Mercer Marsh Benefits Consulting - Summer Internship Programme 2026 - London

<p><b>Mercer Marsh Benefits Consulting - Summer Internship Programme 2026</b></p><p></p><p><b><u>About the Programme</u></b></p><p></p><p>Mercer is part of the Marsh McLennan family. At Mercer, we believe in building brighter futures, and together, we’re redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement, and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and wellbeing.</p><p>Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB) is the largest benefits consultancy in the UK, and we work with clients to design the best benefits package for their employees. MMB offer our clients a wide range of employee benefits consulting, brokerage and digital solutions, all of which are designed to improve the benefits experience for our client’s most valuable asset – their people.</p><p></p><p>The nature of the employee benefits industry is changing, and at MMB we are excited to be leading this change. <span>The MMB Consulting Academy is designed to deliver against our home-grown talent strategy with a choice of pathways to a career in consulting and sales. </span>We are looking for candidates to join our 8-week MMB Consulting Internship and <span>tackle new challenges, develop a breadth of skills, and have fun at the same time! If you are successful on the internship, we will offer you a position in our 2027 graduate program.</span></p><p><br />For more information about MMB, visit <a href="https://www.uk.mercer.com/mercer-marsh-benefits.html" target="_blank">Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB) | Mercer UK</a>.</p><p></p><p><b><u>What can you expect?</u></b></p><ul><li><p>Successful candidates will spend 8 weeks aligned to a team in MMB, gaining experience of internal projects and working with clients, as well as attaining a basic understanding of our industry</p></li><li><p>You will be aligned to either a sales, consulting, digital or specialist team in MMB</p></li><li><p>You will be assigned a buddy who is a current graduate program member to help you gain firsthand understanding of the full program, and someone to support you through our time with us</p></li><li><p>You will work on a project with other interns from the across Marsh McLennan UK, and expand your understanding of all of our companies</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b><u>We will count on you to:</u></b></p><ul><li><p>Be engaged, proactive and enthusiastic in your work, embracing the varied learning and work opportunities</p></li><li><p>Demonstrate strong positive attitudes and behaviours</p></li><li><p>Build a strong internal network within MMB and more widely across Marsh McLennan</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b><u>What you need to have:</u></b> </p><ul><li><p>Be a penultimate year student and expected to achieve a minimum 2.1 degree classification or equivalent in a business, humanities or language related degree</p></li><li><p>Permanent Right to Work in the UK or Republic of Ireland (no visa sponsorship provided)</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b><u>What makes you stand out?</u></b></p><ul><li><p>Self-motivated and goal-orientated with a drive to make a positive impact</p></li><li><p>Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal</p></li><li><p>Able to build rapport quickly and interact confidently with a wide range of people at different levels of seniority</p></li><li><p>Ability to work well independently or within a team</p></li><li><p>Being resilient, driven, articulate and highly motivated</p></li><li><p>An interest in health & wellbeing and social impact</p></li><li><p>Understanding of consulting, sales and brokerage solutions</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b><u>Why join our team:</u></b></p><ul><li><p>We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.</p></li><li><p>We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.</p></li><li><p>Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.</p></li></ul><p></p><br><p> Mercer is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information about Mercer, visit mercer.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.<br><br>Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at reasonableaccommodations@mmc.com.<br><br>Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.<br><br></p>