Contract Type: Temporary Contract
Contract Length: 6 months
Location: Home-based with travel to London, Reading/Windsor
The Graduate Programme Lead is responsible for leading the delivery and continuous improvement of graduate and internship programmes across the business. This role combines programme management, stakeholder engagement, talent development and data-driven decision making to ensure graduates and interns have a positive, engaging and impactful experience throughout their programme journey.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead the delivery of graduate and internship programmes across assigned business areas.
Own the end-to-end programme lifecycle, including onboarding, placements, development activities, rotations, performance monitoring and transition into permanent opportunities.
Coordinate programme activities, development experiences and key programme milestones, ensuring successful delivery against business objectives.
Partner with Graduate Talent Managers, Talent Boards, line managers and business stakeholders to create meaningful development opportunities and future workforce capability pipelines.
Act as a central point of contact for graduates, interns and stakeholders, providing guidance, support and programme oversight.
Monitor participant engagement, progression, retention and programme outcomes, identifying opportunities for improvement.
Required Experience and Skills:
Proven experience managing graduate, internship, apprenticeship, early careers or emerging talent programmes.
Strong programme and project management experience, with the ability to coordinate multiple workstreams and priorities simultaneously.
Experience delivering complex programmes within large organisations and navigating changing business priorities.
Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility across multiple levels of the organisation.
Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting data, generating insights and using metrics to support decision making.
Experience using programme data, reporting and workforce insights to drive continuous improvement.
How to Apply:
Ready to embark on this exciting journey? Click the 'Apply Now' button and submit your resume along with a brief cover letter outlining your relevant experience and why you would be the perfect fit for our team. We can't wait to meet you!
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Salary description
£450.00 - £500.00 per day