Military & Elite Athlete 2026 Talent Placement – Workplace Lead

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Military & Elite Athlete 2026 Talent Placement – Workplace Lead

September 2026 Intake

Location: UK wide. Hybrid with regular travel to office sites required. For example:  Leicester, Stockport, London, Windsor, Reading

Length of Placement: 12-month Fixed Term Contract with significant potential to roll off into a Permanent role

A programme designed to help you thrive during career transition

We’re delighted to open applications for our Military & Elite Athlete Talent Placement Programme – September 2026 Intake. This programme is designed to support you as you transition into a new career. Whether you’re leaving the Armed Forces or finishing an elite sporting career, we welcome the experience, discipline and resilience you bring. You’ll gain hands on experience in a FTSE100 organisation, receive tailored support, and join a community that values who you are and what you can offer. We have five placement roles available, and Workplace Lead role is one of them

What you’ll do:

As a Workplace Lead, you’ll enable the performance and growth of Centrica by combining workplace transformation delivery with strong operational leadership across a portfolio of sites.

The role ensures workplaces are not only safe and functional but actively managed as a performance enabler for collaboration, connection and productivity. This is a hands-on, high-impact role operating across two critical dimensions:

1. Transformation Delivery:

• Deliver workplace change programmes (moves, refurbishments, new concepts, employee experience improvements), embed new ways of working and support colleagues through change journeys

2. Operational Delivery:

• Own the day-to-day performance of the workplace environment, resolve issues, optimise services and drive consistency
• This combination reflects Centrica’s shift to an outcome-led workplace model, where workplace is managed as a system—not just a set of buildings

Key Accountabilities:

Transformation & Change Delivery:

• Deliver workplace change activity across assigned locations, ensuring safe, smooth and high-quality implementation
• Translate workplace strategy into practical delivery, embedding standards, concepts and colleague journeys
• Support change readiness, communication and adoption of new ways of working

Operational Leadership & Performance:

• Take accountability for workplace outcomes across a defined portfolio (experience, utilisation, service performance)
• Establish a strong operational rhythm (issues, escalation, communications, stakeholder engagement) to ensure consistency and pace
• Identify risks, resolve issues quickly and ensure workplace readiness at all times

Insight & Continuous Improvement:

• Use data, feedback and observation to identify improvement opportunities
• Drive continuous improvement in workplace processes, experience and service delivery
• Support the move from reactive issue management to proactive optimisation

Supplier & Partner Management:

• Work closely with FM partners & suppliers to ensure delivery against agreed standards & SLAs
• Monitor performance, challenge where required & escalate issues to achieve outcomes
• Ensure services support the intended workplace experience and ways of working

Stakeholder Engagement & Influence:

• Build strong relationships with business leaders, People teams and enabling functions
• Act as a credible, trusted interface between Workplace and the business
• Influence decisions, align stakeholders and ensure workplace supports business outcomes

Digital & Behavioural Adoption:

• Support the adoption of workplace technology, tools and digital solutions
• Reinforce behaviours that maximise the value of workplace investment
• Help colleagues & leaders understand how to use space, tech & time together effectively

You’ll also live our values: Courage, Care, Delivery, Agility and Collaboration

What we’re looking for:  We’re looking for potential, not perfection. You don’t need to meet every requirement to apply:

We’d love to see:

• Experience delivering change projects or operational improvements in a complex organisation
• Strong operational capability—run and prioritise across multiple activities and stakeholders
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to translate strategy into practical delivery
• Proven track record of delivering outcomes that improve experience, quality or efficiency
• Comfortable working in ambiguity and fast-paced change environments
• Experience in workplace, estates, facilities, operations or service environments

• Experience of working with suppliers or external partners
• Experience in matrix environments
• High levels of ownership and accountability
• A collaborative and inclusive mindset
• An ability to balance strategic intent with operational delivery
• Someone who is results-oriented, pragmatic and resilient

On placement you’ll also have a dedicated business mentor, opportunities to meet senior leaders, and plenty of support to settle into your role.

Who the programme is for. This placement is open to:

• Military Service Leavers: leaving the Forces or within the 2-year CTP window at application
• Elite Athletes: international competition experience and/or professional UK sports experience within the last three years

We recognise excellence: We want you to feel included, supported and able to succeed. On placement you’ll receive:

• Real project & transformation experience in a FTSE100 organisation
• £50,000 salary for the 12month placement
• A dedicated mentor to help you build commercial skills
• Flexible working and travel to office locations only when collaboration is needed
• Access to our Employee Networks
• A Buddy from our Ex-Military or Athlete communities
• For Service Leavers: the chance to begin placement during your final four resettlement weeks

How to apply:

Please upload one document (Word or PDF) that includes:

1. Personal Statement (max 750 words). Tell us:

• Which placement role you’re applying for
• How your skills, experience, capabilities and personal qualities align to the role

2. CV (max 2 pages). Highlight your:

• Transferable skills related to the role & your key achievements
• Qualifications
• Military or elite athletic experience

Key dates:

• Application deadline: midnight Friday 26th June
• Screening Interviews - online: Will take place in June – mid July
• Business Area Interviews – face to face: July and August at one of our office locations
• Placement Start Date: You must be able to start on Wednesday 30th September

If you need any reasonable adjustments during the process, please let us know — we’re happy to support you.

Not available in September 2026?

We’ll also be offering placements in March 2027, June 2027 and September 2027.  The application process for March will likely open in November.

If this placement isn’t the right fit, you can explore more opportunities at www.lifeatcentrica.com

Why should you apply?   
  
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