Aon Industrial Placement Programme

Posting Description:
**Aon Industrial Placement Programme - Investment Consulting 2026**

**Start Date: 2**nd** September 2026**

**Application closing date: 5**th** December 2025**Better Decisions Begin with You**

Aon shapes decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. When you join us, you’ll become empowered to make the same impact, as you explore ways of becoming a more relevant, connected and valued professional.

**We’re hiring**

Join Aon on our 12-month Investment Consulting placement and step into life as a valued member of our elite team of specialists.

Our consultants have been advising employers and governments on their pension schemes and other assets — totalling around $4 trillion — for over 60 years.

Aon placement students join several specialist teams focused on consulting with our clients on everything from setting investment strategies and selecting investment managers, to consulting on all aspects of environmental, social and governance; or working with pension scheme trustees to implement their long-term strategies efficiently and target better outcomes.

**Your role as an Investment Consulting Placement student**

Join us as an investment consulting graduate in either our Defined Benefit (DB) Client Group or Defined Contribution (DC) Client Group, helping to advise our clients on everything from setting investment strategies and selection of investment managers to corporate transactions and transfers.

**What the day will look like**
- You’ll be a key member of our dedicated teams, playing a vital, hands-on role in giving our global clients the support they need. This involves providing investment consulting services and advice covering markets and strategic considerations, such as managing assets (for both the DB and DC Client Groups) and liabilities (for the DB Client Group only). You’ll gain early experience of dealing with a wide range of investments, adapting them around economic conditions and outlooks.
- In the DB Client Group, you’ll also learn how and why pension scheme liabilities change because of economic assumptions - such as inflation, interest rates and the effect that market movements have on invested assets. Whilst in the DC Client Group, you'll learn about the DC pension vehicles, applicable regulatory and legislative rules and main asset classes and investment theory relating specifically to a DC pension scheme.

Whether you're interested in building client relationships, developing your analytical skills or leveraging new technologies, you’ll be welcomed into a supportive and actively inclusive environment, deliberately designed for you learn and grow. As an Aon placement student, each day is an opportunity to develop new skills and help shape the future of our industry.
- Work closely with diverse mentors and explore a range of unexpected niches that play to your strengths.
- Get regular opportunities to network and meet colleagues who can advance your development.

**What are we looking for?**
- Motivation and ambition to pursue a career in Investment Consulting
- Strong consulting skills with a client focused outlook
- Commercial awareness - this helps us to provide support and advice to our clients with clarity and confidence

**Your Development**

During our Industrial placement programme, you will be enrolled onto our award-winning development programme, where over the 12 months, you will have the opportunity to take part in a wide range of insightful and interactive training and development activities in addition to your role. Here are couple of key elements of our development programme:

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Business learning._ On the job learning and experiences enabling you to develop your knowledge and understanding of your team and solution line
- _ Centralised learning._ UK graduates complete in an Aon Induction, monthly webinars, business skills training and workshops; all designed to develop your knowledge of Aon, build your confidence and your network across our business
- _ Feedback._**When you begin your Aon placement, you will have time with your line manager to discuss your goals and over your 12-month programme you will receive feedback and support

**Your career beyond your Industrial Placement**

Once you’ve completed the industrial placement programme, depending on your performance, you may be offered a role on our graduate programme for the following year.

**Next Steps**

If you are interested in this programme and would like to apply, here is some useful information:
**Entry Requirements**:
**Right to work**

Our Graduates are on permanent contracts from day one, so applicants for this programme must be eligible to work in the UK without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future; or you have pre-settled or settled status from the EU Settlement Scheme - or if you have applied and you're waiting for a decision.

**Locations**

We have graduate opportunities this year in the following locations:
Birmingham,