Communications and PR Placement

JOB TITLE: Communications and PR Placement

LOCATION: Milton Keynes (hybrid 1-3 days in the office required per week)

CLOSING DATE:Monday 30th September 2024

SALARY: £22,250, 27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays, loan car scheme, pension and a discretionary bonus

CONTRACT: June 2025 - June 2026

To apply for our undergraduate placement scheme, you must be studying for an undergraduate degree that requires a placement year. Master's students are not eligible.

As the Communications Undergraduate, your main purpose is to support the Internal Communications team in the planning, creation and distribution of content and activity across the business. This content is designed to inform, engage and motivate colleagues at VWFS

As part of our team you will support us to drive our internal communications and employee engagement, which will encourage our colleagues to give their best each day. You'll be involved in a broad range of strategic initiatives from culture change and diversity and inclusion to charity and sustainability.

This is what your time at Volkswagen Financial Services might look like:

• You will take on a lot of responsibility for our intranet including the planning and uploading of content and creating the weekly newsletter
• You will maintain our annual communications plan, keeping the team focused, delivering at pace and, on time
• Support in writing and distributing internal communications and work on employee engagement campaigns
• Provide creative and logistical support for all communications and engagement activities to the wider business
• Support with logistics and preparations for internal events and stakeholder meetings including creating slides and materials
• Be involved with creating material and filming/editing any post event videos
• Liaising with key stakeholders in the business to help share updates with our colleagues

About you:

• Studying a degree in Communications, Marketing, Media or Business-related field
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet short deadlines
• A good communicator with the ability to form credible relationships across all levels of the business and manage key stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• Excellent written communication and proof-reading skills
• Exceptional attention to detail, emphasis on quality and consistency
• Have a creative flair, with media skills such as video creation and editing
• Highly PC literate, especially in the use of MS Office

What we can offer you:

• Salary of £22,250 per annum plus discretionary bonus and company pension scheme
• A wealth of experience and a fun and sociable workplace to start your career
• You'll be joining a group of 49 undergraduates, so you'll have a large group of peers to work alongside
• Access to Life Skills workshops, designed specifically for you as an undergraduate
• Opportunity to join a discounted loan car scheme
• Physical and mental health support with our onsite Wellbeing Centre
• Hybrid blend of working at our office based in Milton Keynes and working from home

Here's what our process looks like:

• Apply and upload your CV, covering letter and answer a few application questions.
• You'll then be invited to complete a Situational Judgement Test. This is a short multiple-choice question set to understand how you may approach situations.
• If you pass this stage, you will be invited to complete an online video interview where you will have the opportunity to tell us more about yourself.
• If successful, your final step in the journey is to attend an assessment centre at our Milton Keynes office where you will take part in a group exercise, complete a short interview and deliver a presentation. You'll also meet some of our managers and our current Undergraduates to find out more about a placement year with us.

About Volkswagen Financial Services UK Limited:

Our mission is straight forward, we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. What does that mean? To make getting from A-to-B as easy and simple for as many people as possible.

In our ever-changing world, this can be a challenge, so we aim to foster an openly entrepreneurial, pioneering environment, focussed on your mobility needs.

To truly meet the mobility needs of people in a changing world, our offering goes beyond traditional vehicle financing.

We do this by offering a range of finance and aftersales products on Volkswagen Group vehicles, as well as developing innovative mobility products designed to solve real problems.

Volkswagen Financial Services are committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from everyone. Diversity and Inclusion is not just a statement for us, and we are nurturing an environment where everyone can be their 100% self. If there is anything we can do to support you during our recruitment process, please let us know and we will support you as best we can.

Our undergraduate placement roles do not meet the UKVI's criteria for the skilled worker sponsorship route, therefore we are unable to accept candidates requiring sponsorship for this role.

Please do not apply for more than one placement role. This will ensure that you are considered for the placement that you are most interested in, and your skills are aligned to.

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