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Data & Analytics Industrial Placement - People
Nationwide
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Source date: 11/9/2026
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Job Description Good things this way If you're ambitious, curious and enjoy solving problems, our Data & Analytics Industrial Placement, People provides an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience while exploring a future career in data. Turn complex data into meaningful insight that helps Nationwide's leaders make better decisions for colleagues and customers. This 12-month placement combines analytical and technical development with the opportunity to make a genuine impact. You'll work with real People data, explore emerging technologies and learn how strong insight can turn information into action. The experience will help you build confidence, develop sought-after skills and understand where a future career in data and analytics could take you. Looking for a rewarding career in banking? Good things this way. Where you’ll be working You'll join our Culture Insight Team, part of the wider Organisational Culture Team within our People function. The team uses data and insight to help Nationwide understand its workforce and support better decisions. By turning People data into clear, meaningful insight, you'll help managers and leaders understand trends, identify opportunities and take action. Although the wider team works across different locations, regular team meetings and opportunities to connect in person help create a collaborative working environment. 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, based at our Swindon office. 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. What you'll be doing on our Data & Analytics Industrial Placement, People Our Data & Analytics Industrial Placement is a 12-month programme designed to combine practical experience, professional development and real workplace learning. Your placement begins with induction, development support and structured learning designed to help you settle in and build confidence. This isn't a placement spent watching from the sidelines. Your analysis will help managers and leaders make decisions, giving you the opportunity to contribute meaningful work while receiving the support needed to learn and grow. Throughout the placement, you'll build analytical, technical and professional skills while learning from experienced colleagues and applying your knowledge to real People challenges. A typical day could involve extracting and combining People data, analysing it to identify patterns and turning your findings into clear visualisations or insight. You could be researching a People question, discussing findings with stakeholders or exploring how AI can support your analysis. The focus isn't simply on producing numbers. You'll learn how to understand what the data means, communicate it clearly and help others take action. Practical experience could include: Data extraction, combination and analysis Business Intelligence and BI tools Microsoft Excel and numerical analysis Data visualisation and reporting Insight generation and data storytelling AI and coding Problem solving and critical thinking Stakeholder engagement AI will be an important part of the experience, but human judgement matters just as much. You'll explore how AI can improve analysis while learning to question outputs, check accuracy and decide whether the results are relevant. The role will challenge you to combine different sources of People data, identify what really matters and turn complex findings into clear actions for managers and leaders. Along the way, you'll develop a valuable blend of technical, analytical and business skills that can support a future career in Data & Analytics. Who we're looking for on our Data & Analytics Industrial Placement, People We're looking for curious, motivated people who enjoy exploring information, asking questions and solving problems. You don't need to arrive as a data expert. What matters is your interest in understanding what data can tell us, your willingness to learn and your confidence applying human judgement alongside new technologies such as AI. To succeed on our Data & Analytics Industrial Placement, you'll need to show: Curiosity about data, patterns and what information can tell us. Confidence working with numbers and turning analysis into clear insight. An interest in People, HR and how data can improve organisational decisions. The ambition to keep growing, take on new challenges and build towards your next career step. A logical, methodical approach, with the ability to understand both the detail and the bigger picture. The confidence to build relationships and work with colleagues across the business. Drive, high performance and a commitment to learning from feedback and setbacks. A determination to push for better and put customers first in the decisions you make. Eligibility: You must be studying towards an undergraduate degree in any discipline. 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. The extras you’ll get High performing and purpose-driven colleagues deserve a rewarding career and competitive benefits to match. We offer you: Structured learning, personalised development and hands-on experience to help you build future-ready skills and progress your career in banking 25 days holiday each year, which increases over time to 30. Plus, you can ‘buy’ up to 10 extra days The opportunity to earn an annual bonus based on your performance Private medical insurance to help you access additional healthcare when you need it Wellhub access to a range of free and paid fitness and wellbeing options, plus free on-site gyms at selected locations A highly competitive pension to help you start building your financial future A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme Up to 14 paid hours each year to volunteer for a cause that matters to you Life assurance to provide additional peace of mind for you and the people who matter to you 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 2027. Visa sponsorship information As a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility to comply with the applicable Immigration Rules and guidance (which are subject to change). The Skilled Worker route has specific requirements relating to skill level of the role and minimum salary expectations. As such, our ability to employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited or may not be possible for some programmes. VISA Sponsorship cannot be offered on this programme. All successful applicants with need to demonstrate their right to work in the UK on commencement of employment and for the duration of the programme applied for without requiring sponsorship. Job Info Job Identification 6085 Job Category Industrial Placement Posting Date 11/09/2026 Apply Before 12/09/2026 Locations Swindon, United Kingdom