Job description
Get ahead this summer on our Bright Futures Intern programme. If you’re looking for the perfect opportunity in a dynamic work environment, where innovation, creativity, and fresh ideas are welcomed, then our intern programme is for you.
You will learn from experts in their field and experience a fantastic culture, all whilst developing your brand and gaining vital skills that will pave the way to a fantastic career.
This internship opportunity is within our Chief information Office (CIO) and will see you joining one of our technical project teams to learn the ropes in business analytics. You will support several analytical activities to support the effective delivery of one or more projects involved in managing or implementing changes to business operations.
As an intern, you will work with stakeholders to elicit, understand, analyse, document, refine and communicate business needs to our technical delivery teams so they can build and implement effective solutions.
Role Requirements
You will gain vast insight into our culture and our business and align that insight with your career ambitions. Successful completion of the summer internship could lead to you being offered a place on our Bright Futures graduate programme after Graduation.
Aside from being one of the world’s longest-standing general insurers providing peace of mind to individuals, families, small businesses, and large corporations, we pride ourselves in bringing together the brightest people from diverse backgrounds.
Being a part of RSA means being part of an inclusive, collaborative, and diverse community that allows people to feel and be their best. Joining us means being part of a company committed to transparency in the way we work. We use responsible business practices that not only span our investments, choice of suppliers and environmental impact, but how we engage with customers and employees.
Responsibilities
In this internship opportunity, we will encourage you to:
- Support the team to identify needs, gather requirements, develop user stories, and propose business solutions
- Work closely with the Product Owner, Scrum masters, and Software Development team to ensure user requirements, stories, and acceptance criteria are well understood to enable truly agile delivery
- Continuously refine user stories in the backlog to ensure the appropriate level of detail is captured at the right time
- Support the Product Owner in executing and maintaining the product roadmap
- Suggest areas for process and productivity improvements within the team
- Collate and reconcile data and information from various sources to ensure completeness and accuracy
- Produce and provide clarification on periodic or ad-hoc reports or analyses within the project framework
The Individual
We want your individualism, capability, and ambition to shine through. You will need to have a zest for learning and a willingness to be hands on in the role.
You will need to be a Graduate in your penultimate year of study.
The best skills to have to be successful in this internship are:
- Strong and effective communication skills with the ability to build relationships across the business
- An eye for detail, and an analytical nature teamed with the ability to collate and interrogate data with the use of Excel
- Creative problem-solving skills with the ability to focus on details, whilst maintaining the 'big picture' view
- Be able to work independently, but remain organised throughout projects in a fast-paced environment
- A results driven outlook that will support RSA to outperformance
About Us
A welcoming, diverse, and inclusive culture is an important element for RSA in our best-in-class ambition. RSA thrives when everyone feels comfortable bringing their best self to work. We have a diverse mix of customers, and we want our employee base to reflect that. We celebrate difference, whilst striving to create an environment where colleagues feel respected and valued for their unique potential.
Our commitment to diversity is sincere, continually growing and led right from the top. RSA takes pride in being accessible to all. We welcome applications regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, race, marital status, ethnic origin, religion, or social class. We encourage inclusive environments where our people can always give and show the very best of themselves and harness the power of our diversity.
If you require flexibility in when, where, or how you work, we’d love to hear from you. We also want to ensure that you are supported throughout the application process to enable you to be at your best. If you require adjustments during your application process, please flag this on your application form.
Our Values:
Integrity: Be honest, open, and fair. Set high standards. Stand up for what is right. Respect: Be kind. See diversity as a strength. Be inclusive and collaborate.
Customer Driven: Listen to our customers. Make it easy, find solutions. Deliver second-to-none experiences.
Excellence: Act with discipline and drive to outperform. Embrace change, improve every day. Celebrate success yet remain humble.
Generosity: Help others. Protect the environment. Make our communities more resilient.
Job Reference: UK000618