Graduate opportunities

IfYou youcould be one of roughly 120 graduates we recruit each year.

Start your career in one of 2 ways:

• enter a graduate scheme
• join Dstla asspecific role

If you enter a graduate,graduate scheme, you’ll getspend 2 years experiencing hands on training and development on different projects.

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If you join a specific role, your growth and accreditationsdevelopment will be tailored to keepthat role, empowering you learning.to succeed.

You’llWhichever way you join Dstl, you’ll benefit from working with experienced peers as well as othereach earlyother. careersYour graduates.learning and development doesn’t stop after 2 years - we’ll encourage you to grow through mentorships, chartered programmes and accreditations.

Becoming part of Dstl, you’ll take pride in your work knowing your contributions have genuine impact in defence and security.impact.

Undergraduate opportunities

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• 1-year industrial placement.
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• 10 to 12 week summer scheme

ByWhichever takingscheme part,you choose, you’ll gain essential practical experience (transferring theory to reality) within your degree discipline.

You’ll join one of our delivery teams experiencing growth and bedevelopment on assigned tasks whilst learning and collaborating with your peers. Your contribution will be to bring fresh ideas to our projects and,and depending(depending on your placement area,area) could be involved in any of the following:

• Practical lab-based tasks
• Supporting trials
• Working in IT (helping to advance our research)

What you get out of it

You will:

• gain personal development
• benefit from valuable experience transitioning from university to the workplace
• be rewarded with new skills
• get job satisfaction
• receive a salary of £21,131 (pro-rata for the duration of your placement)

Get sponsored

If you impress us enough with your talents during your placement, we could offer you a sponsorship opportunity. This means we will pay towards the remainder of your studies and you will be fast-tracked to the interview stage of a graduate opportunity when you finish your degree.

What we look for

We mainly look for science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) graduates who also have a positive and enthusiastic attitude.attitude (if you’ve already graduated, we can sometimes arrange an earlier start date too, depending on the role).

If you’ve not studied a STEM subject, but you’re a computer science hobby-ist, can code or have technical skills, we still want to hear from you. Just highlight this in your application!

We also offer career paths for project support officers looking to upskill and get into project management.

Where you will work

You’ll be based at Porton Down near Salisbury, or Portsdown West near Fareham, spending at least 70% of your time on site. This gives you the best chance to learn, grow and develop with peers and experienced professionals.

If you’re on a graduate scheme, an industry secondment could mean you’re in another location for about 6 months.

When you can apply

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How we will support you

When you join Dstl you’ll start to shape your career from day one, with ongoing support through:

• collaboration with experienced professionals (internally, in industry and in academia)
• internal and external events (including work-related conferences)
• role-specific courses
• our in-house graduate community
• encouragement to belong at work