HR Placement 2027-28 - Milton Keynes
Date: 2026-09-30
Location: Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, GB, MK11 1
Vacancy Type: Fixed Term Contract - Undergraduate
Department: Undergraduate
Application Deadline: 2026-11-02T14:00:31.627
Overview
We are excited to offer two HR industrial placements, starting in June 2027. What will you be doing? Only by recruiting and retaining the best talent will we achieve our business ambitions in the highly competitive and fast-moving UK automotive industry. You will support our employees to develop and grow to achieve their personal and professional ambitions. We have two roles in this stream and you will be asked for your preference if invited to assessment centre:
Roles:
- People Operations: Working as the first point of contact for the business, responding to general HR queries and administering the employee lifecycle from start to end.
- Talent, Development and Communications: Acting as the first point of contact for Talent, Development and Internal Communications queries, providing proactive administration and project support across the T&D and IC teams. You will work across various systems to ensure training records and sessions are maintained, along with active promotion on communication channels.
What's in it for you?
- €23,500 salary
- 27 days' holiday plus bank holidays
- access to our car schemes
- pension scheme
- employee well-being support
- an on-site restaurant
- shopping discounts
What do you need?
To be successful in this role, you'll have strong attention to detail and excellent organisation skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritise a varied workload. With a passion for exceptional customer service, you'll be proactive, positive, and delivery-focused. You should be able to communicate effectively within the People Team and with business stakeholders both verbally and in writing. Our placement is open to any university student who is eligible to work full-time in the UK for twelve months from June 2027. You should be pursuing a sandwich degree which offers a one-year industrial placement.
We believe all employees should have a good work/life balance and wouldn't want you to spend a large amount of time commuting, so we require our placement students to be based within a reasonable distance from our Milton Keynes head office.
What's the assessment process?
Once you have hit the apply button, you will be asked to complete numerical assessment and situational judgment assessments. If you successfully complete these, we will invite you to an online video interview so that we have a chance to get to know a little more about you. The final step would be attending a face-to-face assessment centre, where you will participate in activities based on real-life tasks. You will also have a chance to meet some of our managers and current placement students to find out more about the scheme. This process is designed to help us both determine if a placement here is the right step for you. Successful candidates will be offered a place soon after the assessment centre.
About Volkswagen Group UK
We are driven by difference. With six big brands under one roof, each with its own history, designs, and innovations, we've created some of the world's most iconic vehicles, from luxury sports cars to family camper vans. Here, you'll discover opportunities, explore ideas, and tackle challenges that you won't find anywhere else. It takes a range of teams to make the Group successful. We all share the same aim: to deliver sustainable mobility for generations to come, while keeping the customer and their changing demands at the heart of everything we do.
There's never been a more exciting time to join our industry as it undergoes the biggest transformation in over 100 years. With digitalisation, electrification, and driverless mobility all coming to the market, we're actively looking for people with new skills, knowledge, and outlooks. A brave new world demands brave, new, diverse people; so whatever your background, we would love to hear from you.
We understand that different perspectives and thought processes are vital as our industry goes through an exciting period of change. To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
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HR Placement 2027- 28 - Milton Keynes in Stony Stratford employer: Volkswagen Group
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