Standard Bank Personal and Business Banking Channel Graduate Programme 2013/14

Advertiser: Standard Bank
Location: Johannesburg

Work with Standard Bank and join a dynamic team of professionals proud to be voted the Best Bank in Africa for three years running. Our core values of service and innovation are at the heart of our business, and our global workforce benefits from our unique culture of empowerment and independence, enabling us to maintain competitive advantage in the world's premier financial markets

On this varied and challenging programme, you'll gain a broad understanding of how the Personal and Business Banking world operates within our large-scale Provincial operations. The programme will be 12 months of which the first 3 weeks will be dedicated to induction, orientation and classroom-based training at our Johannesburg Head Office, before starting your rotations in business. You'll enjoy rotations through a variety of business areas throughout the Personal and Business Bank in the Provincial Suite / Office.

In these areas, you'll gain invaluable experience of the sheer variety of roles available in our business, through conducting research and delivering your findings, job shadowing, attending client meetings and functions, case studies, report writing, project work, presentations and analysis.

Required Skills and Qualifications:
You will need to be a South African citizen with a minimum of a three year relevant Finance / Business / Agricultural Science University degree and an average academic record of at least 55% in your second year of studying. You will also need to be able to relocate to one of the nine provinces in South Africa if we offer you a place on the programme.

Required Competencies:
Candidates must be able to show they possess the following competencies to be considered.
  • Knowledge:
    Keen interest in business and in touch with topical issues and current events. Must have a sound academic background and be able to talk confidently around their area of study.

  • Conceptual Ability:
    Must be able to provide a strategic contribution and enjoy complexity. Must be able to manage ambiguous information and able to make a decision on complex information. Must learn quickly and provide insight into difficult situations. Think in terms of solutions rather than rules.

  • Innovation and proactivity:
    Provide clarity and direction. Must be hungry to learn and enjoy work all levels of work. Must be resourceful and future orientated. Must be open to change and adapt own ideas to new information.

  • Working with others:
    Have a positive effect of team spirit and morale. Must be enthusiastic, appreciate diverse views and treat others with respect. Must possess leadership potential and be able to build credibility and trust.

  • Interpersonal / personal and Communication:
    Must be self driven and inspiring. Display confidence without being arrogant. Have professional impact in terms language use, attitude and body language. Possess a high level of emotional intelligence to read situations and adopt an appropriate approach.


We are an equal opportunities employer and are totally opposed to discrimination in any form. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities for all employees regardless of race, sex, colour, nationality, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, marital / partnership status, religion, age or disability.

Closing date: 16 August 2013

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Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.