Data Insights - Human Resources Industrial Placement

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If you're an ambitious go-getter who enjoys solving problems and learning new skills, our 1-year Industrial Placement provides a clear and rewarding pathway into Human Resources.

You will work with data, building skills in data analysis, business intelligence, and storytelling. You’ll build a strong network across teams, developing knowledge in systems, insight and analytics, AI and coding, and data visualisation & reporting. 

To enhance your training, you’ll attend development workshops and collaborate with other Industrial Placement colleagues on a project aligned to our Social Impact strategy. 

Our Industrial Placements offer a potential route after university into our Skills Development Programmes, making for a valuable first step into banking. 

Where you’ll be working

Our People function’s ambition is to enable the most capable workforce. We do this by differentiating ourselves as a purpose led and inspirational place to work whilst enhancing organisational capability through embedding of skills and behaviour changes, and improved progression for diverse talent – you'll be developing the skills we need in the future at Nationwide.

What you’ll be doing

On the Human Resources insights and investigative data Industrial Placement, you’ll develop over a 12-month period gaining the knowledge, skills and network our People function requires and provide you with experiences to inform your future career choices.

The Industrial Placement journey will focus on extracting, combining and analysing various People data, and making sure it is shared in an insightful way to key business stakeholders. You’ll grow your skills in data analysis, use of business intelligence tooling, and storytelling to ensure that you’re enabling managers and leaders to take action from your analysis.

You’ll gain access to a bespoke 12-month project aligned to our Social Impact strategy to develop core business skills, providing opportunities to learn new skills and apply them in a different context to your day job.  

Location

At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at our Swindon office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works.

If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.

About you

We’re looking for ambitious, purpose driven candidates who want to build a rewarding career in banking. You’ll have a determination to push for better, and a focus on delivering for our 16 million members. You must be studying toward an undergraduate degree in any discipline.

You’ll thrive in our high-performing culture, if:

• You have experience or studies with data analysis, related tooling (including BI tools), Microsoft Excel skills, or statistics
• You have a keen interest in People/HR-related fields of work
• You are bold in living our customer first behaviours, you are innovative and have a growth mindset
• Development is something you expect and embrace
• You push for high performance – from yourself and those around you
• You have a high standard of numerical, written, and verbal communication skills
• You can analyse and problem solve to identify challenges and propose solutions
• Through research and experience, you’ll have commercial awareness of Nationwide and the financial services industry

Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together.

They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:

• Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind 
• Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand 
• Push for better - We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development
• Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes. 

You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.

We know applying for jobs can sometimes feel like you’re sending an application into a black hole. We review each application individually. So, it’s a good idea to call out your most relevant experience on your application to give yourself the best chance.

The extras you’ll get 

High performing and purpose-driven colleagues deserve a rewarding career and competitive benefits to match.

We offer you:  

• 25 days holiday per year, which increases over time to 30. Plus, you can ‘buy’ up to 10 extra days each year, giving you even more choice
• From January 2026, all colleagues will benefit from private medical insurance
• A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement
• Access to an annual performance related bonus
• Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death
• Wellhub access for a range of free and paid options for health and wellness
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society

We forge our own path at Nationwide.

As a mutual, we’re owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.

If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us.

At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society.

We are purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.  

What to do next

If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button, where you’ll be asked to answer a few quick questions for us.

We’ll send you our online assessments to complete and there will also be a short video interview to find out more about you. If you are successful, you could be selected to attend one of our assessment centres which run from January 2026.

If you have any further questions, please contact us at Early.Careers@nationwide.co.uk