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Early Careers: Corporate Risk & Broking – Graduate Development Program Summer Intern – 2023

WTW
Managing people, risk and capital to propel the world’s leading businesses forward. With 45,000 colleagues serving more than 140 countries and markets, our company vision includes being a destination employer where colleagues work together as one team.
At WTW, we believe that a culture of inclusion and diversity (I&D) is critical to our business. It's not a separate initiative in its own silo. Rather, I&D is fundamental to everything we do. How we hire and promote, how we work with clients and how our teams function. The reason is simple: Making tangible progress on I&D objectives is good business. That's why we're committed to creating an inclusive work environment where everyone is heard, respected and valued for who they are.

Role Description

In Corporate Risk & Broking (CRB), we provide a broad range of risk advice and insurance broking services to clients ranging from small businesses to multinational corporations. What does this mean? – It means we have a range of roles that help our clients better understand, assess and balance their risk - whether that be reducing risk, transferring (insuring) risk, or developing strategies to mitigate risk.
 
WTW's Summer Internship Program serves as the primary pipeline into our full-time rotational Program and is designed for university level students primarily one year away from achieving their bachelor’s degree in any major.
The Summer Internship Program is an 8-week learning experience designed for students to gain an understanding the ever-evolving risk landscape. The internship provides undergraduate students with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience working with world class clients and colleagues in the insurance industry.  The program provides the opportunity for interns to work alongside senior leadership and add value to client-facing exposures from accounts in the Fortune 500 sector to small local business areas. For a complete list of industries our colleagues work with, click here.
In addition to core program components, interns are aligned to specialized line of business teams that will begin to build a technical foundation of knowledge and provide exposure to our clients through meaningful work assignments and projects with global scope. The program aims to create a collaborative community that contributes to our business through various projects, trainings, analytics case studies, networking events and more. The program is comprised of a structure orientation, goal setting, mentorship, I&D initiatives, group presentations, senior leadership speaker series and a formal mid and end of internship performance review.

Duties and Responsibilities

  •  Work alongside colleagues of all levels and learn from WTW Senior leadership from the global scope
  • Gain exposure to client accounts ranging in the Fortune 500 sector to smaller market local business areas.
  • Support the development and implementation of new strategies and products
  • Collaboratively work with your intern class on priority projects identified by the business.
  • Gain insight into various organizational roles across segments and present your job duties and responsibilities.
  • Learn and demonstrate select WTW's analytic models.
  • Dedicated program team to assist with navigation of opportunities within the business. Ongoing learning and development opportunities, including a structured orientation.
  • Develop your soft and hard skills through curated professional development training by the Program team.

 Education and Qualifications

  • Enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program, with a target graduation date of Dec 2023 or Spring of 2024 preferred.
  • All majors and universities considered.
  • Analytically driven
  •  Intermediate to proficient Microsoft Excel user with aptitude to learn
  • Keen sense of attention to details
  • Proficient in time management
  • Excellent written & verbal communication skills
  • Able to work legally in the United States indefinitely and without Visa sponsorship

 Additional Insights
 
  • The hybrid working environment allows for flexible working schedules with a mixture of both remote and in office time including global collaboration across teams. While on program, most colleagues are expected to go into the office 2-3 times a week.
  • Inclusion and Diversity webinars, events, and networking opportunities.
  • Structured program tailored to support interns for success
  • Exposure to numerous lines of global business and their corresponding roles and responsibilities.
  • Our structured Summer Internship Program is the cornerstone of our full-time CRB Program, as top-performing interns will be considered for the full-time rotational program.

Our purpose is why our company exists. At WTW, we transform tomorrows. And our values are more than words. A strong client focus, an emphasis on teamwork, unwavering integrity, mutual respect and a constant striving for excellence are at the core of WTW’s rich history.
 
Client focus - We are driven to help our clients succeed. In every interaction and with every solution, we act in our clients’ best interests – striving to understand their needs, respecting their perspectives and exceeding their expectations.
Teamwork - When you get one of us, you get all of us. We bring innovative solutions and world-class advice to our clients by working across boundaries of business, geography and function. We help each other succeed and create more value by working together.
Integrity - Our clients invest more than their time and money with us; they also invest their trust. We seek to earn that trust every day through professionalism, doing what is right and telling the truth. We are accountable to the organizations and people with which we interact – including clients, shareholders, regulators and each other for our actions and results.
Respect- We listen to and learn from each other. We support and celebrate differences, foster an inclusive culture and operate with openness, honesty and benefit of the doubt. We manage our relationships, inside the company and out, with fairness, decency and good citizenship.
Excellence - We strive to lead and sustain excellence. Most importantly, this means an unwavering commitment to professional development and personal growth for our people. Our colleagues take responsibility to develop their expertise, competencies and professional stature, while the company invests in the tools and opportunities that allow for continual development. In business, we place an unrelenting focus on innovation, quality and risk management.
 
*Employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and/or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity