Accelerate Graduate Programme - Public Sector

PUBLIC SECTOR - INVENT ACCELERATE GRADUATE PROGRAMME

WHAT IS THE PUBLIC SECTOR ACCELERATE PROGRAMME PATHWAY?

YOUR ROLE

As an Associate Consultant you will embark on a stimulating and exciting journey where you will develop key skills that influence how our clients evolve the way they work, perform and achieve their goals. You’ll have the opportunity to work on large scale transformation programmes. You will ensure the smooth delivery of end-to-end projects by working flexibly, demonstrating intellectual capability and delivering innovative solutions for clients.  

The day-to-day tasks can vary from:   

• Assisting with the implementation of Government policy across Healthcare, Home Affairs, Policing, Justice, Defence, Education, Tax and other areas  
  
  
• Creating strategies and developing business cases to support investment decisions  
  
  
• Enabling front-line staff to work more efficiently by analysing and improving operational processes and procedures  
  
  
• Helping public sector organisations respond to urgent crises, e.g. in the wake of Covid  
  
  
• Driving the digitisation of public services and making them more user-friendly 

YOUR PROFILE

We are particularly interested to learn if you have experience or are interested in working in the industries we operate in and are keen to start a career in an environment where you can drive change.   

Ideally, you will have some (or all) of the following:  

• A passion to support the transformation of public services to continue to meet the evolving needs of society  
  
  
• An understanding and appreciation of the challenges departments and civil servants face when delivering to the public 
   
• A strong desire to drive the development and improvement of public services and to gain experience in using technology to support wide-ranging large-scale transformations 
  
  
• A passion to continuously learn and develop your skillsets to keep up to date with developments in the sector 
  
  
• Problem solving skills to work as part of a team to address some of the biggest challenges faced by UK society  

WHAT YOU'LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE

When you enter the Public Sector Academy, there is a heavy emphasis on your personal development and being able to learn a variety of skills in a multitude of learning environments, not only during the Accelerate Programme but throughout your career as well. 

During the programme you will benefit from wider learning opportunities: 

• We will support you with developing an understanding of the public sector, learning from industry experts working across all major departments
  
  
• Ability for you to shape your learning through the selections of appropriate qualifications that match your career pathway
  
  
• Provide you with coaches and mentors to help you succeed
  
  
• Offer you interesting and fulfilling roles within the public sector, developing your on-the-job skills and putting your learning to practical use 

We also offer a portfolio of tailored learning and development offers comprised of global and local curricula. 

To drive your own personal development, we also provide access to a multitude of online training platforms incl. Coursera, Harvard and Pluralsight containing 7500+ courses to help novices learn from scratch as well as advanced topics for experienced professionals. 

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Inclusive Futures for All campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.  

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.  

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy. 

NEED TO KNOW

To be successfully appointed to this role you will need to undergo Baseline Personnel Security Standard checks.    

There are no nationality or residency restrictions, although if you have resided outside of the UK within the last 3 years, further checks may be required.    

There are other criteria and check required for BPSS, and throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.    

Note: You will have lived in the UK for the last three years with no more than 6 months out of the country (in order to meet security clearance requirements). You may be required to work away from home during the week after the initial training period.    

ABOUT CAPGEMINI

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organisations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.