NQA Graduate Opportunities

If you are hardworking and dedicated, our Graduate Opportunities will boost your career. You'll experience different aspects of your chosen business area, and learn how other areas of our business work.

At NQA our motto is to ‘Never Stop Improving’ and this two year programme is an amazing opportunity to build leadership skills and start your career with one of the world’s largest Certification bodies.  Our two-year training programmes are designed to enable you to make an impact from day one, your journey starts here.

We are seeking to recruit a select number of outstanding graduates to initially operate in exciting and challenging job roles within the NQA head office environment, located in Dunstable, Bedfordshire.  Working at NQA offer you an excellent platform from which to grow your career within a worldwide organisation, and give you the opportunity to gain amazing experience.

Our graduate vacancies are as follows:

Commercial Graduate

We are looking for a graduate who can bring talent, drive and fresh thinking to help propel our business forward. Your role will be a hybrid role covering the business development and marketing team so you will gain invaluable experience and exposure working on a variety of exciting projects for a large, diverse and ambitious organisation.

Put your commercial aptitude and creativity to use as you help us find new and innovative ways to do business. From the outset, you’re going to be absolutely fundamental to our success and will be given real responsibility early on.

Put simply, this role will give you invaluable exposure to real business issues, leading to a role where you can build on everything you've learned.

What you'll need

• 2:1 in a related degree
• High standard of written and verbal communication
• Excellent computer skills
• Fluent in English

What you'll get

• A competitive salary for the two year programme
• Support to complete CIM qualification
• 25 days holiday (plus 3 extra non contractual holidays at Christmas time)
• A very competitive benefits package including pension, private health care and life assurance

How long?

• 2 years

For a full job description click here.

Finance Graduate

We are looking for a self-motivated, adaptable graduate with an interest in finance. Finance supports everything we do here at NQA and, if you join us, you’ll use numbers to make a difference. We offer an independent viewpoint, driving decision-making and strategy across our organisation. We also maximise profitability by managing cost, cash and return on investment.

This is your opportunity to be part of a team that prides itself on delivering excellence. You’ll be a trusted advisor to our peers and colleagues, driving continuous innovation and improvement – and enjoy a challenging and varied career.

You’ll start off in accounts receivable and will gain real insight into other functions within Finance.

What you'll need

• 2:1 in a related degree
• A mind and passion for numbers
• Excellent computer skills
• Fluent in English

What you'll get

• A competitive salary for the two year programme
• Support to complete CIMA qualification
• 25 days holiday (plus 3 extra non contractual holidays at Christmas time)
• A very competitive benefits package including pension, private health care and life assurance

How long?

• 2 years

For a full job description click here.