Corporate Business Services Student Placement SLHD

Salary £24,224.00 per year

Contractual hours 37

Basis Full time

Region Doncaster

Job category/type Human Resources

Date posted 22/01/2026

Job reference REQ
22102

Grade/Salary £24,244 per annum plus many other benefits

Hours/Type 37 hours per week;
Fixed 12 months starting 1st September 2026

Location Doncaster/agile working

Closing Date This opportunity is being advertised on a rolling basis and will be closed once a suitable applicant has been appointed. Interested parties are therefore advised to submit their application at the earliest opportunity.

The Post holder will be required to work in the centre of Doncaster as requested. We would therefore expect you to be based within or close to the local area for this placement.

Are you looking for an undergraduate placement year from September 2026 gaining experience across central functions of Human Resources and Organisational Development, Business Transformation & ICT and Finance and Governance?

Are you looking for an award-winning, customer focused organisation in which you can really make a difference to the lives of your customers? Do you want to work for an organisation that values its colleagues, offers a range of great benefits and the opportunity to work flexibly? If this sounds like you then read on

St Leger Homes is an award-winning, customer focused social housing provider that manages over 19,000 homes on behalf of the City of Doncaster Council.

Starting on September 1st, 2026, our Corporate Services Student Placement will provide an enthusiastic and dynamic undergraduate with the opportunity to gain experience in three of our central business areas of Human Resources and Organisational Development, ICT and Business Transformation, and Finance and Governance.

Spending approximately 4 months in each of the business areas (with the ability to flex this depending on the needs of the business and the interests of the successful candidate) you will be involved in a range of activities from leading our regular colleague pulse surveys and colleague recognition activity, to discovering our current business processes and assessing how we could improve them with the Business Transformation Team, to working within our Finance and Governance team on tasks ranging from business intelligence research to ensuring compliance with regulations and legislation, as well as gaining experience in day to day finance functions.

This is an incredibly varied role with the potential to give the right candidate a fantastic insight and first hand of these possible careers.

Based at our Civic Office in the centre of Doncaster but working flexibly from home, as well as on occasion our Shaw Lane depot, the successful candidate will be a hardworking individual with an attention to detail and ability to work to deadlines. You will have great communications skills, be keen to build strong relationships across the organisation and have an eagerness to learn.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Hannah Ruane, Head of People & Culture on or email for an informal and confidential discussion.

• Paid, fixed-term contract up to 31st August 2027
• Salary of £24,244 per annum
• One on One and team mentorship/support
• On the job training
• 27 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays FTE
• Challenging and meaningful work to give you the opportunity to put your learning into practice
• A base within Doncaster borough with the opportunity to work flexibly and a balance between working onsite and from home

Please complete the online application form on the St Leger Homes Recruitment page of our website or submit your CV as below.

CVs with a covering letter will be accepted as a form of applying for this post, but applicants must demonstrate how they meet the essential and desirable criteria as shown in the person specification section of the job description in order to be considered for shortlisting.

As part of your application, you will be asked to give examples of your potential to succeed and what you can bring to the role. You should use the person specification part of the attached job description for more details about what we are looking for.

Interviews will occur on a rolling basis once applications have been shortlisted.