Capgemini Invent, Corporate Experience, Graduate Programme (Associate Consultant)

Capgemini; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini Invent UK invites graduates to join the Accelerate Programme, a 19–21 month development path from Associate Consultant to Consultant. Expect structured learning, coaching, mentoring and hands-on client experience across diverse sectors.

You'll work in a hybrid setup with offices in Glasgow and Manchester, and occasional travel to client sites. Start in September, with a strong focus on growth, collaboration and delivering tangible value for clients.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2:2 degree or current study toward one.
• Eligible to start in September.
• Willingness to travel to client sites as needed.

Responsibilities

• Assist with client delivery: gather requirements, support workshops, develop recommendations.
• Support bids and training initiatives and contribute to CE community activities.
• Own development by seeking feedback and expanding skills through live client experience.

Skills

Curiosity to learn

Problem solving

Adaptability

Ownership

Education

2:2 degree

Job description

Location & Start Months

September: Glasgow & Manchester

Please note, due to high volumes of applications, this role may close earlier than advertised.

Eligibility

• To be eligible for this programme, you must have obtained, or be studying towards, a minimum 2:2 degree.
• If you are currently studying, you must have completed your degree prior to proposed start date.
• We recognise that mitigating circumstances can have an impact on academic performance.
• If you have experienced any circumstances that you would like us to take into consideration, please provide details in your application.

About the job you are considering

The Corporate Experience Pathway offers the opportunity to work with clients on some of their most significant business challenges, from shaping strategy and redesigning organisations to prioritising investments and delivering large scale transformation. You will help organisations adapt to change, unlock value, and achieve lasting results. Throughout the programme, you will develop into a well rounded consultant through hands on client experience, structured learning, and the support of a collaborative community committed to your growth and career development.

You may support our clients using one of our core capabilities within CE, including:

• Strategy and Business Modelling
• Business Architecture
• Strategic Portfolio Management
• Operating Model and Organisation Design
• Value Strategy and Modelling
• Business Case Development
• Finance Transformation
• Value Realisation

The Accelerate Programme

The Accelerate Programme is Capgemini Invent UK's award winning graduate development programme. Over approximately 19 to 21 months, you'll progress from Associate Consultant to Consultant through a blend of structured learning, coaching, mentoring and hands on client experience. Following an initial three week induction and a twelve week consulting training programme delivered by the Institute, you'll move into your chosen pathway, applying your skills on live client projects while benefiting from ongoing development, regular feedback and a strong graduate community. Travel to client sites may be required, and candidates should live within reasonable commuting distance of their chosen office location.

Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business. It will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home. Please note that you will be unable to work from home 100 percent of the time.

Your role

As an Associate Consultant on the Corporate Experience pathway, you will develop your consulting career through a combination of client delivery, internal contributions, and continuous learning.

• Client delivery: Gather and analyse information, support requirements capture and workshops, develop recommendations and business cases, and help track project progress, risks, and actions.
• Internal contributions: Support the development of consulting methods and tools, contribute to bids and training initiatives, and help strengthen the CE community through team events, communications, and recruitment activities.
• Own your growth: Take responsibility for your development by seeking feedback, expanding your network, building new skills, and pursuing opportunities to broaden your experience.

Your skills and experience

We are looking for individuals who possess some of, or all the following qualities:

• A curiosity and desire to learn: self reflecting, seeking out development and growth opportunities and showing interest in how organisations, industries and markets evolve.
• Problem solving skills: approaching challenges logically, thinking critically and breaking complex topics into manageable parts. Communication and collaboration: sharing ideas clearly, listening actively and working effectively with colleagues, clients and stakeholders.
• Adaptability and resilience: thriving in new, fast paced situations, responding positively to change and learning constructively from feedback.
• Ownership and initiative: taking responsibility for outcomes and proactively seeking opportunities to contribute.

At Capgemini Invent, we take a holistic approach to recruitment. While academic achievement is considered, we equally value potential, curiosity and mindset, which will be assessed throughout the recruitment process.

What You'll Love about Working Here

• Join a global community of innovators, technologists and consultants who are helping clients transform their businesses through technology.
• You'll gain hands on experience, continuous learning opportunities and the support to develop your career while contributing to meaningful work that creates lasting impact for clients, communities and society.

We are a Disability Confident Employer

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government's Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role

Please opt in during the application process.

Need to Know

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre employment checks, including identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back three continuous years, and an unspent criminal record check (known as a Disclosure and Barring Service check). You will also need to undergo Baseline Personnel Security Standard Checks. There are other criteria and checks required for BPSS and, throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility including, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients' businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you'll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what's possible. It's why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world's leading businesses, and it's how you'll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge and always pushing yourself to do better, you'll build the skills you want. You'll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.