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    L&Q Graduate opportunities have been designed to help you get the career you’ve always wanted. This opportunity will help you to get your foot on the career ladder with an organisation that supports you from beginning to end, and beyond.

    The role

    We have an exciting opportunity for you to be part of our Strategy and Planning Team at the heart of L&Q business that is responsible for overseeing the delivery of our five-year strategy, Future Shape.

    This strategy marked a new chapter in our history. It sets out our approach to put our residents at the heart of L&Q, consolidate our financial strength, and lay the foundations for us to tackle some of the biggest issues our sector has ever faced.

    As a member of the Strategy and Planning Team, over the course of the two-year placement you will get to see:

    • how our current strategy is being delivered and how we develop and delivery operating model changes to ensure as an organisation we remain operationally excellent.
    • how we consider what we want to achieve in the future. Helping us to develop our next corporate strategy covering 2026-31.
    • how strategy is translated into business plans, working with colleagues from across over 20 different teams across the organisation.
    • how risks associated with their delivery are managed, and how the controls we put in place such as our policies, are developed, implemented and their effectiveness assured.
    • how we respond to climate change and net zero targets and embed this into our future strategy, business plans and key performance indicators.
    • how we oversee change initiatives, ensuring that robust project management is in place to ensure their successful delivery.

    And throughout your graduate role, you will be supported by managers and mentors and receive regular feedback and coaching.

    Strong analysis and problem-solving skills are essential to this role, as are excellent communication and organisational skills. We are looking for someone with resilience, drive, enthusiasm, and a passion to help people. And importantly, you need to be someone who wants to work for an organisation that can make a difference to people’s lives and want to work within a highly motivated and performing team.

    Essential skills and experience include

    • Active listening skills
    • Flexible and adaptable
    • Exceptionally strong planning and organisational skills
    • An ability to establish and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders.
    • Strong communication skills
    • High level IT skills

    Person Requirements

    • Passionate about working in housing.
    • Show resilience and tenacity.
    • Strong leadership and communication skills,
    • Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills

    Qualification Requirements

    • Educated to degree level 2:1 or higher.
    • 5 GCSE’s - grades A to C (or equivalent) including maths and English language.

    What you can expect

    • Great company benefits.
    • Great breadth and variety of experiences through a structured programme within your chosen discipline
    • You’ll gain a nationally recognised qualification.
    • You’ll have access to outstanding training offered internally.
    • You’ll be supported all the way throughout the programme by an experienced line manager and mentor.

    If you meet the above criteria and are interested in developing your skills whilst working, then apply without delay!

    We are a multi-site organisation, so some roles may require occasional travel between offices, but expenses will be covered.

    At the foundation of everything that we do are our corporate values and associated behaviours. Our organisational behavioural framework outlines the core expectations of all employees, which should be demonstrated at all times when representing L&Q. More information about L&Q’s values can be found on our website and a copy of our behavioural framework can be provided on request.