The Distillery, Glassfields 1, 2 Avon Street, Bristol, BS2 0GR, United Kingdom.
We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.
Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.
We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists, with deep expertise in various sectors including consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.
Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.
PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.
Power Your Curiosity at PA
Joining us as a placement student is a big step. Whether you’re coming from a specialist background or from an unrelated subject, we want you to be bold, stay curious, and dive into the opportunities we have to offer.
Digital isn’t just about fast-changing technology; it’s about the consideration of people, process, and technology as one. It’s essential to compete and keep performance high today while adapting to stay relevant tomorrow. Working within our Digital & Data function will get you involved in delivering advanced solutions for clients.
We will provide you with a variety of skills and experiences that will form the foundations of your consulting career. You will be enrolled in our Industrial Placement Scheme, including access to mentoring.
Our People Make a Difference
When you join our team as a placement student, you’ll work on significant projects from day one. You’ll gain the knowledge and experience you need to build a successful career in technical consulting and contribute meaningfully to vital projects, working within an ambitious team that promotes career growth.
Digital and data have changed businesses forever. Organisations that have embraced digital are leading their industry, while those that haven’t are falling behind. As a Digital and Data intern, you will work on various exciting projects providing innovative analytical solutions to our clients' most critical business issues.
Our Digital and Data stream offers a broad range of specialisms:
* AI
* Data science and advanced analytics
* Digital strategy & design
* DevOps
As part of PA’s global Digital and Data community, you’ll also be part of our growing Bristol-based team, playing an active role in developing our business and connecting with partners and clients in the region.
A career at PA is what you make of it — so power your curiosity and prepare to make an impact.
Qualifications
About You
We’re looking for placement students who are:
* Adaptable and able to flex their style and thinking
* Collaborative and work best in dynamic teams
* Curious and want to broaden their understanding of the world
* Value diversity and share our core values
* Credible and comfortable working with clients in high-performance environments
* Driven to succeed and help others achieve the same
* Open to change and possess a growth mindset
* Relationship builders with both clients and peers
* Enquiring minds capable of innovative and analytical thinking
* Strong numeracy skills and natural problem solvers
* Excited by the prospect of developing cutting-edge technical expertise
Qualifications
* Studying towards an undergraduate degree in any discipline involving computer science, data science, or numeracy skills.
* Some coding background is welcome; experience programming in Python and knowledge of SQL is a plus.
* Experience processing and gaining insights from data will be beneficial for the role.
The Offer
* Provide creative ideas and solutions, working with data to tackle complex client problems in collaboration with diverse teams
* Opportunity to work across all areas of the development lifecycle, from strategy to implementation, and to take on assignments in different sectors
* We will provide you with a broad base of experience from which to build an outstanding career
* A wide range of internal and external training programmes
* We work flexibly at PA, but your work base will be our Manchester/Bristol office
* This role will start in July 2025 and be for 12 months. We will confirm the exact date at the offer stage.
Additional information
Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA, enriching their working lives by providing access to unique people, growth opportunities, and purpose-led meaningful work.
We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the tools we need. By embracing our differences through an inclusive culture where our people thrive, we unleash the power of diversity.
We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:
* Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family
* 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
* Generous company pension scheme
* Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
* Annual performance-based bonus
* PA share ownership
* Tax-efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)
We recruit, retain, reward, and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions, without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.
Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.
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