Attraction, Selection & Recruitment

• Coordinate and facilitate the attract, select, recruit, and onboard processes for Technology and Cyber graduates.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition - Early Careers and People teams to manage external advertising, employer branding, and candidate communications.
• Support fair, consistent, and high-quality assessment and selection processes.

On-Programme Delivery & Graduate Experience

• Coordinate all on-programme activities, including induction, development events, and cohort engagement.
• Act as the primary point of contact for graduates, ensuring a high-quality, supported graduate experience throughout the programme.
• Oversee day-to-day graduate administration on the company HR platform.

Rotation Management

• Plan, coordinate, and manage graduate rotations across Technology & Cybersecurity teams, and where business priorities dictate, with the Telecom & Growth environments.
• Work with placement managers to define rotation objectives, learning outcomes, and role expectations.
• Monitor progress across rotations and support resolution of performance, capability, or wellbeing issues.

Learning & Development

• Identify, select, and source technical and professional L&D aligned to graduate and programme needs.
• Coordinate delivery of learning pathways, including technical security upskilling and foundational capability development.
• Work with internal and external learning partners to ensure curriculum quality and relevance.

Budget & Commercial Management

• Maintain full budgetary oversight for the graduate programme, including:
  • On-programme learning and development
  • Graduate development events and conferences
  • International rotations and mobility funding enhancements
• Track costs, maintain accurate records, and ensure annual control totals are not exceeded.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strong working relationships with senior technology leaders, security leadership, People teams, and external partners.
• Act as the focal point for programme-related engagement within the Office of the Chief Security Officer.
• Provide clear reporting, insights, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Off-Boarding & Transition

• Lead structured off-boarding preparation, supporting graduates’ transition into permanent roles or onward opportunities.
• Coordinate end-of-rotation and end-of-programme feedback, and final placement alignment.
• Support the development of an engaged graduate alumni network.

Cyber Development

• Identify, select, and source technical and professional L&D aligned to cyber security strategy and individual colleague needs, ensuring expenditure is within approved budget margins.
• Coordinate delivery of learning pathways, including technical security upskilling and foundational capability development for cyber colleagues.
• Maintain and manage the Group Security Individual Learning Records.
• Work with external learning partners to identify learning opportunities for cyber colleagues, ensuring course applicability, quality, and relevance.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Proven experience managing graduate, early careers, or development programmes end-to-end.
• Strong programme and stakeholder management capability across multiple teams and senior audiences.
• Experience coordinating recruitment, onboarding, rotations, and learning interventions.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, deadlines, and budgets.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.

Desirable

• Experience within Technology, and Cybersecurity environments.
• Experience working with external learning providers and professional development partners.
• Understanding of workforce planning and talent pipeline development.

Personal Attributes

• Proactive, detail-oriented, and outcomes-focused.
• Comfortable operating with autonomy and accountability.
• Credible and confident engaging with senior leaders.
• Passionate about early careers development and inclusive talent pipelines.