2025 Human Resources Graduate Programme

About Us

At the FCA, we help to protect financial consumers and make markets work well by regulating nearly 45,000 firms. Our ambition is to become a more innovative, more assertive and more adaptive regulator; one that fully capitalises on data and technology, ensures consumer protection and market integrity, and responds well to the challenges we face. We’re looking for interns to join our diverse and highly capable teams across the FCA.?

About the Programme

Programme Length: Two years
Programme Type: Rotational

When you join us, you’ll gain invaluable experience and develop expert knowledge, learning from peers and executives across the FCA.

The Human Resources division sits within the Operations Directorate, and there are four main departments within HR; HR Policy & Delivery, HR Business Partnering & Corporate Responsibility, Resourcing & Talent and Organisational Capability. The teams work closely across the FCA’s business areas, providing support and services internally at the FCA. The division has a truly inclusive feel with supportive teams who are always willing to assist you. The HR Graduate Programme is a great opportunity to get to grips with the fundamentals of HR and learn how to drive and effect transformational change in an evolving world.

There’s a wide variety of teams and job roles within the Human Resources division and you’ll get the chance to work on a variety of projects on this rotational graduate programme. Day to day, you could be gathering MI or running reports to identify trends in the business as part of the HR Policy & Delivery team or working in the Resourcing & Talent team to help run assessment centres and attend careers fairs. Similarly, you could be working on salary benchmarking exercises, managing change projects, or supporting the smooth running of our annual employee survey. Throughout the programme, you will be working with our expert HR team to plan for and shape the future and be able to implement real change.

Learning & Development

As a graduate in Human Resources, we’ll equip you with all the skills you need, while also giving you support to achieve your Level 5 HR Apprenticeship with CIPD. You’ll learn on the job from our HR experts and be surrounded by mentors, providing you with an excellent platform to begin your HR career.

What We Look for

Our staff have diverse backgrounds, and no specific degree stands out as being essential, but we're looking for somebody who is driven and able to think strategically. You’ll need to demonstrate your motivation to work at the FCA when applying, and be curious, customer-centric and passionate for change. You’ll also need to be a great communicator with first-class influencing skills.

What We Offer

We’re committed to making the FCA a great place to work. We do this by:

• providing a rewarding environment, recognising that our people are motivated by meaningful work
• maintaining a solid commitment to diversity and inclusion, allowing people to develop and progress without barriers
• looking after the well-being of our people, ensuring that they are safe and well and appropriately cared for
• promoting an environment in which people are valued and respected

Beyond this, we offer all our graduates a competitive range of benefits, including:

• Base salary of £36,000
• Non-contributory pension
• Private health care
• Minimum of 25 days’ holiday
• Recognition scheme
• Discounts
• Adaptable working options
• Career and family leave
• Charity and volunteering initiatives
• Sports and social clubs
• Subsidised on-site fitness centre (London only)
• Free eye tests
• Subsidised restaurant
• Interest-free season ticket loans

Please note:

• We only accept ONE application per person for our 2025 programmes, therefore, please apply to your first-choice programme. Any additional applications will not be progressed.
• Your application and any work you submit throughout the recruitment process must be all your own. You will not allow another person to complete any parts of the assessment nor submit responses provided or generated by an AI assistant or other similar software.
• Applicants must have obtained or be on track to achieve a minimum 2:1 degree from any university.
• Applicants for the 2025 HR graduate programmes must have graduated or be in their final year of study
• We recruit on a rolling basis and therefore encourage early applications.