Graduate - Finance

As a graduate solicitor trainee on our legal programme you’ll work under supervision of qualified legal experts across various disciplines. You’ll take on real responsibility from day one, providing legal advice on matters critical to National Highways’ operations, which could include

• Civil litigation, health and safety law, and coronial law

• Regulatory and commercial issues, including drafting and negotiating contracts

• Procurement, planning matters, and highways applications

• Employment law, property law, judicial reviews, and managing legal challenges

• Managing reputational risk and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and guidelines

You’ll play a key role in National Highways’ legal affairs, responding to queries, providing clear, concise advice to client teams, and managing a variety of cases under supervision. You’ll promote high standards of legal practice and compliance whilst advising a broad range of stakeholders.

As part of your programme, you’ll also study towards a Level 7 solicitor apprenticeship. Please note, in order to qualify as a solicitor you must be eligible to undertake the Solicitors Qualifying Exam 1 & 2 as part of your learning programme.

What we are looking for

What you’ll be doing

Through a series of placements across our specialist teams, you’ll discover our essential financial services that directly impact the success of one of the country’s key government organisations.

You’ll have the chance to work across diverse areas of finance, supporting projects and activities that manage our £4 billion annual finances and critical governance, risk management and estate operations.

If you have the passion and dedication to succeed, you’ll be a great match for our programme. To be successful, you’ll have:

• An enthusiastic, collaborative approach to working with others

• The ability to communicate in different formats with a variety of stakeholders

• Excellent co-ordination skills

• The ability to plan and prioritise effectively to meet deadlines

• A focus on quality and integrity in everything you do, You must also meet these essential qualification requirements by the programme start date:

• An undergraduate degree (2:1 or above) in any subject

• A minimum of a Grade C / Grade 4 in Mathematics and English Language at GCSE

To be eligible for a place on the programme, you must be available to attend the 4-day induction, 8th -11th September

All offers for our graduate programmes are subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks, including Right to Work, reference, and DBS criminal record checks.

Due to the salary level of this role, we cannot offer sponsorship for the position for individuals that don’t have the Right to Work in the UK. Successful candidates will require Right to Work for the duration of the programme.

Accepted degree subjects

• accounting and finance

In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to gain chartered status with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) through a formal learning programme, receiving all the study time and support you need to achieve this goal.

What you’ll get in return

With our support, you’ll enjoy the chance to own your development to get the best out of your time on the programme.

So, if you’re looking to grow your career in a large, evolving organisation and ready to invest in your development, all our graduate programmes offer:

• A mix of workshops, on-job-training and ‘hands on’ experience

• A dedicated line manager and mentoring from experienced colleagues to provide encouragement, direction and career planning support

• Flexible working arrangements

• Peer networking and support through our Early Talent community

• A permanent contract from day one

As well as a competitive salary and plenty of career development support, you’ll also enjoy a fantastic employee benefits package which includes a generous pension scheme, life assurance, annual leave starting at 26 days (rising to 31 days with service) and retailers discounts and cashback.