Wealth & Retail Banking Graduate (UAE Nationals) 2026

Standard Chartered; Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international bank is seeking final-year students for its Graduate Programme starting in July 2026. The program offers structured learning, global collaboration, and early responsibilities, aimed at developing skills through real-world projects. Candidates should demonstrate strong academic performance, teamwork, and communication skills while having the right to work in the UAE. Exceptional benefits, including flexible working options and a continuous learning culture, are provided to support personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working options

Wellbeing support

Continuous learning culture

Qualifications

• Must have a permanent legal right to work in the UAE.
• Ability to start full-time employment in July 2026.
• Agility and resilience in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Build skills through real-world projects and mentoring.
• Work with diverse teams and experienced leaders.
• Develop technical expertise and professional capabilities.

Skills

Strong academic performance

Team player

Analytical thinking

Excellent communication skills

Project management skills

Education

Final year student

Job description

About the Wealth and Retail Banking team

We serve more than 13 million individuals and small businesses, with a focus on the affluent segment which encompasses Private Banking, Priority Private, Priority Banking, and Premium Banking. Within the mass retail sector, our strategic focus is on emerging affluent clients who will progress in their wealth journey with us, forming the future pipeline of affluent clients. We’re a leading wealth manager in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and our deep local presence and international network enables us to capture the strong structural tailwinds which are driving cross‑border wealth flows. Our comprehensive product offerings span across deposits, payments, financing, advisory, investments and bancassurance.

About the Graduate Programme – how you’ll learn and grow

Join a skills‑first organisation where your potential matters more than your background. From day one, you’ll build the skills that matter – through real‑world projects, mentoring, and tailored learning journeys. Our 12‑month graduate programme is designed to accelerate your development and set you up for long‑term success. You’ll benefit from

• Structured learning: Classroom training combined with hands‑on experience
• Global collaboration: Work with diverse teams and experienced leaders
• Skill development: Build technical expertise and professional capabilities

In addition to continuous learning opportunities, you’ll be given early responsibilities and be able to make extensive connections across different teams, including:

• Affluent Banking: Accelerating wealth growth for our affluent clients – Personal, Premium, Priority, Priority Private and Private Banking.
• Wealth Solutions: Committed to building, managing and protecting client’s wealth.
• Digital Banking: Using data and NextGen technology to deliver personalised banking solutions.
• Bancassurance Performance and Analytics: Supports the business through the application of data, AI, and analytics to enhance performance.

Bring the skills and we’ll help you to grow

We believe that diverse skills drive innovation, which is why we welcome students from all degree disciplines and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds:

• Strong academic performance and extracurricular involvement
• Team players with agility and resilience
• Analytical thinkers with attention to detail
• Passion for dynamic, fast‑paced environments
• Excellent project management and communication skills
• Have a permanent legal right to work in the country you’re applying to
• You must be a final year student, able to start full‑time employment in July 2026.

Key Dates

• Assessment Centres: January 2026.
• Start Date: July 2026.

Exceptions

• UK & UAE: Candidates requiring visa sponsorship will be considered.
• UAE: Priority is given to UAE nationals.

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time‑off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market‑leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first‑aiders and all sorts of self‑help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies – everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

Recruitment Assessments

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