We're looking for driven and passionate students to join Heartland's paid internship programme that will run from December 2024 - January 2025.Six week paid internship programme for rangatahi Maori and PasifikaAre you at the end of Year 13 or undertaking tertiary study?Interested in exploring ways that banking and te ao Maori can help each other?What will you be doing? You'll spend six weeks working in one of our teams across various projects, learning how the business runs and the ins and outs of working in a corporate environment. You'll be supported along the journey from start to finish - your success is our success. You'll experience workshop days and guest speakers dedicated to your personal and professional development, all whilst surrounded by like-minded rangatahi Maori and Pasifika. This is a unique internship programme that will provide you with invaluable experience and significant opportunities. In many cases, our interns have progressed to graduate and permanent roles at Heartland. You'll work on projects, such as:Researching areas of our business and reporting your findingsTalking to customers on the phone to help us keep information up to dateHelping out with day to day tasksAnalysing data and informationHelping us to understand what rangatahi want to know about banking and finance and working in a corporate environmentWhat are we looking for? The most important thing we are looking for is drive and a desire to learn about what is involved in working at a bank and exploring a corporate career. You'll be curious, digitally savvy and able to think logically as well as creatively. From day one, you'll be working directly with our people across the business so ideally you will be comfortable with communicating, sharing your ideas and asking questions. A bit about us and what we do Heartland is an NZX/ASX-listed financial services group with big growth plans. Heartland owns both Heartland Bank in New Zealand and Heartland Bank in Australia. We provide award-winning savings and finance products to a diverse range of customers including business owners, farmers and retirees. Heartland's strategy is to digitalise everything we do, enabling us to provide customers with what they need in a scalable way. We can then pass those benefits onto the customer through faster service and better rates. Manawa Ako is based on the Maori concept of 'ako' which means to learn and to teach. As such, it provides a rich opportunity for the next generation of Maori and Pasifika leaders to gain experience working in a corporate environment and develop their careers. In turn, it also allows for our Heartland people to learn from them. Heartland gains insights from the diverse thinking and perspectives the Manawa Ako Interns bring to the organisation. He Manawa Whenua, He Manawa Tangata - Our Heartland As an employee at Heartland, we would expect you to embrace our matapono (values): Mahi Toa - We have big ambition Mahi Tahi - We work as one team Mahi Tika - We believe in doing the right thing Mahi Tipu - We strive for excellence and to always evolveWe're innovative and always evolving. We work together as one team and have big ambition. We're committed to creating a culture of inclusivity that celebrates our diverse backgrounds and supports the wellbeing of our people. Diversity & InclusionWe're proud to celebrate the many characteristics that make each of us different. We're committed to improving the inclusiveness of our workplace, enabling our people to be authentic and helping us better understand and respond to our customers.Many of our people contribute to our inclusive culture through Heartland's groups and committees, including our Rainbow Committee, Diversity & Inclusion Committee, Manawa Whenua (our network for Maori employees and allies) and Kainga Pasifika (our Pasifika Committee).Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion doesn't end there. We support fairer pay for all New Zealanders by being a Living Wage Accredited Employer, we are a Rainbow Tick certified organisation as well as a Hearing Accredited workplace.Please let us know if you need any adjustments throughout the application or interview process including a sign language interpreter or speech to text reporter. In your application, feel free to let us know what your pronouns are (for example, she/her, he/him, they/them etc).To apply: tell us about yourself in a cover letter and attach your CV. In your cover letter please tell us a little about who you are and why you're interested in being a part of Manawa Ako. Let us know what you have to offer and what areas of business you're interested in and why. Please be sure to include your whakapapa.Key dates - ApplicationsApplications close - 10:00pm Friday 4 October 2024Interview evening / interviews - mid October 2024Successful applicants will need an IRD number and two forms of ID (passport, birth certificate, drivers licence or 18+ card) for onboarding in October, so please prepare those nowKey dates - ProgrammeInternship programme start date - 2 December 2024Summer break - Saturday 21 December - Tuesday 7 JanuaryInternship programme end date - 29 January 2025 You can find more information on our Manawa Ako Internship Programme by watching this video.
