About The Role
Let’s grow together!
A Platinum Investors in People employer and an award-winning UK bank, focused on growth. Our customers include savers and businesses across the UK and, working together, we use our specialist expertise to help them achieve their ambitions and build a sustainable future. If you’re an Undergraduate looking for an opportunity to grow in a friendly environment, we’re looking for you!
We’re flexible, inclusive, committed to your wellbeing and passionate about you reaching your potential. Let’s grow together …
What you’ll be doing
1. To work and gain experience from each department within New Lending
2. Gaining insight and assisting the division in achieving its business objectives and targets
3. Building good working relationships with various stakeholders in the departments in order to gain knowledge and insight
4. The final output will be to deliver a project which will be of Degree standard, showcasing your work throughout the year to include improvements that can be implemented to enhance the customer journey
About You
What you’ll bring to the team
5. Hardworking, approachable and adaptable team player with ability to work independently
6. Innovative with strong numeracy, literacy and analytical skills
7. Computer literate with MS Office knowledge
8. Attention to detail and logical accuracy
9. Effective communication skills (written and verbal)
10. Excellent organisational skills with strong time management
11. Ability to challenge processes constructively and maintain collaborative relationships
12. Skilled in problem-solving and prioritisation under pressure
Even if you don’t meet all the criteria, we encourage you to apply. At Paragon, we value diversity and we’re excited to hear from passionate individuals like you! If you’re ready to contribute to the team, please apply.
Further information on the role can be found in the Purpose and Performance Profile (PPP), which is downloadable on this page.
Please note, applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We do not offer visa sponsorship.
Working hours
Monday – Friday 08:30 – 17:00 (1 hour lunch). This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 2 days a week in the Solihull office. (Days to be agreed with your manager)
Inclusion
As a Disability Confident Employer, we want to ensure that our vacancies are accessible for everyone. If you have a disability, long term health condition or are neurodiverse and need us to adjust our recruitment process please get in touch with our recruitment team.
About Us
What can we offer you?
13. Generous Holiday Allowance: Starting from 25 days, you also get to enjoy a day off for your birthday, Christmas Eve, and New Year’s Eve. You can also buy or sell up to a week’s leave.
14. Share Save Scheme: Annually, you have the opportunity to buy shares in Paragon at a discounted rate
15. Profit Related Pay: We share some of our annual profit with our eligible employees
16. Pension Plan: We contribute up to 10% of your annual salary towards your pension
17. Family Friendly policies: We offer enhanced parental pay and paid time off for fertility treatment
18. Employee Discounts: Enjoy exclusive discounts on entertainment, travel, shopping, motoring and more
19. Volunteering Day: Contribute to causes you care about with one volunteering day per year
20. Life Assurance and Personal Accident Cover
Be flexible
We promote flexibility around how and where we work so that you can achieve a healthier work-life balance. We operate hybrid working, splitting our week between the office and home.
Be yourself
As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome diversity and care about inclusion. That’s why we want you to be your whole self at work. We believe an inclusive workplace is good for each of us, great for our customers and better for our business. Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Network meets regularly to share challenges, experience, and ideas to build a more equal, diverse, and inclusive business.
Be heard
We listen to your point of view, with our People Forum and regular employee surveys making sure you can use your voice and influence our future.
Be well
We will give you access to a range of tools and resources to support your wellbeing. This will include a digital GP service via our free Employee Assistance Programme, access to our Wellbeing team to connect you with the help you need to get more out of life and our Vitality at Work programme to provide you with discounted gym membership, fitness equipment and another multitude of wellbeing services.
Be better
We want you to reach your potential and, as a Platinum Investors in People employer, we’ll encourage you to learn and develop by building a personalised development plan together with your manager.