Market Place Assistant

Market Place Assistant (Student worker/Part time)

Are you ready to help shape the future of the Nordic Power Derivatives market? Nord Pool is the leading exchange for Nordic power derivatives, and we are looking for a Market Place Assistant to join our team, focusing on the Euronext Power Futures offering. This is a hands-on, operative part-time role for someone who wants to gain practical experience from inside a real trading environment and help build a robust, transparent marketplace.

About the job

Have you always wanted to learn more about the exchange industry and wanted to get first-hand experience? Are you someone who enjoys working in a results-driven and hard-working international culture and thrives in a creative and dynamic environment? Then this might be the role for you!

Core work hours: 14:45 - 18:30 CET but is expected to work within ordinary opening hours (07:30-18:30 CET) during holidays, summer and other periods as needed. Working days and times are to be agreed with the students.

Please note that this is not a remote position. The chosen candidate will be expected to work from our office in Lysaker on a regular schedule.

Key Responsibilities

Assist existing Exchange Desk team on the following

• End of day routines (Price management, End of day analyses etc.)
• Operating the marketplace and contributing to making the marketplace operate efficiently daily
• Continuous improvement in operational efficiencies and tools to enhance the day-to-day operational activities
• Cooperate with other departments to assure excellent customer service
• Building knowledge about how our trading systems work and assist in verification processes.
• Ownership of recurring reporting and analysis tasks, with room to help shape how these evolve over time
• Other ad-hoc tasks

Who are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will be a student with at least two years remaining of their studies, focusing on economy, finance, energy or similar subjects.

• Exceptional communication, time management and relationship-building skills
• Accurate / Reliable / Team oriented with good social skills
• Strong numerical skills / Strong sales drive / Ability to maintain customer relations
• Comfortable working with Excel and PowerPoint
• Fluently communicate in English and in one Scandinavian language, both written and verbally.

Why join the Nord Pool / Euronext team?

• We are an international organization with a large footprint across Europe.
• We have excellent office facilities (gym, canteen, etc.) and a good pension plan.
• Nord Pool offers a variety of social events and initiatives to make the working environment friendly, diverse and inclusive.
• Nord Pool is a company working towards the green shift of energy & Europe’s carbon neutrality by 2050, optimizing the exchange of electricity in Europe and beyond.

Together with the rest of the team, you will take part and support developing our Exchange Desk and services. We offer a positive working environment, and professional and personal development in a company experiencing strong growth, competitive terms of employment and benefit schemes. In addition, detailed training and development will be provided by market experts.

What happens now?

If you recognize yourself in this description and meet our requirements, we would love to hear from you! As the selection and interview process will start before year-end, please submit your application and motivational letter in English at your earliest convenience.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, gender, age, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or any other legally protected factor. We value the unique talents of all our people, who come from diverse backgrounds with different personal experiences and points of view and we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect.

Additional Information

This job description is only describing the main activities within a certain role and is not exhaustive. It does not prevent to add more tasks, projects.