Profile

Who we are:

Triodos Bank is an award-winning organisation and one of Europe’s leading sustainable banks, whose mission is to make money work for positive social, environmental, and cultural change. We offer a wide range of banking services for people who want to use their money consciously – from current accounts through to investments and savings. We only finance companies, organisations and projects that benefit people and the environment.

Our mission is -

• To help create a society that promotes people’s quality of life and that has human dignity at its core.
• To enable individuals, institutions, and businesses to use money more consciously in ways that benefit people and the environment and promote sustainable development.
• To offer our customers sustainable financial products and high-quality service

We’re a certified B Corporation, meaning that we are part of a community of businesses driving the shift to a new kind of economy, that is better for workers, better for communities and better for the environment.

The Opportunity:

We are delighted to be recruiting for our 2025 - 2026 internship intake. We have run our internship scheme for 6 years and it has proven to be a huge success for both Triodos and a hugely valuable experience for the successful candidates.

We have several internship opportunities available with the following departments below. These roles will have specific day to day duties, responsibilities & projects within your chosen department but there will also be the opportunity to work on business wide group projects, and with different areas of the bank too.

The internship scheme runs from the start of August 2025 to end of August 2026 and is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable work experience within one of Europe’s leading sustainable banks.

• Human Resources - Within this internship you will have the opportunity to work across areas such as Learning and Development, Talent Acquisition, Organisational Development and HR Operations.
• Risk & Audit - This placement rotates between the Triodos UK Internal Audit and Risk teams and supports on aspects of Operational Risk Management, Compliance Risk Management & Internal Audit, including project work and monitoring.
• Marketing & Communications - This placement has great variety and involves collaborating with and gaining exposure to the various areas of market and communications, such as PR & media relations, internal communications, and events.
• Finance - This Internship offers great exposure across our finance departments, and you will be supporting some of the key finance processes, including Treasury & liquidity management, business planning, Tax and accounting, and management reporting
• Operations - This placement works within our operations division who support the wider business in ensuring business processes are standardised, efficient, and in control. Focuses include continuous improvement and process management.

What we are looking for:

These opportunities are available to university students looking to do a placement year before returning to university to complete their final year of study.

To be successful in our internship role, you will have a genuine desire to work within sustainable banking and have a keen interest in your chosen internship departments. You will possess excellent communication and organisational skills, with an ability to work effectively with both internal colleagues and external partners.

A good working knowledge of MS Word and MS Excel will be needed, and you will be highly motivated to learn and develop.

Finally, you will be a diverse thinker with an adaptable and flexible approach, and have a genuine interest in positive social and environmental change.

Triodos is proud of its culture, ethos, and ability to make a positive change in society. It is important that candidates evidence a strong commitment to Triodos Bank’s core values of ethical sustainability and transparency, as well as the personal qualities to live these values.

We’re looking for candidates to supply us with their CV and a covering letter that details:

• Please clearly state your 1^st and 2^nd choice of internship opportunity e.g. HR, Marketing, Operations, Risk & Audit, Finance
• Why you would like to work for Triodos
• Your understanding of what we do, and the connection between our mission and how this aligns to your own values
• What you feel you can personally bring to the business

Offer

At Triodos, we value a diverse workforce and the contribution each person makes. We believe that diversity brings different ideas and perspectives which help us to be sustainable as a business and that everyone should be treated equally, with the same dignity and respect. Therefore, you will receive a competitive basic salary of £24,570 and a benefits package which includes:

Our benefits include:

• Non-contributory pension scheme from your first day of 8% in year 1 and 10% from year 2 onwards
• Life Assurance (worth 4 times basic pay)
• Income Protection - 75% of basic pay after 13 weeks sick and following six months service
• Private Medical Insurance with optional enhanced or HCP family coverage
• A Health Cash Plan
• Vitality Leave – After each 5 years of service, you will be able to take a sabbatical of up to 3 months. This benefit is then available after every 7 years of service thereafter.
• 27 days (Full Time Equivalent) annual leave plus bank holidays per annum increasing to 30 days after 2 years’ service
• A buy and sell holiday scheme of up to 5 days (Full Time Equivalent) up to maximum of 35 days total annual leave
• 5 days fully paid carers leave
• A wellbeing allowance of £200 a year
• 1 Wellbeing Day
• Free yoga classes
• Co-worker retail discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Refer a Friend scheme
• Colleague recognition voucher scheme

As well as a great renumeration and benefits package, by the end of the placement you will have gained:

Experience of working in a professional environment thereby improving employability & development of skills such as:

• Project management
• Relationship management
• Time management
• Networking
• Presenting
• Plus, invaluable experience gained within your spefic department

If that sounds like you, then we’d love to hear from you! We recommend that you apply as soon as possible, because from time to time we have needed to bring the closing date forward for popular roles.

You can hear more about what some of our previous intern’s thought of their internship placement, including the skills they were able to grow and develop and what they enjoyed most about working at Triodos by clicking this link https://youtu.be/EjOKmvphgdM

We are committed to diversity and inclusion and would therefore welcome applications for candidates from underrepresented and neurodiverse backgrounds. We value that receiving applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds is key in supporting our inclusive organisation to grow. We don’t want to miss out on candidates who feel they don’t exactly match the job description requirements, so if this is a role that sounds interesting to you, and you feel you could add value to the role please do apply. You could be exactly what we need!

Closing Date: 31/12/2024