Student Assistant HR, Communities of Practice

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Temporary Student Assistant for HR – Do you want to help us deliver on our strategic goal and coordinate our activities on Communities of Practice connecting people from around the world?

The position is temporary as our current student assistant in this role will be on exchange and travelling in Australia from July 2025 to January 2026. We appreciate if you can start mid-June to ensure a handover and that you can stay until mid-February 2026. While the position is temporary, it may open doors for future opportunities at Demant.

About Us

We are a dynamic and forward-thinking HR organization in a company that has a purpose of improving people’s lives. We have a global presence, more than 22.000 employees, app. 400 HR professionals and our aim is to develop and deliver high quality HR practices - together. Our HR strategy team is at the forefront of shaping our organization’s future, and we’re excited to invite a talented and experienced student assistant to join us on this journey.

We guarantee that you will learn practical applications of change management, balancing multiple cultures and time zones and get deep insights into different ways of running global matrix organizations.

If this is something that matches your interests and what you are studying – please continue to read.

Role Overview

As a student assistant, you will play a crucial role in supporting the five Community of Practice (CoP) Owners who are all part of our senior HR Leadership team – so you will get very close to the decision makers in a global HR setup and get the opportunity to grow and learn together with us.

Our task is to identify and drive our strategic HR initiatives through the Communities of Practice. These communities are designed to:

  • Drive the improvement of our HR practices, processes and initiatives,
  • Leverage resources in our global organization,
  • Accelerate HR development and
  • Create new knowledge within the HR function.

We need a student assistant who wants to learn and grow together with us and can help us reach our strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities

Your role and responsibility will be to:

  • Collaborate with the Community of Practice Leaders (one in the US, one in Poland and three in Denmark) to facilitate seamless communication and coordination.
  • Ensuring a good structure in the way that we operate as a team – meetings are booked, actions are clear and people are held accountable for what has been agreed.
  • Assist in organizing virtual and in-person events, workshops, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
  • Contribute to content creation, including newsletters, blog posts, and internal communications.
  • Help maintain community platforms, ensuring easy access to resources and best practices.
  • Conduct research on industry trends, emerging practices, and innovative HR solutions.

Qualifications

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in preferable HRM, Psychology or related fields.
  • Passionate about HR and interested in learning from experienced professionals.
  • Structured, excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
  • Able to commit approximately 15 hours per week to this role.
  • We will prefer candidates who have had a student assistant job before – but it is not a minimum requirement.

What We Offer

Flexible Working Hours: Balance your studies with practical experience.

Networking Opportunities: Connect with talented colleagues across our global organization and join a student assistant network of more than 100 in our Headquarter.

Industry Exposure: Gain insights into HR strategy and community building.
Meaningful Impact: Contribute to a strategic initiative that shapes our company’s future.

Want to Join?

Then send your application as soon as possible and no later than 22 May. Please note that we only accept applications via our online recruitment system.

Job interviews will be held on 28 May and 30 May. For any additional questions regarding the position, please contact Pia Metzlaff on piem@demant.com.

We look forward to hearing from you.


Ansættelsestype: Student job

Hjemmearbejde: Not disclosed

Ugentlig arbejdstid: Part-time (15 hours)

Careers that matter

When you become part of the Demant family, you also become part of our quest to make a life-changing difference for people worldwide. More specifically, we offer you the opportunity to use your talents and energy to help the more than 500 million people worldwide who suffer from hearing loss to communicate freely, interact naturally and participate actively.

That’s what we call life-changing hearing health.

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The Demant Culture

Going to work should be rewarding, meaningful and fun! At Demant we constantly work on fine-tuning a flexible, knowledge-based work environment. We value community, creativity and freedom to innovate to create strong results.

If you enjoy taking on responsibility, exploring new ideas, and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, joining Demant is great place for you to grow.

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Purpose and strategy

It all started with import of hearing aids in the Danish town Odense more than 120 years ago. As time went by import became own production and later on the company got into hearing care, diagnostics, hearing implants, audio solutions and headsets.

Today, Demant is one of the world’s leading and biggest hearing healthcare companies offering the broadest selection of treatment for people living with hearing loss. Every day the Demant Group and its more than 21.000 employees around the world is doing their utmost to create life-changing differences through hearing health.

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Graduate Programme

The Graduate Programme at Demant offers you a unique opportunity to develop your personal and professional skills. You will join us in creating life-changing differences through hearing health to millions of people worldwide.

For the programme starting on 1st September 2025, we offer eight different tracks; Quality Engineering, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Global Business / Retail, Commercial Excellence, Audiology and IT. No matter which track you choose, the programme will lead you through a two-year journey. Depending on the track, you will have 3-4 different rotations lasting for 6-8 months each.

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Our business

Demant covers three business areas: Hearing Care, Hearing Aids, and Diagnostics

We are the only company in the world that covers these three areas, and we harvest significant synergies from this unique position. Synergies that will help millions of people experience the joy of hearing for many years to come. Just as the Demant family envisioned it when they founded and developed the company during the twentieth century.

William Demant Foundation is the majority owner of Demant A/S (55-60%) through William Demant Invest A/S, which is the 100% owned holding company for William Demant Foundation’s investment activities.

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Demant at a glance

We operate globally with a local presence through our companies in more than 30 countries and through trusted distributors in more than 130 countries. This way, we combine the best of two worlds: centralised and standardised processes that value local presence and initiatives.

Revenue

21,601 MDKK

In 2023 we generated DKK 21,601 Million in revenue. Our largest markets are Europe and North America

Business

Three areas

Demant covers three business areas: Hearing Care, Hearing Aids and Diagnostics

Workforce

>21,000

End of 2023, the Group employed approx. 21,000 employees.

Ownership

58%

Demant A/S is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen. William Demant Foundation is the sole owner of the investment company, William Demant Invest, that holds the majority of shares in Demant A/S.

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