPT or Claude with a ready-made prompt to tailor your CV, check your fit, draft a cover letter or prep for the interview.
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Description provided by Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Who We Are
Our strategy? To be anything but typical strategy consultants! Our unconventional nature is embedded deep in our DNA. Over 60 years ago, BCG shook up the world of strategy consulting. Now, it has grown to become one of the world leaders in the field. How do we manage to stay ahead of the pack? The answer is simple: by reinventing ourselves every day and providing a home with diverse career opportunities to the best talent and most creative minds all over the world. And by giving you the chance to make an impact in business and society. BCG stands for authenticity, exceptional work, and strong integrity. Once you've become part of the Group, we'll help you find your path, unleash your potential, effect change, and advance the world.
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Our most vital resource is our people. That's why Human Resources is one of our most vital teams: From recruiting to career development for BCGers, from training and mobility support to staffing (assigning our consultants to client casework), the Human Resources team plays a decisive role in making BCG not just a company, but a Group in which every employee can become their best
What You'll Do
As a driven and motivated Working Student, you will be an integral part of our HR Solutions team — the team responsible for digitalization and HR process optimization at BCG in Central Europe.
Within the context of current HR projects focused on digitalization and Generative AI, you will actively contribute to the continuous development and harmonization of internal processes. During the run phase of our new document management tool, you will support quality assurance across all workstreams, as well as all initiatives related to GenAI. Together with the team and other HR departments, you will help shape a collaborative working setup and bring fresh ideas and perspectives to the table.
This position is available from September 1, 2026. It offers flexible working hours of up to 20 hours per week during the academic semester and up to 40 hours per week during semester breaks. Remote work arrangements are possible by mutual agreement. Applicants must be enrolled as students at a university in Germany.
What You'll Bring
- You are currently enrolled at a university, ideally in a business, social science, or humanities program, with a strong interest in HR-related topics and digitalization or process optimization.
- You have prior internship experience or initial professional exposure in a service-oriented environment.
- You bring strong MS Office proficiency (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); familiarity with additional tools such as VBA, ChatGPT, or Claude is a plus.
- You possess excellent written and spoken English skills; German is an additional asset.
- You have a genuine passion for new technologies, digitalization, and Artificial Intelligence.
- You enjoy working on innovative HR topics and are comfortable with collaborative digital tools such as Trello, SharePoint, Slack, and Miro.
- You are a communicative and open-minded individual with a structured, independent working style and a strong team orientation.
- You are highly motivated and take ownership of your tasks with a proactive, hands-on attitude.
- You enjoy uncovering complex connections and approaching challenges with analytical thinking.
- You handle sensitive information with the utmost discretion, trustworthiness, and sense of responsibility.
- You are conscientious and reliable — including when it comes to recurring, detail-oriented tasks.
As a member of the HR Solutions team, you will work within a team of three and report directly to the HR Solutions Director. In your role, you will collaborate closely with colleagues from other HR units, as well as from the Finance and IT departments. Team collaboration is built on respect, acceptance, and mutual trust. Your manager will support your onboarding and professional development, and you will always be able to rely on the experience and expertise of your coworkers.
Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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Working student essentials
What this Operations working student role in Düsseldorf means for you: the weekly-hours rules, the social-contribution perks, and what international students should check before applying.
Weekly hours
Working students may work up to 20 hours a week during the semester and full-time during the breaks. Staying within this keeps your student status and the Werkstudent benefits.
Working student rulesSocial contributions
Under the Werkstudentenprivileg you're exempt from health, care and unemployment insurance contributions — only pension insurance applies. That leaves more net pay than a regular job.
Check your insuranceInternational students
Non-EU students can work 140 full or 280 half days per year (raised from 120/240 in March 2024). A working student contract usually fits within this — confirm the exact limits printed on your residence permit.
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