Communications Management Trainee -  24 Month Secondment/FTC

Are you looking for a career that will unlock new opportunities? Join HSBC and experience the possibilities! Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

HSBC are accelerating plans to transform, building on agility, innovation and customer centricity as we become a bank fit for the future.  This role is part of the Global Marketing function within the Continental Europe team. The function focuses on understanding present and future customer needs, identification of market opportunities, development and execution of marketing strategies, and programmes. The ultimate goal is to drive improvements in HSBC brand equity and contribute to customer growth, revenue growth, increase customer value and satisfaction in order to meet agreed objectives and key results

We are currently looking for recent graduates to join or Global Communications and Brand team! For anyone looking to build a career in communications, HSBC’s Communications and Brand Graduate Programme could be the right fit for you.

By joining our Communications & Brand Graduate programme, you’ll be part of a team that works to support HSBC’s Group strategy and values as well as enhancing and protecting its reputation. We enable this through:

• Consumer PR. Media management. Leadership and employee communications, communication for major programmes, and on key business issues like trade, technology, sustainable finance, diversity and inclusion, as well as management of HSBC’s brand.
• Financial results, media relations and archive management.
• A range of channels, internally and externally.

This is a 2-year rotational programme for recent graduates who are interested in building their career in Communications. The role will be placed in short-terms rotations (6 months each) within the Global Communications and Brand function, based in London.

As a graduate you will be expected to:

- Devise and execute communications plans, with guidance from your line manager, to support business activities and strategy.
- Participate in communication campaigns and projects to support the bank’s strategy.
- Support with developing the content in line with HSBC’s values and ensure alignment with global policies.
- Support the effective communication of HSBC priorities, company purpose and business activities to a range of audiences.

From day one, you’ll have a wide network of dedicated people to support you, including a line manager, placement manager and a mentor. They’ll be with you every step of the way to answer your questions, help build your professional network and support you in your career development.
 

Requirements

The ideal candidate for this role demonstrate the below attributes:

• We are looking for motivated and dedicated people who have a record of making a positive impact on projects, events and groups, who collaborate well with people and are able to read others well and encourage mutual respect in sometimes high-pressured environments. 
• This means building reliable relationships and ensuring people can count on them. We want individuals who can think strategically and generate new ideas showing a determination to learn.
• Individuals need to be courageous and proactive when searching for better solutions and making use of the resources we have around us.
• Key skills we are looking for include:

• Creative and passionate
• Energetic and want to get involved in building a career in communications
• Great communicators
• Confident dealing with people and able to build strong relationships and networks
• Customer focused
• Interested in current affairs
• Have strong English – Verbal and written skills
• Developing leadership skills and strong analytical capability 

You’ll be open to learning all things digital and taking ownership and initiative when it comes to your own work.

The location will be split between working from home and the London office.

 At HSBC, we look to enable our employees to better balance their work / life priorities and have the flexibility required to meet challenging needs as they progress through different life stages. Where possible we will consider the following flexible working options: part-time working, job sharing, term-time working, and working from home and staggered hours. If in considering a role with HSBC, you have a need for some flexibility in your working arrangements please discuss this with the recruitment team in the early stages of the application process.

As a business operating in markets all around the world, we believe diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term health condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate. Within the work place you will have access to various employee resource groups which strive to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions. HSBC has in place processes in order to avoid nepotism, which means to avoid creating circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.

We want everyone to be able to fulfil their potential which is why we provide a range of flexible working arrangements and family friendly policies!

Recruitment Helpdesk: 
Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com 
Telephone: +44 2078328500

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.