Chief Controls Office (Risk) Industrial Placement
Location
At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, based at our Swindon office.
If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.
What you’ll be doing
During your CCO Industrial Placement you’ll spend time in each of our portfolio areas, developing your understanding of the risks Nationwide faces, how our processes and controls help us manage these risks within our appetite, how to design an effective control and how to assess control frameworks across Nationwide.
You’ll be using your communication skills to provide insight to senior leaders and to build strong and lasting working relationships. You’ll be a quick learner, inquisitive, always focused on solutions and have the tenacity to bring them to life.
You’ll gain access to a bespoke 12-month project aligned to our Social Impact strategy to develop core business skills, providing opportunities to learn new skills and apply them in a different context to your day job. You’ll build a community and work alongside a range of diverse like-minded Industrial Placements from across the organisation.
About you
Dare more. Develop more. Deliver more.
* Bold in living our Customer First behaviours, you are innovative and have a growth mindset.
* Development is something you expect and embrace.
* You push for high performance – from yourself and those around you.
* You have a high standard of numerical, written, and verbal communication skills.
* You’ll have the ability to analyse and problem solve to identify challenges and propose solutions.
* Through research and experience, you’ll have commercial awareness of Nationwide Building Society and the Financial Services industry.
You’ll thrive in this Industrial Placement if you have:
* An interest in risk management, risk identification, controls assessment and management particularly in Financial Services
* Drive to learn and improve and are looking for a challenge
* A positive, tenacious and solution focused mindset
* Have the ability to build and maintain strong working relationships and have the resilience to adapt to change
Entry requirements
You must be studying toward an undergraduate degree in any discipline.
Our Customer First behaviours are all about putting customers and members at the heart of how we work together. You can strengthen your application by showing the behaviours that resonate with you, and how you might have already demonstrated these.
* Say it straight - This is about being honest and direct with good intent and saying what needs to be said in the room. It’s also about being clear, precise, and using language that we and, importantly, our customers and members can understand.
* Push for better - This is about aiming high and constantly looking for better in how we work together and serve our customers and members.
* Get it done - This is about prioritising what will have the greatest impact, being decisive and taking accountability for delivering on the end-to-end outcome.
The extras you’ll get
There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:
* A personal pension – if you put in 7% of your salary, we’ll top up by a further 16%
* Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
* Life assurance worth 8x your salary
* A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
* Wellhub – Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.
* Access to an annual performance related bonus
* Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
* 25 days holiday
How to apply
To apply for this role and to find out more, please click on the apply button.
Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.
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