Leader & Innovator; Graduate Trainee - Digital & IT

Future Leader & Innovator (Graduate Trainee) - Digital & IT

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About The Role

Are you a recent graduate looking to kick‑start your career in Digital & IT in Professional Services? The University of Exeter invites you to apply to join our Future Leaders & Innovators Graduate Scheme – a transformative two‑year journey that promises to provide you with opportunities to: gain hands on professional experience, demonstrate your creativity, gain hard and soft skills, and equip you with the knowledge to become a Future Leader.

About the Opportunity – What You’ll Do

Throughout your journey, you’ll wear many hats and take on exciting challenges, although each rotation may require different skills from you, they will include:

• Building expertise in Digital and IT Services.
• You will learn both cloud & legacy based ways of working, providing you an all rounded view of Technology in Higher Education
• Learn skills in our tech stack which includes: AWS, Typescript, Flutter, Microservices, API and Devops as well as legacy systems.
• Collaborating with specialist teams and colleagues across the University.
• Proactively seeking information and maintaining strong relationships.
• Collecting, analysing, and interpreting data, providing recommendations.
• Identifying and resolving issues swiftly.
• Effectively communicating project updates, timelines, and risks.
• Participating in working groups and contributing.
• Collaborating with stakeholders and making joint decisions.
• Providing administrative support when needed.
• Completing a Management Accreditation course.
• Becoming a mentor for the new cohort in your second year.

Why Choose Us?

• Focused Rotations:
  As part of our Graduate Scheme, you will be immersed in tech‑focused projects across IT, Digital and other related areas of the institution if applicable.
• Hands‑On
  
  Experience:
  
  You'll be playing a key role in supporting the delivery of projects that will shape the future of Higher Education and contribute to Strategy 2030. With guidance and support every step of the way, you'll gain valuable technical skills. You will be exposed to a variety of ways of working through agile methodologies, Prince 2, P3O, MSP, Kanban and scrum.
• Growth and Development:
  We're invested in your future. Upon successful completion of the scheme, you will continue your career at the University of Exeter equipped with the experience, knowledge and a Management Accreditation to future proof your professional growth.
• Mentoring and Support:
  After an in-depth onboarding process, you will be offered five channels of ongoing support, including: your Line Manager (Graduate Scheme Manager), Placement Supervisors, Senior Mentors, Cohort community, and Strategic Support. The University offers a huge array of wellbeing support for all employees too.

Your Journey

• Year 1:
  Exploring Possibilities
• In your first year, you'll dive into the excitement of supporting the delivery of three projects. Each rotation lasts for four months, and you'll work closely with a dedicated Graduate Scheme Placement Supervisor, your go‑to person for support and guidance. You'll be an integral part of the Digital & IT Services Divisions, collaborating with a wide range of colleagues to achieve key goals.
• In your second year, you'll deepen your expertise by supporting two projects, each for a six‑month duration. You'll take on more leadership responsibilities by becoming a mentor of the following cohort, you’ll be proactive in making decisions based on experience as you gain further opportunities to shine and demonstrate your leadership skills, whilst still building your technical skills.

What is next?

Interested in applying? We would love to receive an application from you. Please be sure to read full details of how to apply and the job description on our website by clicking the 'apply' link.

The Final date to receive applications is 23:59 on 11 January 2026.

• Seniority level:
  Internship

• Employment type:
  
  Full-time

• Job function:
  Information Technology
• Industries:
  Higher Education

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