Accelerate Graduate Programme - Workforce and Organisation
What is the Workforce and Organisation Accelerate Programme Pathway?
The Workforce and Organisation (W&O) pathway of the Accelerate programme is designed for talented graduates passionate about accelerating transformations across our client’s employee experience, workforce, and change programmes. We deliver this through people-led change empowering our clients to deliver transformations throughout their business.
The Accelerate Programme consists of 2 parts:
- The Institute (circa 3 months)
- The W&O Academy (circa 18 months)
Your first 3 months of the Accelerate Programme will be spent within The Institute, where you will learn core consulting skills and gain a broad understanding of everything we do at Capgemini Invent within a feed-back rich environment.
Following your time in The Institute, you will join the W&O Academy. Please refer to the relevant entry route webpage for further details on team structure and information on alignment with your skills and interests.
The Focus of Your Role
As an Associate Consultant you will embark on a stimulating and exciting journey where you will develop key skills that influence how our clients evolve the way they work, perform, and achieve their goals. You’ll have the opportunity to work on large scale transformation programmes.You will ensure the smooth delivery of end-to-end projects by working flexibly, demonstrating intellectual capability and delivering innovative solutions for clients. The day-to-day tasks can vary from designing workshops, creating engaging communication material, and mapping out user journeys.
What you will need
We are particularly interested to learn if you have experience or are interested in working in the industries we operate in and are keen to start a career in an environment where you can drive change.
Ideally, you will have some (or all) of the following:
- A passion to help our clients manage the transition to innovative technologies and re-think their culture and job roles in a digital age
- An understanding of what the future of work may look like and the impact on skills and talent
- Awareness of change methods, tools, and effective ways to communicate
- Knowledge of market trends and challenges across Technology Transformations and, HR and Talent functions.
At Capgemini Invent, although academics form part of our overall hiring decision, we do not select candidates purely on academic performance. We will assess your suitability for a role using several tools including video interviewing and assessment centres (all currently being held virtually).
Note: You will have lived in the UK for the last 3 years with no more than 6 consecutive month residence outside the UK (in order to meet security clearance requirements).
Learning and Development
When you enter the Workforce and Organisation Academy, a key focus is placed on your development and providing you opportunities to learn a variety of skills in a range of environments. During the programme, you will benefit from a suite of learning opportunities including a dedicated W&O Academy curriculum, from internal trainings, to externally recognised professional accreditations and communities of practice.
Internal trainings available include:
- Change Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Design Thinking
- PMO trainings
- Strategic Planning
- HR Analytics
- Transforming the HR Experience
- Operating Model Design
- Capgemini Global BA Certification Level 0 / Level 1
Professional qualifications available to you once you join W&O include:
- APM PFQ
- P3M Basics
- Prince 2
- PROSCI Change Management
- CIPD
- BCS (Business Analyst Certification)
What you can expect
Working alongside a world-class team with a wealth of consulting and industry experience, you will begin to create relationships across the organisation and acquire a foundation of consulting skills, tools and methodologies to help you accelerate your career.You will be part of a project team, building trust-based relationships at the heart of a client’s organisation, helping them change the way they work and transforming their business to achieve their goals. You’ll get early responsibility and build your skills through interesting and challenging work.
Why Capgemini Invent?
As a team, we value:
Engagement: We believe in providing a stimulating working environment where our consultants are empowered to share their values and are engaged in purposeful work. The graduate scheme provides a supportive environment throughout, whether that is from your cohort, capability unit, or project team.
Inclusiveness: We are building a diverse and inclusive environment that embraces and values different points of view. We run regular meetups, alumni events, and W&O away days – all providing opportunities to connect with the team, have fun and learn something new.
Diversity: Capgemini positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.We are committed to hiring, developing and retaining the best people to deliver innovative, world-class solutions for our clients. We foster an inclusive culture that enables everyone to achieve their full potential and enjoy a fulfilling career with us.
Our comprehensive flexible benefits package and lifestyle policies enable our employees to balance their individual, family and work-life needs.
Within the Workforce and Organisation Academy there are a variety of roles you may take on:
Project Management Office (PMO):
A Project Management Office (PMO) is responsible for defining and maintaining project management standards, ensuring projects are managed effectively and providing governance and support for project execution. The PMO is vital in ensuring that all streams collaborate effectively, extending its role beyond mere administrative tasks.An Academy PMO is learning their “trade”. They are at an early stage in their PMO journey, and will be directed, led, and managed by more senior resources.
Change, Comms and Engagement Support:
This role focuses on supporting the Change Management team, by collaborating closely with them to develop and execute communication strategies that align with the overall change plan. Additionally, it involves keeping all stakeholders well-informed by maintaining a steady flow of information to them, ensuring they are supportive of the change by creating success stories, case studies and testimonials from early adopters to highlight the benefits and encourage wider acceptance.
Learning & Development Support:
The L&D support role is designed to assist the L&D teams in meeting various business needs. This role is crucial for bridging skill gaps by identifying and addressing deficiencies within the organisation. It fosters a culture of continuous learning through ongoing and updated learning materials, ensuring all employees are well-prepared to face new challenges and responsibilities.Additionally, the L&D team aligns learning initiatives with the company’s strategic objectives, ensuring that training programs contribute to overall business success.
HR Support:
The HR support role is designed to assist the HR Team in conducting various projects, from the HR Advisory and HR Discovery, to HR Transformation, Recruitment, Talent, and Op Model work. Within the role, there is the opportunity to experience a range of HR projects, which will help you decide which area you might want to specialise in.The role will give you insight into our Employee Experience and HR Offerings, and our stance on HR 4.0 – a move towards the HR function becoming a strategic partner to the business. The role will also introduce you to the employee lifecycle and how this is taken into consideration during HR transformations.
Business Analyst:
Business Analysis is the practice of enabling change in an organisational context, by defining needs and recommending solutions that deliver value to stakeholders. As a BA, you’ll work with colleagues and other stakeholders to investigate operational issues, problems, and new opportunities, seeking effective business solutions through improvements in aspects of business areas or systems.You will apply business analysis change and software development lifecycles will become a part of your everyday role. The way that your role works may vary depending on whether the project is set up using Agile or Waterfall methodology.