Human Resources Internship - Edinburgh

End Date

Sunday 25 January 2026

Salary Range

£25,000

Before you start your application, please note alternative formats are available on request. Please contact us by emailing lloydsbankinggrouptalent@peoplescout.co.uk or calling on 0345 330 4576. If emailing, please tell us how you would like us to respond - we can email back or call you to discuss any requirements or concerns you might have. We will get back to you as soon as we can but during busy times, it might take up to 5 working days (Don't worry, this won't affect your progress in the application process)

Job Description Summary

Prior to submitting your application, please visit our early careers website to find out more about the schemes we offer and the recruitment journey: www.lloydsbankinggrouptalent.com


Our summer internships may close early if we receive a high number of applications, so it’s best to apply as soon as you can. Please make sure that you will be available to work 35 hours per week for the duration of the internship placement (June 15th – August 7th 2026) in order to be eligible for this program.

A Summer Internship that's right for you
For some, the path is clear. Others take time to consider options. Either way, an internship is a step forward. A head start for when you graduate.

Our internships offer big opportunity. They’re an in-depth look at our business and our post-degree graduate schemes. And hear from people who’ve built careers here. You could get a glimpse of your possible future.
  
Naturally inquisitive? Keen to learn? Excited by our purpose? Help to shape the future of finance with us. Help customers, colleagues and communities to prosper. Apply now and help move us forward, faster. 

Job Description

 Be the reason 70,000 people can do their best work

At Lloyds Banking Group, our people make us who we are. And in HR, you’ll make sure they can do their best work, every single day.

The People & Places team isn’t just here to ‘do HR’. They play a critical strategic and operational role in the Group’s success. Shaping workplace culture, developing high-performing teams, and making sure our people strategy supports the Group’s big ambitions. In a dynamic, highly regulated industry like ours, attracting, developing and keeping top talent is essential to delivering value for our customers. That’s where you come in.

In our HR Internship, you’ll be part of the team that manages and makes an impact on the entire employee lifecycle, aligning workforce capabilities with business goals while fostering a diverse, inclusive, high-performing culture. You’ll get stuck into culture-shaping projects, transformation programmes, and people strategies that make a real difference.

 

8 weeks. A career-defining start 
Across your 8 week internship, you could work in teams that focus on:

• Tech & Data in People - where HR meets technology. Analyse and use workforce data to help leaders make future focussed and smart decisions.
• HR Partnering - with a seat at the table with business leaders, shaping people plans that get results.
• Colleague Experience & Design - redesigning the colleague journey so it’s smooth, supportive and inspiring.
• Reward - deciding how we celebrate and thank our people for the big (and small) wins.
• Product Implementation & Change - helping the business evolve and making change stick.

The placement is a CV-booster, a skills-builder, and a chance to make an impact.

Where strategy meets people 
This is HR with influence. You could work on projects that:

• Reimagine recognition and reward so it really means something.
• Drive culture change that makes work better for everyone.
• Use data to show leaders what’s working (and what’s not).
• Design colleague propositions that attract and keep the best people.
• Make sure every colleague feels valued, included and able to thrive.

You’ll be trusted to contribute from day one. And supported to make a difference.

What’s Next
Your internship is just the beginning. It’s your chance to build skills, make connections and show what you can do. After your placement, you could be considered for our 2027 Graduate Programme – and take your career to the next level.
Progression to our graduate opportunities isn’t guaranteed, securing an offer is based on the following:
• Your performance during the internship
• Available roles
• Eligibility for the Graduate Programme – Read more on eligibility in our FAQs
• Successfully completing the fast-track assessment process
 
What you need to apply

• Be in your penultimate year at university.
• While we do not require a set projected minimum degree achievement, we strongly recommend the ability to be able to demonstrate sound knowledge, understanding and technical skills aligned to the role. Some aspects of this, alongside behaviours and values, will be assessed through the application process
• We cannot sponsor visas.

Locations 
This is internship is based in Leeds, Bristol and Edinburgh. With our hybrid working policy, all colleagues are expected to spend a minimum of two days each week in the office. 

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks.  We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. 

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.