Innovation Placement Programme

**About The Role**:

- How can we design a future of mobility that is accessible to everyone?_
- What solutions will transform how we get from A to B in the future?_
- How can we bridge the transport accessibility gap - where people with disabilities take 38% fewer trips than those without?_

Interested helping us find the answer to these questions, and impacting the lives of 650,000 people across the UK? If so, the Innovation team at Motability Operations wants to hear from you.

We are facing unprecedented change and disruption in the tech and mobility sectors. Our Innovation team is looking to address the needs of our customers as well as identify new growth opportunities to help shape the future of the Motability Scheme.

A placement in our Innovation division will give you unique exposure into the innovation lifecycle at Motability Operations, from the development of external partnerships to the design and implementation of pilots that test new and emerging products and solutions with customers.

If you would like to find out what working in these areas entails, we’d love to hear from you

**About You**:

- Team players, eager to get involved and proactive in making the most of every opportunity
- Confident presenter with excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Have good commercial awareness
- Enthusiastic ‘can do’ attitude, passionate about your personal and professional development

**About The Company**:
Motability Operations is a unique organisation, virtually one of a kind. We combine a strong sense of purpose with a real commercial edge to ensure we provide the best possible worry-free mobility solutions to over 650,000 customers and their families across the UK. Customers exchange their higher rate mobility allowance to lease a range of affordable vehicles (cars, wheelchair accessible vehicles, scooters, and powered wheelchairs) with insurance, maintenance and breakdown assistance included. We are the largest car fleet operator in the UK (purchasing around 10% of all the new cars sold in the UK) and work with a network of around 5,000 car dealers and all the major manufacturers. We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service, achieving an independently verified customer satisfaction rating of 9.8 out of 10.

**Our values** are at the heart of everything we do and our people demonstrate these values:

- Empowerment
- Empathy
- Inclusion
- Forward thinking
- Excellence

**What’s on offer**
As a Motability Operations team member, the benefits you can expect are:

- 15% non-contributory pension (9% non-contributory pension during probation period)
- 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays
- 1 day for volunteering
- Funded Private Medical Insurance cover
- Voluntary benefits: charitable giving, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, gym memberships and season ticket loans
- Employee Discount Scheme with an app to save on the go- Free access to healthcare apps such as Peppy, Unmind, Aviva Digital GP and volunteering app on Hand for all employees

At Motability Operations, we believe in building a diverse workforce, where our people are empowered to attend work as their true selves, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We want to sustain a culture that nurtures, where employees are free to flourish and where they’re rewarded equally, regardless of race, nationality or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or gender.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer and as such, all our offices provide first rate disability access. With our hybrid working environment, we do our best to accommodate part-time and flexible working requests where possible, building on our culture of trust, empowerment, and flexibility.