2027 Work & Reward Internship Consulting Programme, London

Cooper & Hall Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 13,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

WTW is offering an eight-week internship in its Work & Rewards (W&R) business based in London. You will work with expert consultants, gaining real-world experience on pay transparency analytics, benchmarking and salary design projects.

You'll join an intern training programme, develop consulting, practical and technical skills, and collaborate with clients and colleagues while exploring career paths in rewards consulting. Hybrid work is available.

Qualifications

• Curious and eager to learn new skills and contribute.
• Good with numbers and comfortable working with data.
• An excellent communicator who knows how to collaborate effectively.
• Keen to solve challenging technical problems.

Responsibilities

• Developing and applying pay transparency analytics on live projects.
• Collaborating with Data & Analytics to provide benchmarking insights.
• Reviewing executive pay design and salary-structure strategies.
• Supporting pay philosophy development balancing internal equity and external competitiveness.
• Using data analytics and financial trends to inform compensation strategies.
• Helping clients optimise total rewards programmes.

Skills

Curiosity & learning

Numerical/data skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Penultimate year university

Pursuing degree in field related to role

Job description

Description

With 49,000 colleagues in over 140 countries, we help organisations make forward-thinking choices about their people, their investments and the risks they face. Joining our Work & Rewards (W&R) business, you’ll be part of this impact right from the start.

In W&R, we help clients worldwide deliver strong business results by ensuring that they have the right people in the right places, with the right skills and at the right cost. We help them unearth new ways to attract, engage and retain talent. Combining our advisory expertise with data and digital tools, we connect with colleagues around the world to support companies in making big decisions at critical moments. On our eight-week internship, you’ll do more than experience our work – you’ll help us deliver it.

At WTW, we believe difference makes us stronger. We want our workforce to reflect the different and varied markets we operate in and to build a culture of inclusivity that makes colleagues feel welcome, valued and empowered to bring their whole selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment throughout our organisation. We embrace all types of diversity.

Responsibilities

Joining us for eight weeks, you’ll build invaluable real-world experience at the heart of our W&R business. You’ll work with and learn from our expert consultants, while:

• Developing your consulting, practical and technical skills on our intern training programme

• Applying your education to a range of challenging and complex live projects

• Gaining experience in working with clients and supporting colleagues

• Analysing data, drawing conclusions and presenting your findings

• Building your understanding of the work we do and the future opportunities we offer

The work we do in W&R is challenging and hugely varied, so you could find yourself involved in important projects such as:

• Guiding organisations on their pay transparency journey, conducting pay equity analytics and creating strategies to address areas of concern

• Collaborating with our Data & Analytics team to provide clients with market pay benchmarking and strategic insights

• Reviewing executive pay design to ensure pay programmes are competitive for the most senior employees

• Developing pay philosophies, principles and salary-structure designs that help clients balance internal equity and external competitiveness

• Using data analytics and financial trends to help companies understand and qualify their compensation strategies

• Helping clients to optimise their total rewards programmes, considering both employee preferences and costs

• Drawing on our data science capabilities to provide clients with insights into current and future skills in their markets

• Designing and implementing job levelling, job architecture and career framework solutions that will unlock employee career journeys for our clients

• Reviewing and improving our clients’ approach to performance management

Not only will you have the opportunity to work on projects across our W&R business, but you’ll also join our journey as we harness the power of AI to enhance our productivity and quality.

Qualifications

Requirements

• To transform your tomorrow with a WTW internship, you’ll need to be:

• Curious and eager to learn new skills and contribute

• Good with numbers and comfortable working with data

• An excellent communicator who knows how to collaborate effectively

• Keen to solve challenging technical problems

• In your penultimate year at university

• On course to achieve a 2:1 degree

Closing Date: 21st October 2026

Workstyles

We work on a hybrid basis for this role. Working days in the office will change weekly based on client and team (with the first week being full time in the office due to training requirements), collaborating with and learning from the people around you.

We’re committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application, interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants.