Description
We take graduate recruitment very seriously at Elsevier. As part of the 4th largest information provider in the world, we are looking for talented, insightful and innovative graduates to join our 2016 IT graduate programme. From your first day you will be working with both IT and business colleagues to help build and implement innovative technology solutions globally. You won't simply be writing code; you will be instrumental in developing new ideas and driving them to completion. Technology is at the heart of what we do and is changing the way we do business in Elsevier and you can be part of this too.Whether you aspire to be a software expert, a company CTO or a highly-regarded architect we can help you achieve this. Our graduates are the future and are given the opportunity to become well-rounded individuals through exposure to both our technology and wider business communities and skills.
So, who is Elsevier?
Elsevier is a thriving global business within the RELX Group (previously known as Reed Elsevier), a $10bn revenue FTSE100 business. RELX Group is a world-leading provider of information solutions for professional customers across a range of industries. With a history spanning 500 years, we are the fourth largest digital paid content provider in the world (behind Google, Bloomberg and China Telecom) and use cutting-edge technology to facilitate scientific and medical research.
Elsevier is the world's leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information and serves scientists, health professionals, and students worldwide. Through the provision of unparalleled content and data surfaced through innovative information solutions, we enable our customers to make critical decisions, enhance productivity, and improve outcomes. Our customers span virtually every Science, Technology and Medical field in the world and our products include such distinguished brands as Science Direct, The Lancet and Cell.
What are we offering?
We are offering over 20 IT graduate opportunities for 2016; roles will be based in our offices in London and Oxford.
You will be trained over the course of 2 years in disciplines such as Project Management, Software Engineering, Business Analysis and Information Security and you will gain exposure to technologies and processes such as CRM, BI & Analytics, Cloud Computing, Java, HTML, PHP, Agile and Big Data concepts such as AI and Machine Learning.
What makes us better than the rest?
There are all sorts of graduate roles out there but we are confident that few (if any) can match the combination of benefits that we offer. In addition to great technical and soft-skills training, we offer: an excellent work-life balance, a great social life, structured career planning and a 2 year fast-track development programme. Last but not least we offer a generous remuneration package that increases incrementally throughout the two years and offers 'core' benefits such as 25 days holiday allowance, 2 paid charity days (as a business we do a lot of charity work), pension, life assurance scheme and SAYE Share Options Scheme.
What are we looking for?
•First and foremost you should be a graduate
•You should have achieved or be expecting a 2:1 or better in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business & Computing, Mathematics, Physics or similar.
•You should have a natural passion for technology and a desire to learn and progress quickly.
•You must be a strong communicator with well-formed interpersonal skills.
•You must be eligible to work to work in the UK
Take the next step
•If this sounds like the ideal opportunity to kick start your career then please submit your CV and covering letter to Sarah Mattinson on for consideration
•First round telephone screenings will take place in January/February with assessment days in March/April.
•The start date for these roles will be August 2016.