Project Support & Development Placement 2027

Volkswagen Group UK; Monkston; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car schemes

Pension scheme

Employee well-being support

On-site restaurant

Shopping discounts

27 days' holiday

Job summary

Volkswagen Group UK is offering a 12-month undergraduate industrial placement based in Milton Keynes, starting June 2027. You will support the people development agenda by gathering data, preparing reports, and delivering insights to the network.

You will coordinate and maintain key data, assist projects, and provide support to stakeholders across the business. The placement includes a salary of £23,500, pension, on-site restaurant, car schemes, and wellbeing benefits.

Qualifications

• Interest in people development.
• Enjoys gathering and analysing data.
• Keen eye for detail and teamwork, plus ability to drive own agenda.
• Eligible to work full-time in the UK for twelve months from June 2027.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, compile and maintain key data, reports and presentations.
• Support projects to drive the people agenda and provide insight on employee life cycle.
• Assist stakeholders across the business with development-related insights.

Skills

People development

Data gathering & analysis

Attention to detail

Team player / self-driven

Education

Sandwich degree with industrial placement

Job description

What will you be doing?

• You’ll play a key part in the teams’ ambition to have a qualified network, with the capability to deliver. People are paramount in delivering a consistent and excellent experience to all our customers. In this role you’ll support to ensure we have the right people with the right skills, knowledge and attitude in the right role in the network.
• You’ll coordinate, compile and maintain key data, reports and presentations. You’ll be part of projects to drive the people agenda. You’ll support key stakeholders across our business, providing insight on all elements of the employee life cycle, with particular focus on development.

What's in it for you?

• As an undergraduate on one of our placements, you'll receive a £23,500 salary.
• 27 days' holiday – plus bank holidays.
• Access to our car schemes.
• Pension scheme.
• Employee well-being support.
• An on-site restaurant.
• Shopping discounts.

What do you need?

• To be successful in this role you’ll have an interest in people development.
• You’ll enjoy working in a strategic role supporting projects to add value to the people in our network.
• You must enjoy gathering and analysing data and be proactive in your approach.
• You need to have a keen eye for detail and enjoy working as part of a team as well as be motivated to drive your own agenda.
• Our placement is open to any university student who is eligible to work full-time in the UK for twelve months from June 2027.
• You should be on a sandwich degree which offers a one-year industrial placement.
• We believe all employees should have a good work/life balance and wouldn't want you to spend a large amount of time commuting, so we require our placement students to be based within a reasonable distance from our Milton Keynes head office.

What's the assessment process?

Once you have hit the apply button, you will be asked to complete numerical assessment and situational judgement assessments. If you successfully complete these, we will invite you to an online video interview so that we have a chance to get to know a little more about you.

Our final step in the journey would be for you to attend a face-to-face assessment centre, where you will take part in a range of activities based on real life tasks. You will also have a chance to meet some of our managers and current placement students to find out more about the scheme.

This process is designed to help us both work out if a placement here is the right step for you. Successful candidates will be offered a place soon after the assessment centre.