What does Crown Agents offer for graduates?
Crown Agents does not run a specific graduate training scheme.
It has been found to be more effective to employ graduates into "real jobs", to ensure that you immediately have the opportunity to take a hands-on approach to our work. This approach also ensures that your progress and development within Crown Agents can be made at a pace to suit you, allowing you time to explore the different types of careers that Crown Agents can offer or potentially fast tracking you in your chosen discipline.
Due to the nature of our business, many roles within Crown Agents will involve international travel. This will not only enhance your business and interpersonal skills, but it will also underpin your understanding of Crown Agents as a whole, by giving you the opportunity to see the results of our projects overseas first hand, and the difference they can make.
We encourage and support studying for professional qualifications relevant to the different business streams, and also have an extensive internal training suite.
What does Crown Agents look for in graduate applicants?
All the graduates that we employ will have a minimum 2:1 degree in a relevant field, but essentially we are looking for someone who values and has an interest in the work we do. It is therefore vital that you have a proven interest in international development.
In addition however, balancing costs against outcomes is crucial and all our graduates will have commercial awareness as a key skill.
Strong professional and personal skills are paramount, and a flexible approach is essential.
What opportunities does Crown Agents have?
Graduate positions may arise in any area of Crown Agents, but will more commonly be found in :
- Information Technology Services
- Business Development
- Consultancy & Project Management
Consultancy & Project Management consists of several business streams including:
- Customs & Trade Facilitation
- Tax
- Governance & Public Expenditure Management
- Supply Chain Services (including Procurement & Logistics)
Graduates entering the Consultancy & Project Management area may undertake assignments in any of these business streams.
For a list of our current vacancies, please click on the link on the left.