Graduate - Digital Data

Where Next?

Discover Your future with National Highways and help protect our digital landscape!

Join our three-year Digital Data Graduate Programme and explore how we use our data to help deliver solutions and services that keep our roads moving and shape innovations for the future.

What You’ll Be Doing

As part of a specialist team supporting the work of the Chief Data Office, you’ll make sure we make data available to the organisation. You’ll help deliver our corporate-wide vision and strategy for managing our data assets and play a vital role in ensuring our data is trustworthy, kept safely and stored legally. You’ll gain experience working in our business team – working with our data firsthand.

You’ll also have opportunities to get inside exciting projects and explore our Digital Lab, where we develop and roll out new data science and digital solutions that innovate and get value from our data.

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
• Adaptable 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.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

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 problem solving skills
• The ability to plan and prioritise effectively to meet deadlines
• A focus on quality and integrity in everything you do

You’ll also need to meet these essential entry requirements:

• An undergraduate (e.g. BA, BSc) degree at 2:2 or above in any discipline – your interest in working with data, solving problems and continuous learning are key requirements.

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.

Assessment centres will take place in January and February.

Successful candidates will require Right to Work for the duration of the programme.

About Us

Our strategic road network is vital to connecting the country, carrying a third of all traffic and two-thirds of freight. Every single day, National Highways get millions of people to where they need to be as efficiently and safely as possible along more than 4,500 miles of motorways and major A roads. We bring people together, keep businesses moving and help communities to stay connected.

We’re constantly innovating to stay ahead of the curve in building and operating our roads, investing in both the right projects and the brightest talent to help shape our future. And that's where you come in!

Why You Should Join Us

At National Highways, we believe in building a connected country. We’re passionate about creating an inclusive, collaborative culture where all our people feel empowered, valued and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this.

If you share our values of safety, passion, teamwork, ownership, and integrity , you’ll thrive as part of our team.

Ready to Take the Next Step?

If you're excited by growing in and shaping the future of a large, evolving organisation, apply today and start your journey with us. Don’t miss out – submit your application early as we may close applications before the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of interest.