Business Operations & Improvement Development Programme - Retail

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If you're ambitious, curious and enjoy solving problems, our Business Operations & Improvement Development Programme - Retail provides a structured route into a rewarding career in banking.

Develop practical experience across business delivery, performance insight and process improvement while building a strong foundation for your future career.

Whether you're a graduate ready to make an impact, or a career changer looking for a new challenge, you'll gain hands-on experience, develop future-ready skills, and contribute to projects that deliver banking that's fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.

You'll follow a tailored learning pathway designed to build the skills you'll need for the future of financial services. Through digital learning, interactive workshops, insights from leaders and industry experts, and hands-on experience in your role, you'll have plenty of opportunities to put your learning into practice. You'll also learn alongside colleagues from across Nationwide, helping you build your network and understand more about how our business works.

We'll support your development through structured learning, personalised development and hands-on experience, helping you grow with confidence.

Looking for a rewarding career in banking? Good things this way.

Where you’ll be working

You'll join our Retail, Customer Operations and Product function, where teams work together to improve experiences, deliver change, solve business challenges and support Nationwide's long-term success.

The Business Operations & Improvement pathway is designed for people who enjoy solving problems, improving ways of working and helping organisations deliver their goals. Through a range of placements, you'll develop skills in business planning, performance insight, process improvement and stakeholder management while learning how data, technology and collaboration support effective business delivery.

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. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, based at our Swindon or Northampton offices.

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.

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