TfL Sustainability Graduate Scheme 2023

Thank you for your interest in applying for this TfL Graduate Scheme.

We’d like to remind you that you must ensure you are eligible for this scheme before applying. Please read through the eligibility criteria below carefully and ensure that you are eligible before applying.

This application will also contain a series of questions to establish whether or not you are eligible. It is important that you take great care in reading and answering these questions as we will not be able to revert your application if an error is made.

Please Note: We only allow one application for any of our Graduate schemes per year. Any subsequent applications will be withdrawn

Entry Requirements

A minimum of 2:2 degree in:

• Environmental Management
• Sustainability
• Geography
• Business Management
• History
• STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
• Economics or Finance
• Design or Architecture
• Town or Development Planning
• Finance accountancy
• Communication
• Project Management
• …or similar

Referring to the eligibility criteria in the Job Description, please ensure you have listed all relevant qualifications and grades obtained including expected results and the date of when you expect to receive these by.

Please attach proof of your qualifications (if available) when making an application.

Job overview

We’re seeking talented individuals across a range of disciplines and backgrounds to help us achieve our vision of a greener, healthier, more sustainable London. Our Sustainability Graduates could work in almost any part of TfL and will have strong focus on applying sustainability principles and practices within their roles including help with developing new tools and process where they are lacking. You will be fully supported to do this through a network of existing sustainability professionals you can talk to and sustainability specific training.

What you'll be doing

As a graduate, your two-year development programme will incorporate up to four placement rotations. You'll gain experience across a range of different roles and will approach them through the lens of sustainability. You will work with sponsor to agree the best placements and experience for you.

The positive impact you’ll have at TfL

The climate and ecological crisis is the defining challenge for humanity. London is at the centre of the global effort to address this, including the Mayor’s world-leading goal of a Zero Carbon London by 2030.

Our purpose is to move London forward safely, inclusively and sustainably. To be the strong green heartbeat for London.

If you want to have an impact, TfL has the scale and breadth for you to do so.

We run most of London’s public transport services, including the London Underground, London Buses, the DLR, London Overground, Elizabeth line, London Trams, London River Services, London Dial-a-Ride, Victoria Coach Station, Santander Cycles and the London Cable Car. We also regulate taxi and private hire vehicles in London and manage the city’s red route strategic roads (which carry 30% of London’s traffic).

We work in collaboration with authorities across all the London boroughs to help shape the character of London’s streets – creating more places for people to walk, cycle and spend time socialising in order to reduce car dependency, improve air quality, revitalise town centres, boost businesses and connect communities.

We are also a developer with a portfolio of property investments. We’re working to deliver 20,000 new homes (50% of which are affordable) through a subsidiary of our business, and we’re doing so with sustainability at the heart of our projects.

We employee 27,000 people directly and over 100,000 through contracted services. We are London’s third biggest landowner with a 6,000-acre estate, a third of which is covered with vegetation. We own 6,500 buildings and we are London’s second biggest landlord with over 2,500 tenanted properties. We’re the biggest user of electricity in London, using over 1.5 terawatt hours of electricity a year. We work with an annual budget of around £11bn, £6.7bn of which is spent in our supply chain. If you want to make a difference to sustainability, TfL is one of the best places to do so.

Where this career can take you

We need every role in TfL to include sustainability and for it to be at the heart of every decision we make. You will be part of a strong and growing network of individuals across TfL that are passionate and actively working to progress our sustainability goals in every part of our organisation.

You will be provided with training and peer support to help you apply sustainability in all your placements and your future career at TfL.

What role you focus on once you’ve finished your graduate scheme could be almost anything, however this scheme will focus on creating sustainability leaders in roles which can influence outcomes, including, but not limited to:

• Environmental Management
• Responsible Procurement
• Finance (including sustainability financial disclosures, climate budgeting)
• Project and Business Management
• Legal Affairs
• Commercial Strategy
• City Planning
• Public Health
• Urban Design
• Asset Operations and Strategy
• Construction Management
• Engineering
• Marketing
• Project and Programme Sponsorship
• Stakeholder Relations
• Technology and Data
• Governance

What training and support will you get?

Whilst on the scheme, we’ll support your technical development through a wide range of on-the-job practical experiences and placements. We’ll also support your professional development through a combination of classroom-led training courses, online training courses, mentoring opportunities and structured networking opportunities with scheme alumni. You will receive one-to-one support throughout the programme from your scheme sponsor and your Line Manager.

What do we look for?

Everything we do as an organisation is to ensure that our evolving city remains future-proof for millions of Londoners. Our talented graduates form a vital part of that vision, so it’s important that we find the best people to help us do this. We’re looking for people who are;

• Inquisitive mind
• Challenges the status quo
• Thrives in a team
• Relish a challenge
• Leads the way
• Passionate about our vision

As a member of the team, we’ll give you responsibility and the opportunity to add value from day one. If you are excited by inspiring and influencing the future of London and are up for a challenge and thrive under pressure, then this is the career path for you.

Important Information

Depending on your placement and final role you may be required to undertake a medical which may include but is not limited to: drugs and alcohol screening, eye test and hearing test.