For the consumer banking scheme- what sorts of rotations do graduates typically get to undertake?

My highlight has been how much my team’s work has really impacted how the bank engages with our customers. It is really rewarding!

Hi, I'm on the Sustainabile Consumer Banking Scheme, I am currently working as a Product Manager. My day could involve meeting with colleagues to discuss a project or checking in about the work I've been doing, putting together or delivering a presentation, using Excel to collate or analyse data or researching topics. I also have some side of desk activities, such as being the Leeds/Manchester Events rep and a Feedback Manager for the Graduate Working Party. For these roles, I could be creating a poster for an event, booking a venue or talking to a graduate about their feedback. I try and put some time aside each week for volunteering and learning/development activities depending on my workload. My previous placement was in Homes, as an Onboarding Specialist within a Customer Experience team. This was also quite project-based and as part of my role I managed a Stakeholder Decision Forum, which meant that I was regularly checking and responding to submissions, chasing people for information or decisions and arranging meetings to discuss complex cases while also working on various other projects. The roles a consumer banking grad could find themselves in are varied; some of our job titles right now range from Product Managers to eCommerce Assistant Managers, Business Support Assistants, Business Analysts or Strategy Managers. Current grads are spread out in several business areas, including Savings, Transport, Homes, Personal Current Accounts, Customer Insights and Financial Wellbeing. I hope this helps you both. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Hi Charlotte, thanks for your message. I am currently on the Consumer Banking scheme and there are lots of potential rotations. Rotations will either be based in consumer relationships or lending and they can be based in so many different teams e.g. products, homes, private banking, fraud etc& I am currently based in Packaged Bank Accounts and I am a Product Assistant Manager. My daily responsibilities are very varied e.g I work on marketing propositions, stakeholder management, finance reporting, app improvements, risk (just to name a few things). My highlights so far has been the culture - everyone I have meant is genuinely really friendly, social and want to help you. I was personally nervous about joining a bank but I have found it to be so welcoming and easy to settle in as my manager and team have been really good in helping me settle into my role.

Thanks guys! Really detailed and super helpful! Margaret, you mentioned you take on extracurricular roles for graduate events. Do you mix with grads from other schemes across the business, is there a community feel?Also

We have attended multiple events with a mixture of grad schemes so there is definitely the opportunity to network in this way!

Hi Charlotte, I can also answer this. Lloyds is really social - we have had many cross-grad social events where we get to meet new people. I’d say there is a community feel especially in my scheme.

Agree with Kara and Amna, there's opportunities to meet with grads from other schemes from the start of the scheme with a really big event and then while you're on the scheme by meeting people in the same hub as you and by joining in with side of desk things like the Graduate Working Party or an employee network or helping Emerging Talent

Thanks guys! Where are you all currently based? Also, what skills would you say are most important to have for the role?

I'm based in Leeds and of the top of my head within the Consumer Banking Scheme current grads are in Leeds, London, Bristol, Manchester and Edinburgh.

Do you get moved around for each rotation?

However there is the opportunity to be based in any of these locations: London, Manchester, Bristol, Leeds, Halifax, Edinburgh, Cheadle, Chester and Cardiff.

Can you choose which area you want to work in within the sustainable graduate scheme or is it already predetermined?