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Your role

What will you be doing

Only by recruiting and retaining the best talent will they achieve their business ambitions in the highly competitive and fast-moving UK automotive industry.

• You will support the employees to develop and grow to achieve their personal and professional ambitions.

This placement has three roles in this stream and you will be asked for your preference if invited to the assessment centre:

• People operations
  • Working as the first point of contact for the business, you will be advising the managers on a range of queries and policies to ensure the smooth running of day-to-day operations.
• Talent, development and communications
  • In this role, you’ll provide proactive administration and project support across the Talent & Development and Internal Communications teams.
• People data
  • In this role, you'll support in developing and producing accurate, timely, and meaningful data analysis and reporting to the people team and wider business. This is to continually enhance the HR strategy and support in providing people data insights in key identified areas.

About you

What do you need

To be successful in this role:

• You'll need to be a strong team player with the ability to adapt and analyse information to make sound recommendations.
• You'll be proactive, positive and delivery-focused, with effective communication skills both verbally and in writing.
• The placement is open to any university student who is eligible to work full-time in the UK for twelve months from June 2025.
• You should be on a sandwich degree or course which offers a one-year industrial placement.
• Volkswagen believes all employees should have a good work/life balance and wouldn't want you to spend a large amount of time commuting, so Volkswagen requires the undergraduates to be based within a reasonable distance from the Milton Keynes head office. 

Compensation & benefits

What's in it for you

As an undergraduate on one of the placements:

• You'll receive a £23,000 salary
• A new car every six months (as long as you have a full, clean UK driving licence)
• You'll also receive 27 days' holiday – plus bank holidays – a discretionary bonus
• Pension scheme
• Employee well-being support
• An on-site restaurant and shopping discounts

Training & development

Throughout your placement, you’ll find structured learning and development opportunities, as well as access to unlimited online courses covering a range of topics. With the chance to take on extra projects in areas that interest you and join the employee network groups, you’ll enjoy the scope to develop your full potential.

Career progression

On a 12-month undergraduate placement, you could help build on that heritage. So, Volkswagen matches you to a business area that suits your skills and interests. And the company will give you all the opportunities, exposure and support you need to grow and get the most out of your experience.

How to apply

What's the assessment process

• Apply
• Numerical test
• Situational judgement test
• Interview
• Assessment centre

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• youtube.com/@volkswagenuk
• careers.volkswagengroup.co.uk/early-careers/undergraduates