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Be the impact. Make the impact
Get ready to make an impact from your first day. As champions of the mutual way, we challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our profit. We work on behalf of them. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives. Feel that difference as you Deliver more throughout your 8-week internship, helping us to make banking fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.
We want every colleague to know they’re a valued and important part of our community, valued for their uniqueness and contribution. We’re creating access to opportunities where we typically see under-representation in banking. Our internship programme aims to address this by supporting talented people who may have seen or experienced barriers to a career in banking.
Applications for our Summer Internships are now closed.
Develop more as you gain valuable work experience, new skills and a wide network of colleagues. You’ll experience the unique culture of Nationwide, and our determination to make a difference to our customers and broader society. You’ll build your skills and stay accountable for your high performance, and we’ll cheer you on and celebrate when you excel.
How you do your job is just as important as what you do. So we’ll encourage you to Dare more as you embrace our Customer First Behaviours, using your internship to push for better, get it done and say it straight. Behaviours that will help you shape your future career in banking.
You'll stay accountable for your own high performance and for delivering the end-to-end outcomes that offer more to customers. Creating impact from your very first day.
During your 8 weeks with us, you’ll work on projects and tasks where every action has the customer at it's heart. You’ll connect with a network of like-minded colleagues and build essential business skills and experience that will push your performance and set you up for your future career.
A Summer Internship where you'll truly feel the impact you're making.
Dare more
Our customer first behaviours are how we work together. We're brave in speaking out, we say it straight. We don't settle for mediocrity, we push for better. We are decisive and accountable, we get it done. At Nationwide you'll feel the difference in how we do banking.
Develop more
You’ll be part of a high-performing, purpose-driven organisation that offers rewarding career experiences and a highly competitive range of benefits to match. Through structured development, meaningful work, and a strong network of colleagues, we'll help you build a career, not just a job.
Deliver more
Our scale, mutual model, trusted reputation, and the calibre of our people mean that we are uniquely positioned to challenge the industry and make a meaningful difference to the lives of customers, communities, and broader society. By joining Nationwide you'll help create and deliver a fairer, more rewarding way of banking.
Rewarding you at Nationwide
High performing and purpose-driven people deserve rewarding career experiences and highly competitive benefits to match.
From your first day with us, you'll receive a warm welcome from our Early Careers team, line managers, and your Intern colleagues who you'll meet with regularly through your Summer Internship.
Your structured programme includes interesting projects, employability workshops, meeting leaders and development opportunities to help you push for better.
At the end of the programme, you'll meet your cohort for a celebration event and we'll share future career opportunities with you.
FAQs for Early Careers
Need help before applying? We've provided answers to common questions below.
Social mobility is the link between a person’s occupation or income and the occupation or income of their parents. Research shows that someone’s socio-economic background (e.g. where they grew up, social class, the financial resources of their family, the type of school they attended, etc) can affect their career opportunities.
Research shows an under-representation of people from working-class backgrounds in banking. We believe this internship will help contribute to addressing this and give high-performing individuals who may not have considered a career in banking a high-quality experience and open up opportunities.
If you were unsuccessful in your Spring 2024 application you can apply again in Spring 2025. Use the opportunity to show how you've developed you're skills and experience over the last 12 months.
At Nationwide, we're proud to be a Disability Confident employer and we consider all applicants on their abilities alone to ensure a fair recruitment process.
You can request reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process or the role by emailing early.careers@nationwide.co.uk.
Learn more about our Employee Networks and Support Groups here.
Employment at Nationwide is conditional upon you having the right to work lawfully in the UK in the role you are applying for.
Nationwide welcomes applications from all candidates, but as a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility to comply with the applicable Immigration Rules and guidance (which are subject to change).
The Skilled Worker route has specific requirements relating to skill level of the role and minimum salary expectations. As such, our ability to employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited. Nationwide cannot guarantee that you and/or the role you are applying for will be eligible for sponsorship either on commencement of employment or during the course of employment, or that any application made to UKVI will be successful.
Eligibility will therefore be considered on a case by case basis. For some of our programmes and locations we expect our ability to sponsor to be limited or not possible due to the salary requirements outlined in the Immigration Rules.
Unfortunately, Nationwide are unable to advise on whether you will meet the eligibility for visa sponsorship or other immigration routes.
Nationwide does not support the personal costs associated with a Skilled Worker visa application, namely personal visa application fees and Immigration Health Surcharge costs.
Any offer of employment is subject to providing the appropriate proof of right-to-work status within the UK prior to your start date and for the duration of the programme applied for.