Trainee Shipbroker

**Company Overview**

Offering a complete ecosystem of maritime services, including broking, finance, port services and research, Clarksons is at the heart of global shipping. Our unrivalled reach, expertise, and depth of experience, combined with leading research, enables us to partner with clients across every sector to meet the demands of the world’s rapidly evolving maritime, offshore, trade and energy markets. Building on our unique heritage and harnessing our insights to see further, faster, we work with our clients and communities to create strategies that have a positive impact on the industry and the world around us. Dedicated to excellence, it’s our people that drive success for our clients.

**What is a Shipbroker?**

Shipping is a complex global industry and essential to the world’s economy. Shipbrokers play an important role within the industry, acting as intermediaries who negotiate the rates and terms between shipowners and charterers for the movement of goods around the world, as well as between the buyers and sellers of ships. Successful shipbrokers are industry experts, with strong commercial acumen. They are entrepreneurial and are good at identifying and developing innovative approaches and ideas. Fundamentally, they are natural networkers and relationship builders who enjoy working with people and collaborating across teams, and are committed and work hard to look after their clients and deliver excellent results.

**Clarksons Trainee Shipbroker - one year programme**
Based at our incredible Geneva office, our one-year Trainee Broker programme offers you the opportunity to:

- learn about our business by working alongside experienced industry leading professionals
- gain practical on-the-job experience across key shipbroking departments
- form the foundations of your career within shipping

**What you’ll be doing**
During the one-year programme, some of what you will be doing includes the opportunity to:

- support experienced brokers who drive revenue and develop our client base
- assist with maintaining databases and preparing market information and reports
- assist with preparing presentations
- assist with research, collecting data and market analysis
- build market knowledge
- think about potential commercial opportunities relating to trends and future markets
- attend client meetings and social events

**You’ll receive**
- a paid opportunity to work with us
- an assigned Clarksons colleague to help you navigate the company

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**What we’re looking for**
- Drive and self-motivation, with the desire and commitment to succeed, deliver excellence and make positive change
- Resilience with the ability to persist and adapt
- Collaboration, able to work well with others across diverse backgrounds to share information, develop skills, and deliver results
- Relationship building, with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to quickly build rapport
- Smart problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a curious and inquisitive mind, and an openness to new ideas
- Professional integrity and a respect for company values

**Other requirements**
- fluency in English, both verbal and written
- strong numeracy and presentation skills
- proficiency in MS Office skills (Powerpoint, Excel, Word, Outlook)

**Entry criteria**

This opportunity is open to:

- Geneva or EU citizens only