Business IT Placement

Nestlé; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A global food and beverage company is seeking an IT Support Specialist for a 12-month business placement. You will collaborate with teams to enhance IT infrastructure and resolve issues while developing your IT expertise. Ideal for penultimate-year students of any discipline, this role offers hands-on experience and excellent benefits, including potential relocation support.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Potential relocation support (£2,000)

Gym facilities

Inclusive culture

Qualifications

• You must have the right to work in the UK that is not time-limited.
• Demonstrated commitment to the scheme and willingness to learn.
• No sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route required.

Responsibilities

• Provide IT support throughout the organization.
• Engage in project management to deliver IT initiatives.
• Collaborate with teams to enhance IT systems and processes.

Skills

IT support

Problem solving

Customer service

Project management

Multi-tasking

Education

Penultimate year of study in any degree discipline

Job description

Start date: 15thJune 2026

Scheme duration:12 months

Salary:£25,125per annum+ excellent benefits

Location:York

What will you do?

When you join our IT Support Specialist team, you will embark on an exciting journey that offers hands‑on experience in understanding the intricacies of IT support within a fast‑paced organisation. You will collaborate with a variety of teams and engage in diverse projects, including IT infrastructure upgrades, software implementations, and critical incident analysis.

You’ll tackle technical challenges while receiving guidance from seasoned mentors. We are dedicated to helping you enhance your IT expertise by providing opportunities to communicate effectively with colleagues, simplify complex IT changes, and develop strategies that elevate our overall IT performance.

You will provide IT support throughout our organisation by facilitating project execution and resolving issues within our HR, Finance or Operations teams. As you advance in your role, you will develop a comprehensive understanding of the specific functions you support, working closely with local stakeholders and global product owners to ensure our systems and processes evolve in alignment with business needs and innovation objectives.

What makes this Business IT Placement exciting?

• Team collaboration: Join a talented team working across a range of functional specialisations, ensuring that our employees have access to the technologies and systems required to operate successfully.

• IT management: Dive into the exciting world of IT as you manage all aspects of business solutions, including ensuring security & compliance and protecting our systems from cyber risk.

• System availability and value addition: Ensure that systems are available and add value to our end users through effective ticket management of any IT issues and requests.

• Stakeholder engagement: Work with our business stakeholders to design new system configurations and implement new technology solutions.

• Project management: Engage in end‑to‑end project management to ensure successful delivery of IT initiatives.

• Professional development: Develop expertise while working alongside experienced professionals, gaining valuable skills and knowledge to kick‑start your career in this rapidly growing industry.

What will you learn?

• Portfolio management: Increase your skills in portfolio management managing a range of systems across several different streams within the business.

• Multi‑tasking: Learn to effectively multi‑task to ensure we deliver outstanding IT services to our business and end users.

• Problem solving: Develop effective problem‑solving techniques to address challenges and opportunities as they arise.

• Customer service: Deliver outstanding customer service to resolve all issues and requests from our employees.

• Security and compliance: Ensure that all our systems are consistently secure and compliant by maintaining robust security measures and adhering to relevant regulations and standards.

Our commitment to you…

We will support you every step of the way, the following are just some of our offerings to enable you to thrive with us:

• Inclusive culture, join our variety of employee run networks!

• Comprehensive benefits

• Pastoral support

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Potential relocation support (£2,000)

• Gym facilities

• Prayer rooms

• Various rewards and recognition opportunities

*Availability dependent upon site

Eligibility requirements

You will need to have the right to work in the UK that is not time‑limited and does not require sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route either at the start of the scheme or on completion.

You will be in your penultimate year of study in any degree discipline – what’s also important is your commitment to the scheme and your willingness to learn.

The recruitment journey

After you click “apply” you’ll be prompted to answer a few questions to determine your eligibility for the scheme. If you qualify, we will invite you to complete an online assessment, which you can practice here. Please do not upload a CV, instead we ask you to upload any relevant qualifications to support your application.

Once you have completed this stage, we will notify you if you are selected to attend an assessment day which will be in February or March 2026. It may take a little bit of time between assessment stages to get back to you; we really appreciate your patience.

Adjustments

We recognise that each candidate has unique needs, and we are committed to ensuring an inclusive application process. You will have the opportunity to discuss any specific requirements or adjustments you may need as you navigate through our recruitment process.

We may occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect – for our employees, our customers and our consumers. That’s why championing diversity and inclusion is so important to us; when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business. We are committed to equal opportunity for all and we may collect relevant data for monitoring purposes during our candidate registration process.