Student Urban Innovation and Smart Cities

BABLE Smart Cities is Europes leading facilitator for innovation in the public sector. Our mission is to make cities more liveable sustainable and digital by bridging the gap between public administrations and innovative companies.
We are looking for a highly motivated native German-speaking student to join our team in Stuttgart. Depending on your skills and interests as well as project requirements you will work at the intersection of bringing innovative solutions into public sector supporting cities regions and partners in Germany Austria and Switzerland (D-A-CH region).
This position is designed to give you a broad and practical entry into the world of urban innovation public sector insights and business development. Every day you will work to bring direct value to the market participants.

BABLE Smart Cities is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race colour religion sex sexual orientation national origin citizenship age marital status disability or gender identity.

Tasks

What You Will Be Doing
Depending on ongoing projects and your strengths your responsibilities will include:

Supporting the outreach and client communication through data-driven analyses mailings meetings and preparation of materials.

Preparing and facilitating workshops to collect primary information from public sector.

Supporting communication and documentation.

Engaging with city representatives and ecosystem partners as part of BABLEs innovation network.

Your role will evolve dynamically depending on our project portfolio your interests and your learning goals.

What You Bring

Good communication skills as you will be in front of innovators and cities to inquire about their plans.

Enrolled in a university program such as urban planning political science business engineering or sustainability-related studies.

Compulsory internship as part of the curriculum would be preferable.

Native German (C2) and Good English skills (C1) written and spoken.

Interest in smart cities sustainability or innovation-driven public sector transformation.

Ability to work independently think critically and deliver reliable results.

Curiosity creativity and the drive to make an impact in real projects.

Ideally previous experience or coursework in public administration consulting or data analysis.

If you are passionate about sustainability digitalisation and urban transformation and want to work in a team that combines purpose innovation and European collaboration wed love to hear from you.

How to apply

Apply with your CV a short motivation letter. Tell us about yourself your experience ambitions and expectations. If you have any doubts about whether your profile fits what we are looking for dont hesitate to write to us; sometimes the best candidates are those who break the mould of what is expected!

Requirements

Fluency in German

Benefits

What We Offer

Work at the heart of the European smart city movement in an international multilingual and mission-driven team of 50 professionals from over 25 countries.

A flexible position that combines learning and contribution.

Direct impact: You will work on tangible projects that shape the digital and sustainable transformation of European cities.

Opportunities to join internal trainings through the BABLE Academy and gain insights into funding procurement and communication for innovation.

Additional Details

Start date: Flexible (preferably within the next 2-4 months)

Duration: 312 months (internship) or ongoing (working student)

Location: Stuttgart (presence required)

Working language: German (clients) English (company-internal); main region: D-A-CH (German required)