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Position Overview & Specifications
CBRE Global Workplace Solutions is a leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management. We are recruiting for an Intern to join the Enterprise People Team.
This role will report into the UK&I People Director. You will have the opportunity to be involved in a wide range of projects, Employee Relations and cyclical processes, such as Performance Reviews, the Employee Engagement Survey and the Compensation Review. You will be an active member of the People Team.
You will get hands on experience around implementing solutions to improve our employee experience, from initiatives to increase diversity to designing and running workshops to develop our teams.
Enterprise is a Global Division which provides Facilities Management, Real Estate and Project services globally to customers primarily in a range of sectors, including Financial, Life Sciences & Industrial
This is a 1- year programme
Key Tasks:
Employee Engagement Survey: Support and co-ordinate the completion of the survey & compilation of the results.- Learning & Development: Play a key role in executing the L&D strategy. This focuses on offering learning and career development opportunities to cultivate and develop talent at all levels in Enterprise, ensuring we have the best talent in the industry.
- Talent Management: You will work with the UK&I People Director to create a clear view of talent across UK&I, with effective processes to help managers develop talent and manage performance.
- Compensation Review: You will play an active role in the compensation review, learning how the process works & developing your data analytics skills.
- Communications: The Intern will be actively involved in supporting & preparing People Comms - by hands on involvement in designing and planning global communications, such as newsletters and quarterly updates.
- The Intern will spend time with the subject matter experts of the People Team to build an understanding of what we do and how we do it.
- As part of the placement, the Intern will gain People Function experience and fully understand the key areas and objectives of the People Function.
- Understanding the monthly drumbeat of the business (meeting cadence, month end etc)
- Be actively involved in team and management meetings
- Understand and participate in days to day activities (such as Divisional People Reporting)
- Understand CBRE People policies, systems and processes
- Any other ad-hoc duties to assist the wider People team.
- Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Customer focused, with excellent influencing and communication skills.
- Exceptional time management skills with an eye for detail and extremely organised.
- Proactive nature with ownership of tasks and duties, using initiative and can-do attitude.
- The ability to work with and influence a broad range and level of stakeholders and supplier representatives.
- Collaborative approach, with the ability to maximise short term whilst building upon long-term productive relationships. Effective team-working and support to colleagues.
- Thrive on working within a fast-paced organisation, with a diverse supply base and wide geographical spread of contracts.
- Strong commercial acumen.
- Proficient in Microsoft office software.
- Highly analytical with a deep understanding of how to transform data into trending with an expert understanding of Excel
- This role is based on 40 hours per week, with the ability to be flexible to business demands.
- 25 days holiday
- Company pension scheme
- This role may involve reasonable travel.
Equal Opportunities We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.
About CBRE CBRE is the worldβs leading commercial real estate services firm with offices located around the globe. CBRE currently employs roughly 80,000 people worldwide, with 2,500 working in the UK. The Companyβs core services include property sales, leasing and management, facilities and project management, investment management and, research and consulting. In central London, CBRE advises on more commercial property than any other adviser and across the United Kingdom with offices in Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Jersey, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, and Southampton.
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (Β£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Real Estate
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Intern roles across CBRE's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Real Estate.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked Salary Disclosed on Application bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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