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Working at EY UK

  • Company employees
    400000
  • Gender diversity (m:f)
    52:48

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  • Global

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Join the People Consulting Graduate Programme in Manchester starting September 2027. This two-year programme invites graduates to help organisations transform their workforces through strategy, technology, and insight.

Requirements

  • No specific degree subject or minimum years of experience stated in the posting.
  • Core skills required include analytical thinking, problem solving, inclusive collaboration, critical thinking, adaptability, and digital fluency.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Analytical thinking: Interpret workforce data and trends to generate insights that inform people strategies.
  • Problem solving: Design practical solutions addressing organisational and workforce challenges.
  • Inclusive collaboration: Work with diverse teams and stakeholders to deliver people-focused outcomes.
  • Digital fluency: Use technology and data tools to support workforce transformation and people solutions.
  • Potential transition routes: People from business, psychology, or HR backgrounds may bring strong analytical and communication skills, alongside meeting the core competencies of the role.

Job description

Shape how organisations transform through people and strategy

Programme overview

On the People Consulting Graduate Programme, you’ll shape the future with confidence by helping organisations transform how they work through their people. You’ll support clients to design future-ready workforces, using insight, technology and innovation to deliver lasting change. As a Shaper of the future, you’ll build in-demand skills and create impact across organisations, teams and communities.

Along the way, if you join Public and Private (P&P), you’ll undertake relevant training and/or qualifications to further develop your skills, and if you join Financial Services (FS), you’ll study for the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) – Certificate in Business Accounting.

Core skills for success

  • Analytical thinking — interpret workforce data, research and trends to generate insights that inform people strategies.

  • Problem solving — design practical solutions that address organisational and workforce challenges.

  • Inclusive collaboration — work with diverse teams and stakeholders to deliver people-focused outcomes.

  • Critical thinking and judgement — assess options and implications to support well-informed recommendations.

  • Adaptability — respond to changing client needs, priorities and environments with confidence.

  • Digital fluency — use technology, data and tools to support workforce transformation and people solutions.

What you will be doing

  • Working across a range of capabilities including: Workforce Advisory, Talent, and HR Transformation & HR Technology.

  • Working across people transformation projects, supporting areas such as change, workforce strategy, culture, HR transformation and people technology.

  • Analysing data and research to develop commercially sound recommendations for clients.

  • Collaborating with teams and clients to design and deliver solutions that improve how organisations work.

  • Supporting workshops, reports and proposals that contribute to project delivery and business development.

Key programme facts

  • Programme length
    Two years
  • Professional qualification
    Role-specific qualifications
  • Salary
    Competitive
  • Start date
    September 2027
Apply now
EY UK

People Consulting Graduate Programme - September 2027 intake

Manchester
Competitive salary

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