At MHR, our employees are central to our success and play a key role in helping customers achieve sustainable high performance. With a team of over 900 professionals, we work to make things flow smoothly, whether it's for large organisations or individual employees. As businesses face rapid changes in the world of work, our team is here to help them adapt and thrive.
By focusing on the core needs of efficiency, productivity, growth, and impact, our employees use their expertise to deliver real solutions through our People and Finance platform. This system, which covers finance, HR, payroll, and learning, helps businesses run more smoothly and make better decisions in real time.
With over 40 years of experience behind us, MHR’s track record as a high-performance organisation is built on clear goals, a shared vision, and strong communication - all of which we pass on to our customers.
MHR is more than just a place to work; it’s a platform for empowerment. Joining us means bringing innovation, technology, and teamwork seamlessly removes obstacles, enhances your skills, and allow you to focus on what’s most important to you- work that matters.
With us, you’ll grow, find your flow, and make a lasting difference in your career, your team, and your impact.
Are you looking to join a rotational graduate programme, starting in September 2027?
Our two-year programme gives you the opportunity to gain experience across different business areas, contribute to meaningful projects and learn from experienced colleagues along the way.
Your Career
Our Graduate Programme is designed to help you explore different career paths while developing the skills you'll need for the future of work. Through rotations across teams such as Marketing, Sales, Product, Software Development and Professional Services, you'll gain a broad understanding of how MHR operates and discover where your strengths and interests lie. Along the way, you'll contribute to a variety of projects and initiatives that support business priorities and help shape your development throughout the programme.
You'll have the opportunity to:
- Experience different business areas and career paths.
- Work on real projects that contribute to business priorities.
- Develop future-ready skills including AI and digital literacy, problem-ownership, resilience and critical thinking.
- Learn from experienced colleagues and leaders across the business.
- Take part in training and development opportunities that support your professional growth.
- Build the confidence, experience and network needed to shape your future career
Your Team
As part of the Graduate Programme, you'll join a cohort of graduates. You'll learn alongside peers who are at a similar stage in their careers, sharing experiences, building connections and supporting one another throughout your journey. You'll also have access to ongoing support from the MHR Academy team, helping you make the most of every rotation and development opportunity.
As you move through the programme, you'll work with a variety of teams across the business, giving you the opportunity to learn from people with different skills, experiences and perspectives. Throughout each rotation, you'll be supported by your manager and colleagues.
Your Impact
From day one, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution. Whether you're supporting a business project, sharing ideas, helping to improve a process or leading sustainability initiatives, your work will have a real impact across MHR.
We'll encourage you to bring fresh perspectives, ask questions and take ownership of your development. As you move through different rotations, you'll build the future-ready skills needed to succeed in a changing world of work.
You'll have the opportunity to:
- Contribute to projects that support business priorities and strategic goals.
- Bring fresh ideas and new perspectives to challenges and opportunities.
- Help improve processes, ways of working and customer experiences.
- Support and coordinate sustainability initiatives that make a positive difference.
- Develop the skills, confidence and commercial awareness needed for a successful career.
What you’ll bring to the role:
- The ability to communicate ideas clearly and work effectively with a range of people and teams.
- A collaborative approach and the ability to build positive working relationships across the business.
- A willingness to share ideas, contribute to discussions and engage with different audiences.
- The ability to manage priorities and work towards agreed deadlines.
- A curious and solution-focused mindset, with a desire to understand challenges and identify improvements.
- A proactive and adaptable mindset, with a willingness to take ownership, work across different teams and embrace new experiences throughout the programme.
- A commitment to continuous learning and personal development, including seeking and acting on feedback.
Eligibility:
- Recent graduates (within the last 2 years) who have achieved or are working towards achieving a 2:1 degree.
- Right to work in the UK
- Please note: our graduates are based at our head office in Nottingham
Key Dates:
- Application close date: 26 October 2026.
- Graduate Programme start date: 6 September 2027
Benefits to support you personally and professionally
Alongside the opportunity to work with an incredible team and express your individuality, we offer a range of personalised benefits including:
- Access to over 60 internal training courses, professional qualifications, and cross-departmental mentoring and coaching programs
- 24/7 access to a GP through Help at Hand for you and your family, confidential mental health support, and paid sick leave
- Ability to purchase or sell additional holiday days beyond 25 days and bank holidays
- Enhanced Family leave
- My MHRewards offering discounts at over 900 retailers
- Monthly employee recognition program and departmental awards
- Referral bonus scheme of up to £2,000
- Employee-led social events such as running clubs, football teams, book clubs, and bake-offs
- On-site subsidised restaurants offering a variety of fresh meals daily
- Opt-in benefits schemes such as private medical insurance and dental coverage
We value the well-being, financial stability, and inclusivity of our employees, and strive to provide a supportive working environment.
At MHR, we’re completely committed to creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where all voices are heard, and everyone feels valued and supported.
Whatever your background, abilities and experiences, if you’re excited by this role we want to hear from you. If you require assistance for an interview, please let us know and we’ll make sure your needs are met when you arrive.
If we receive an exceptionally high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than originally advertised.
Pay: £30,000.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
Work Location: In person
