Your Career, Your Danske Bank........You're Danske Bank ??Your role: Early Careers Lead - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract *This role is based in Belfast & will not offer sponsorship* Have you got a genuine passion about how we develop and grow early career talent? Do you ever look at student attraction campaigns and wish you could get involved to make it really amazing? You do? Great, then read on as this might be the role for you.... ?????Why you'll want to work with us: At Danske Bank, we're driven by a clear purpose: to help customers, colleagues, and society thrive. We believe that what we do genuinely makes a positive difference and that our culture and ways of working create a unique place to grow your career. This includes investing in our people's personal growth and wellbeing to ensure everyone feels that they belong and are set up for success. You don't have to just take our word for it - we are very proud of our external recognition which includes being rated by Best Companies as a 3-star World Class Organisation to work for, as a Top 10 Best Company to Work for in the UK and as #1 in the UK Financial Services sector and #1 in Northern Ireland! We value diversity in its broadest sense which we know makes us stronger as a business and invites all colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. Our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy is central to our purpose and shows up in how we work every day. Driving sustainability is a key strategic priority for us. We'd proud to have achieved the highest level in the Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey by Business in the Community (BITC) for the seventh consecutive year. We're passionate about giving back to the communities in which we live and work. There are lots of ways you can get involved, such as fundraising for our charity partner (Include Youth), visiting schools to teach young people about money and budgeting, volunteering with a local food bank, planting trees, and so much more. So, if you share our values and enthusiasm and all of what we stand for resonates with you, then you will find a home at Danske Bank. Your benefits: There's much more to working at Danske Bank than just a salary but for this role we are offering a competitive salary. We want to be a workplace in which our colleagues can succeed and feel empowered through all stages of their career and life. We also offer an attractive range of flexible benefits centred on wellness, financial, psychological, physical and social. Everyone's circumstances are different, and our benefits can be tailored to your needs. For example, if you want to buy more holidays or need to avail of medical treatment, then we have a range of benefits for you. And if you want to make your money, go further, our Danske Discounts offering is just for you. With non-stop discounts, this is the perfect perk for all colleagues. If the gym is of interest to you can avail of savings on gym membership and where eligible, we offer a salary sacrifice car benefit. What does the role look like? As the Early Careers Lead you will develop and manage our early career programmes; apprentices, school leavers, so that we build future skills and bolster our long-term talent pipelines to enhance Danske Bank's reputation as an employer of choice in the NI marketplace. ??What will you do? Develop and deliver an ambitious early careers strategy and recruitment campaigns. Design innovative development programmes for apprentices to accelerate their growth. Build strong partnerships with universities, colleges and schools to identify opportunities and enhance early career initiatives. Manage queries from apprentices throughout the Bank. Collaborate with internal teams to create a compelling Employer Brand and social media strategy for early careers. Liaise with external partners to provide upskilling to students on CV & Interview skills such as within colleges & universities. Monitor market trends to ensure competitive resourcing strategies. Engage and influence senior leaders to support early career activities. Manage funding compliance and ensure fairness and inclusivity in all activities. ??Your skills: Essential Strong relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders. Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage senior leaders and inspire participation. Good project management skills with a history of successfully managing multiple projects concurrently and to deadlines. Astute problem-solving abilities. A willingness to learn and develop new skills. Creativity and a passion for making a positive impact. A commitment to promoting fairness, diversity and inclusion. Note: This role requires a degree of flexibility due to the demands of attending careers fairs/universities etc. which can occur at weekends and outside business hours. Clean driving license & access to a car is required. ??How we work Our belief is that we are "Better when Together" and want to balance the benefits of teaming up in person with flexible working where possible. We will be supportive and flexible to your circumstances, so for roles that offer a hybrid option we ask colleagues to attend their base location a minimum of 3 days a week so they can connect, collaborate and learn together. The other 2 days can be worked either from home or another bank location. Some of our roles are customer facing which means that it's really important to be able to work with customers face to face and hybrid working isn't appropriate. If you have a disability, long term health condition or additional need that requires accommodation or adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please advise us of this on your CV & a member of the team will be in touch to discuss! Each one of us is different, and at Danske Bank we value and respect individual differences. Danske Bank is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. That means that, as a committed equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of (but not limited to); gender, ethnicity, background, nationality, generation, age, working style, religious background, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and cognitive diversity, including neurodiversity. To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page. To start the process, click the Apply button below to Login/Register.