Student Assistant

Heinemann Asia Pacific Pte Ltd; Hamburg; On-site; EUR 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Heinemann Asia Pacific Pte Ltd in Hamburg is seeking a Working Student (m/f/d) in People Development to support day-to-day activities and projects in the People & Culture department.

The role focuses on coordinating talent programs, maintaining KPIs in Excel, and helping to structure knowledge repositories. Fluent German and English are required, and an economics/business psychology background is preferred.

Qualifications

• A degree in economics, communication sciences, social sciences, or business psychology.
• Ideally, some initial work experience in human resources.
• Very good Excel skills (linking tables, pivot/lookups, simple dashboards, data cleansing).
• A structured approach to work and reliable follow-up on to-do lists and deadlines.
• Fluent written and spoken German and English.
• Interest in people development, willingness to learn, and enjoyment of working in an agile and dynamic environment.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and PowerPoint.
• Initial experience with SurveyTools (e.g., Forms) is a plus, but not a must.

Responsibilities

• Support talent programs in day-to-day business, from invitations and schedules to participant communication.
• Maintain and analyze program KPIs in Excel and prepare dashboards and updates for stakeholders.
• Coordinate assessments, coaching sessions and pre-work; track to-dos and timelines.
• Create communication templates (DE/ENG) and prepare slides/one-pagers on program progress and impact.
• Organize onsite appointments (e.g., learning ambassadors), create participant and travel overviews, and bundle queries.
• Structure our knowledge repository (SharePoint/Teams) with checklists, timelines, and reusable templates.

Skills

Excel skills

German & English

Outlook

Teams

SharePoint

PowerPoint

Education

Economics

Communication sciences

Social sciences

Business psychology

Tools

SharePoint/Teams

PowerPoint

Job description

Your job: opening the gates to the world

With 140 years of retail expertise and more than 10,000 dedicated employees around the world, we offer travelers extraordinary shopping experiences. Our extensive product range fulfills the wishes of global travelers everywhere – whether in airport duty-free shops, above the clouds or on a cruise. And yet, we realise that our continued success also depends on our people, who give their best each day in our shared effort to keep our customers inspired. Join our team and discover what we can achieve together.

For Hamburg Headquarters we are recruiting as of February 2027 a

Student Assistant

Your new job includes

As a working student (m/f/d) in People Development at our family-run company, you will provide dedicated support to the People Development team in the People & Culture department, helping to ensure that day-to-day business and projects run smoothly. In particular, you will

• support our various talent programs in day-to-day business, from invitations and schedules to participant communication
• maintain and analyze program KPIs in Excel (e.g., participation, feedback, progress, etc.) and prepare dashboards and updates for stakeholders
• coordinate assessments, coaching sessions and pre-work, track to-dos and keep timelines up to date
• create communication templates (DE/ENG) and prepare slides/one-pagers on program progress and impact
• organize onsite appointments (e.g., learning ambassadors), create participant and travel overviews, and bundle queries
• structure our knowledge repository (Sharepoint/Teams) with checklists, timelines, and reusable templates

What you should bring along

• a degree in economics, communication sciences, social sciences, or business psychology
• ideally, you will have some initial work experience in human resources
• very good Excel skills (linking tables, pivot/lookups, simple dashboards, data cleansing)
• a structured approach to work and reliable follow-up on to-do lists and deadlines
• fluent written and spoken German and English
• interest in people development, willingness to learn, and enjoyment of working in an agile and dynamic environment
• good knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and PowerPoint
• initial experience with SurveyTools (e.g., Forms) is a plus, but not a must

If you do not tick all boxes, but still believe you are a match to this role, we are happy to get in touch.

What you can be excited about

Attractive employeediscounts

Subsidised publictransport

Extensive onboarding

Varied free canteen

We welcome all people, regardless of age, ethnicity, nationality, gender identity, religion, ideology, sexual orientation, social background or disability.