Job description
Join National Highways and make an impact on how we meet the needs of our customers and help connect the country.
Our one-year Business Management programme offers a unique opportunity to get involved with a variety of real-world business projects, helping you develop the skills and knowledge you need to thrive in a dynamic, evolving organisation.
What You’ll Be Doing
Depending on your placement, you’ll work alongside our Customer, Strategy and Communications teams on a variety of exciting projects and activities, which could be related to:
- Strategic Customer Projects
- Business Performance
- Compliance, governance and assurance
You’ll gain valuable insight into how a large public organisation functions, whilst supporting projects that will deliver our strategic business aims and meet the needs of our customers to the best of our ability.
What you’ll get in return
A placement at National Highways gives you a taste of life in a large, evolving organisation, developing valuable skills and experience that will boost your graduate career prospects.
With our support, you’ll enjoy the chance to own your development to get the best out of your time on the programme. All our placements offer:
- Real-world on-the-job experience in many different aspects of your business area
- A dedicated line manager and mentoring from experienced colleagues to provide encouragement, direction and career planning support
- Development opportunities to help you move towards your career aspirations
- Flexible working arrangements
- Peer networking and support through our Early Talent community
As well as a competitive salary and plenty of career development support, you’ll also enjoy a fantastic employee benefits package which includes a generous pension scheme, life assurance, 26 days’ annual leave and retailers discounts and cashback.
Why You Should Join Us
At National Highways, we believe in building a connected country. We’re passionate about creating an inclusive, collaborative culture where all our people feel empowered, valued and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this.
If you share our values of safety, passion, teamwork, ownership, and integrity, you’ll thrive as part of our team.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
If you're excited by growing in and shaping the future of a large, evolving organisation - apply today and start your journey with us.
What we are looking for
If you have the passion and dedication to succeed, you’ll be a great match for our programme. To be successful, you’ll have:
- An enthusiastic, collaborative approach to working with others
- The ability to communicate in different formats with a variety of stakeholders
- Excellent co-ordination skills
- The ability to plan and prioritise effectively to meet deadlines
- A focus on quality and integrity in everything you do
- Currently in your second year of an undergraduate degree and expect to achieve a minimum of a 2:2 in any subject
- To be eligible for a placement, you must be available to attend the 2-day induction, 30th June – 1st July.
Due to the salary level of this role, we cannot offer sponsorship for the position for individuals that don't have the Right to Work in the UK. Successful candidates will require Right to Work for the duration of the programme.
Accepted degree subjects
Any
Additional job details
- Location
- UK wide
- Salary
- £22,500
How to apply
Assessment centres will take place in January and February.
All offers for our placement programmes are subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks, including Right to Work, reference, and DBS criminal record checks.
Don’t miss out – submit your application early as we may close applications before the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of interest.
Click Apply to start your application now. This job will be available on Prospects until 15 November 2024
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Closing date: 15 November 2024