West Midlands Pension Fund has proved itself highly effective at attracting and retaining talent despite operating in the highly competitive world of pensions and investments.
It’s used an engaging placement programme to bring candidates into hard-to-fill niche roles by providing a nurturing environment where staff can develop their careers.
The Graduate Management trainee programme was first launched in 2018 to support the organisation to attract a high calibre of candidates who are looking to pursue a career in pensions.
The Fund has many niche roles that are hard to fill therefore we introduced our placement programme to grow our own, providing employees with the skills and expertise to develop into key roles within service areas including Investments, Finance, Governance and Operations.
All graduates are assigned a mentor who supports them throughout. Graduates will learn, grow and develop, making a real impact on the organisation whilst having the opportunity to be involved in group projects where they can collaborate with other graduates.
Graduates are supported by a personal development programme that sees them undertake specialist professional qualifications such as ACCA, IMC and PRINCE2. The Fund has continued to run successful recruitment programmes and has seen excellent quality applicants for positions in all service areas.
People are our greatest asset, not only in the service they provide to our customers but also as ambassadors for the Fund – promoting us as a place of opportunity to launch careers.
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