Business Development & Sustainability Consulting Intern

Strategy&Ops Consultancy is seeking proactive graduates, postgraduate students or final-year students interested in developing practical experience in business development, sustainability consulting and problem-solving.

About the internship

This is a structured professional-development internship designed to give participants exposure to real consulting and business challenges.

You will learn how organisations identify business and sustainability problems, understand stakeholder needs, develop practical solutions and assess how ideas can create business and sustainability value.

Activities will be undertaken with guidance and feedback from the Strategy&Ops team and are intended to support your professional learning and development.

What you will gain

• Practical exposure to sustainability consulting and business development
• Experience analysing real-world business and sustainability challenges
• Professional development in problem-solving, communication and commercial thinking
• Experience working with an Australian consultancy and international expert network
• Complimentary access to selected Strategy&Ops sustainability and professional-development online courses
• Regular feedback and mentoring
• Internship certificate upon satisfactory completion

Who we are looking for

We welcome applicants from business, commerce, MBA, entrepreneurship, marketing, project management, sustainability and related disciplines.

We particularly value people who are:

• curious and willing to learn;
• proactive and comfortable taking initiative;
• able to think critically and solve problems;
• clear and professional communicators; and
• interested in business, sustainability and consulting.

About Strategy&Ops Consultancy

Strategy&Ops Consultancy is an Australian social-enterprise consultancy working across sustainability, climate strategy, ESG, circular economy, energy transition, digital transformation, training and advisory services. Our international network includes 120+ experts across more than 50 countries.

Internship details

Location: Melbourne, Australia — remote

Duration: 3 months

Commitment: 15–20 hours per week

Compensation: This is an unpaid professional-development internship.

How to apply

Please email your CV to recruit@strategyandops.net and briefly answer:

Tell us about an initiative, project or idea where you took ownership, solved a problem or created impact. What did you do, and what was the outcome?

Applications consisting only of a CV or generic cover letter without addressing the question above will not be progressed.

Application deadline: Tuesday, 6 October 2026.