Graduate Management Trainee – Group General Counsel
London / Hook (3 days per week in office)
Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
24 Month Programme
£30,000 per annum plus benefits
Application Process: the first stage involves an initial online application followed by online assessments. If successful, you will then be invited for a face-to-face interview with the hiring team.
Advert close date: 11th March (this may close sooner depending on the volume of applications)
Final Interviews: 10th – 12th April (held in our London office)
Start date: Autumn 2024
Serco Group plc is a FTSE 250 London Stock Exchange listed international company with over 500 sites and 50,000 employees. We rely on the advice and support of our central Corporate Functions to enable and maintain our wide range of business operations and to ensure they keep running smoothly and efficiently.
The Group General Counsel Graduate Programme will see you become part of one of our core Group teams. The role will sit within the Group Legal team but will obtain wide exposure to other aspects of the Group General Counsel team, including Ethics and Compliance, Company Secretariat, Risk and Assurance, Data Privacy and M&A.
As part of this programme, you will have the opportunity to experience core elements of the Group General Counsel team and interface with key stakeholders including the Executive Team, Senior Leadership, and key users of legal, risk, and assurance at Group and Divisional level. You will support the activities and objectives of the team through excellent written skills and core IT systems knowledge, and by supporting and enabling processes, procedures, and projects specific to the team.
The programme is designed for those looking to start a career in professional services and develop their skills within a high-profile corporate environment. During the programme, you will support various senior team members on business matters and projects specific (but not exclusively) within the Group Legal function including responsibility for maintaining various global databases and registers. As well as this, you will engage with both internal and external stakeholders influencing parties within an international corporate environment.
You will have the opportunity to undertake a sponsored professional qualification whilst working through the graduate programme.
On completion of the Group General Counsel programme, you will be well positioned to progress within the Serco business amongst one of the functional areas or elsewhere within the wider international business.
Entry requirements:
- A degree level qualification in any discipline (ideally a strong analytical qualification with a desire for a career in law/professional services)
- IT skills and ideally some experience of business systems and reporting, including Microsoft Office and Excel.
- Interest in emerging areas such as data privacy and technology.
- Strong written skills.
- Strong attention to detail, organisational and time management skills.
- An entrepreneurial spirit and a will to “make a difference”.
- A continuous improvement mindset.
- Excellent communication, listening and problem-solving skills.
- Self-motivated and self-aware.
- Ambitious, driven, and willingness to take responsibility for your career.
What we offer:
- Annual salary of £30,000.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Annual leave purchase scheme – opportunity to purchase up to 5 days additional leave through salary sacrifice.
- Up to 6% contributory pension scheme.
- Flexible working options.
- Free onsite parking.
- ShareSave scheme – allowing you to save directly from your payslip and buy shares within the business.
- Serco discounts which include cinema, merlin entertainment and online shopping discounts, and discounts on mobile phone plans and leisure centre memberships.
- A range of benefits to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family such as Occupational Health and Wellbeing Services, Employee Assistance Programme, Health Cash Plans, free flu jabs and more.
- A wealth of career development training to suit your future aspirations. These range from role specific training, career coaching, formal study and much more to support you to build your career with Serco.
- A safe and supportive culture.
- A company passionate about diversity and inclusion.
About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.
By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.
Apply
Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Silver Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.
At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.
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