Summer Internship 2023

Overview:

- Applicants should be in their penultimate year of studies and graduating from an undergraduate or master's degree programme in 2024

**27/02/2023 - APPLICATION ONLY OPEN FOR CHELTENHAM**

**Barnett Waddingham** is a leading independent UK professional services consultancy advising on risk, pensions, investment and insurance. With over 1500 people across 9 offices, our culture is based on providing all of our clients with a high quality, professional service through strong personal relationships and tailored solutions. We are wholly owned by Partners so we can take a longer-term view. We are dependent on talented and well-trained employees who enjoy working for a leading organisation in a closely knit and friendly team. To achieve this - and further support our continued growth as an independent, resilient and evergreen business - we need talented, motivated and enthusiastic graduates who value the chance to join our graduate programme

We pride ourselves on being a friendly and inclusive firm, which maintains its core values of Principled, Quality, Partnership and Respect. We have a supportive structure in place to help you manage your work/life balance. Increasing our talented workforce is imperative to maintaining a proactive and competitive business, which is why our study support package and dedicated training team are always on hand for guidance throughout our graduate programme and beyond.

Many students who have completed our summer internship have gone on to develop their career with us after university as part of our graduate programme. Look at what a recent summer student has to say:

- “_
- Since joining Barnett Waddingham as a Summer Intern I have been impressed by the company’s supportive culture. I have received vast amounts of insightful training and advice from the team, who are always happy to help. It is this culture that has been invaluable to my professional development. Early into the internship, I was given significant responsibility, from working independently on projects, to attending meetings with clients. This responsibility has meant that I truly feel as if I have contributed to the success of the firm, as opposed to working on trivial tasks. I have also been surprised by BW’s lively social scene, from frequent team lunches and after-work drinks to netball and football tournaments with the other offices"_

**Our Summer Internship Programme 2023**:
We run an eight-week paid summer internship programme that offers first class training and work experience enabling you to gain an excellent understanding of the role a consultant undertakes within the firm, how our business operates and the opportunity to learn from our Partners and dedicated mentors.

Our summer interns have the opportunity to join one of the following areas of the firm for the eight-week programme:
Insight into the Actuarial Team video

Insight into the Investment Consulting Team video

In both areas:

- You will be given real responsibility to contribute to client work
- You will be assigned a personal mentor and supervisor who will help and support you throughout the programme to ensure that you gain the best experience possible

**If you successfully complete the summer internship you could be offered a role on our 2024 graduate programme. The graphic below will set out the qualification route that you could follow as a graduate.**

**Who are we looking for?**

Our current summer internship vacancies require for you to be on track for a
**minimum 2:1 degree, A at A-Level Maths and Level 6 at GCSE English**
**(or other equivalent qualifications)**, we require dedicated individuals with a strong academic background who are dynamic, proactive and have excellent communication skills.

**Next steps**:

- Focus on answering the questions and avoid being too vague.
- Do your research on BW and know about the professional qualifications that we offer.
- Demonstrate enthusiasm for the role.
- Ensure your spelling and grammar is correct.
- Please use the correct terminology ie. I want to work as an Actuary instead of I want to work as an Actuarial or I want to work in Actuary

.....and don't forget to connect with our Early Careers Recruiter, Erik Snaathorst on LinkedIn for various hints/tips throughout the summer.

What's in it for you?:
**Core & Flexible Benefits**:

- Competitive discretionary annual bonus
- Core benefits paid for by BW including life assurance, group income protection, private medical cover and 25 days holiday per year with holiday trading
- A generous pension scheme where we contribute 8% of your salary from day one of your employment
- Employee Assistance Programme to support you and your family through any concerns or challenges you may experience
- A comprehensive range of voluntary benefits to suit your life stage and lifestyle including a tech scheme, cycle to work scheme, dental cover, healthcare cash plan, health assessments, critical illness cover, extension of private medica