People Consulting Graduate Programme - September 2027 intake

EY UK; Manchester; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

EY UK in Manchester invites you to join the People Consulting Graduate Programme, shaping how organisations transform through their people by using insight, technology and innovation to deliver lasting change.

You’ll gain cross-functional experience across Workforce Advisory, Talent, and HR Transformation & HR Technology, analysing data to develop commercial recommendations and supporting workshops, reports and proposals that drive project delivery and business development.

Qualifications

• Analytical thinking and ability to interpret workforce data to inform strategies.
• Problem solving to design practical solutions addressing organisational challenges.
• Inclusive collaboration with diverse teams and stakeholders to deliver people-focused outcomes.
• Critical thinking to assess options and implications for well-informed recommendations.
• Adaptability to respond to changing client needs and environments with confidence.
• Digital fluency to use technology, data and tools to support workforce transformation.

Responsibilities

• Working across capabilities including Workforce Advisory, Talent, and HR Transformation & HR Technology.
• Working across people transformation projects, supporting change, workforce strategy, culture, HR transformation and people technology.
• Analysing data and research to develop commercially sound recommendations for clients.
• Collaborating with teams and clients to design and deliver solutions that improve how organisations work.
• Supporting workshops, reports and proposals that contribute to project delivery and business development.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Inclusive collaboration

Critical thinking

Adaptability

Digital fluency

Job description

Shape how organisations transform through people and strategy

Programme overview

On the People Consulting Graduate Programme, you’ll shape the future with confidence by helping organisations transform how they work through their people. You’ll support clients to design future-ready workforces, using insight, technology and innovation to deliver lasting change. As a Shaper of the future, you’ll build in-demand skills and create impact across organisations, teams and communities.

Along the way, if you join Public and Private (P&P), you’ll undertake relevant training and/or qualifications to further develop your skills, and if you join Financial Services (FS), you’ll study for the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) – Certificate in Business Accounting.

Core skills for success

• Analytical thinking — interpret workforce data, research and trends to generate insights that inform people strategies.
• Problem solving — design practical solutions that address organisational and workforce challenges.
• Inclusive collaboration — work with diverse teams and stakeholders to deliver people-focused outcomes.
• Critical thinking and judgement — assess options and implications to support well-informed recommendations.
• Adaptability — respond to changing client needs, priorities and environments with confidence.
• Digital fluency — use technology, data and tools to support workforce transformation and people solutions.

What you will be doing

• Working across a range of capabilities including: Workforce Advisory, Talent, and HR Transformation & HR Technology.
• Working across people transformation projects, supporting areas such as change, workforce strategy, culture, HR transformation and people technology.
• Analysing data and research to develop commercially sound recommendations for clients.
• Collaborating with teams and clients to design and deliver solutions that improve how organisations work.
• Supporting workshops, reports and proposals that contribute to project delivery and business development.

Key programme facts

• Programme length
  Two years
• Professional qualification
  Role-specific qualifications
• Salary
  Competitive
• Start date
  September 2027