Communications & Events Placement Programme

 RWE Supply & Trading GmbH

RWE Supply & Trading GmbH
Location: Swindon UK
Start date: July 2025

From here, choose a whole world of experience
Looking to gain experience at a leading European energy trading house with real growth potential? Want to work alongside industry experts, building experience and skills that will help you flourish in your early career? Then one of our year-long Industrial Placements could be just what you are looking for. 

Join us at the UK headquarters of RWE Supply & Trading (RWEST) in Swindon where we currently have opportunities in the following are:

Choose Communications & Events 

If you're passionate about storytelling and believe in the value of good communication, then our team could be the one for you. You will work with the team to develop and implement a clear and creative internal communication approach to convey the strategy of both RWEST and the RWE Group to our employees. Alongside this, you will gain in-depth knowledge of the organisation and implementation of events as you support the team in arranging internal events for our employees. The team sits within the wider Corporate Affairs department which offers an overarching view of RWEST, allowing you the opportunity to gain insight into a wide range of business topics and activities.

Job requirements and experiences

As a team, we need creative and flexible thinking that helps us to produce content that will inspire and engage our employees. You will be someone who is organised, solution-oriented, and who finds satisfaction in seeing your hard work come to life as you bring an event from conception to reality. 

Your work will have a real impact in uniting a global business and creating a positive company culture, and that’s why we need the right person for our team. You will need to be self-motivated, enjoy teamwork, and be willing to step out of your comfort zone to develop both personally and professionally. 

We’re looking for students who are in the penultimate year of an English, Communications, Media Studies, Event Management or similar degree who are ideally on course to achieve a 2:1 or higher. What you must have is:

•    Excellent written & verbal communication skills with fluent English
•    IT proficiency
•    Strong organisational skills
•    Enjoy creative thinking 
•    Good collaboration and teamwork skills 
•    Self-motivated and comfortable acting on your own initiative 
•    A positive mindset and enthusiasm to try new things 

From here, you’ll have a community of support

At RWEST we have an energy to be inclusive and believe diversity drives success. Reaching your full potential means being able to bring your whole self to work and being respected for the different opinions, strengths and experiences you bring.

Our industrial placement programme has been designed to give you the chance to gain highly valuable work experience and skills – and potentially secure yourself a place on one of our graduate programmes.  From day one, you’ll be making a real contribution to your team.  To help you get the most out of your placement, we provide lots of support and development opportunities, including in-house courses and on-the-job training with everything you need to make the placement a success. A current placement student will be allocated as a Buddy to all new joiners, enhancing the on-boarding process and overlapping your start date to ensure seamless support as you begin your journey. 

Your benefits

We’ll do everything we can to help you fulfil your potential with us. We offer a wide variety of initiatives to support you in and out of work, including:

•    Competitive salary plus annual discretionary bonus
•    Company pension
•    Discounted employee share scheme
•    25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays; you can also buy up to an additional 5 days leave per year
•    Two paid annual volunteer days to be used with a charity or initiative of your choice
•    An enhanced maternity scheme and family friendly policies
•    Free on-site healthcare plus access to AXA Private Healthcare Scheme
•    Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing you with immediate and confidential help for any work, health, or life matters
•    Access to a modern office and trading floor with state-of-the-art IT
•    Open and diverse company culture with various clubs and societies - join any of our employee networks for social interaction (including Diversity Ambassador Programme)
•    Flexible benefits, including discounts at shops

From here, you have a choice to make 

Keen to discover more? Why not meet #TeamRWE where you can get to know some of our colleagues better through videos, testimonials, interviews, and podcasts. Find out more on https://www.rwe.com/en/rwe-careers-portal or by looking for us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications, irrespective of sex, disability, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion and beliefs, age or sexual orientation and identity. #inclusionmatters

As an inclusive employer, we want to support you to perform at your best at each stage of our recruitment process and can make adjustments to ensure this. If you’d like to request any adjustments or know how we can support you better, please contact us confidentially at rwestearlycareers@rwe.com.

Any questions? rwestearlycareers@rwe.com or Paul Roberts, T: +44 7867 370986

Apply before 2nd December 2024 with just a few clicks: 88162

Please upload your CV and cover letter in English and as one document. Also, please include your recent university and A-Level (or equivalent) grades.
About us

RWE Supply & Trading is our connection to the world’s energy markets. With headquarters in Essen, Germany, the tight-knit 2,000-strong team’s drawn from over 70 countries, and operates Europe’s largest and most advanced energy trading floor – trading a mix of electricity, gas, commodities and CO2 emission allowances. They commercially optimise our power plants’ dispatch and take care of the renewables electricity sales, too.

Tech-led and customer-focused, the teams agile mindset helps them respond and adapt intelligently to work that never stands still. Each day, there’s a chance to grow as you create the financial foundations to invest in our green future. From well-established graduate programmes to success-related recognition - you'll experience a culture energised by trust, passion and performance.