LendInvest Early Careers Programme – Glasgow

Location: Glasgow 
Potential Start Date: 1st July 2024
Salary: Competitive salary + company bonus
Work environment: Hybrid (3 days per week in the office)

Are you looking to kickstart your career working with a fun and fast-paced business? We are looking for five talented and enthusiastic individuals to become the future of LendInvest!

LendInvest Early Careers Programme:
We’re all about helping people like you find their path, especially when it comes to kicking off an exciting career. That’s exactly why we are rolling out our first Early Careers Programme. It’s our way of opening doors for those who are eager to dive into the mortgage industry but might not know where to start. 

This programme is packed with everything you need to get ahead: skills training, real-world knowledge, and the chance to work on projects that matter. We believe that by supporting you now, we’re helping shape the future of property finance – and we can’t wait to see the awesome contributions you’re going to make. It’s more than just a job, it’s a chance to make a real impact, and we’re here to guide you every step of the way.

About the role:
This is a 12-month rotational programme with our specialist mortgage teams in our Scottish office. You will get the amazing opportunity to spend time with our Operations, Sales and Underwriting teams. You will gain experience across our core property finance products, buy-to-let mortgages, residential mortgages, and bridging finance.

You will work through the mortgage life-cycle throughout your rotations. Some of your responsibilities will be front-line support for our brokers, helping with enquiries on the phone, email and web-chat, liaising with solicitors, and carrying out searches. You will be exposed to viewing specialist reports and making commercial risk-based lending decisions.

You will gain a Level 3 qualification as a Certified Practitioner in Specialist Property Finance with the London Institute of Banking and Finance (LIBF) with dedicated time to study towards this. You will also receive a fully structured training plan throughout the programme.

To apply for the role, no prior experience is needed however we are looking for individuals who are:

🤩 Enthusiastic
🧑‍🎓 Passionate about learning
💯 Have great attention to detail
✨ Highly organised
🔥 Proactive
🤸 Uses their initiative
⛹️ Works well in a team
🧠 Open-minded
🤔 Curious 

Benefits & perks:

💰 Competitive salary + company bonus
🏠 Hybrid working policy
🏖️ 25 days holiday
🏥 Private healthcare
🍼 Enhanced parental leave
💸 Matched pension contributions
🏥 Critical illness cover
🧠 Employee Assistance Programme & mental health support
🛟 Life assurance
💸 Matched pension contributions
🏆 Leadership training for managers
🤝 Give as you earn scheme for charitable donations
🎓 Support for attending conferences and professional learning & development
🤑 Discounts via Perkbox
🚲 Cycle to work scheme
🚂 Season ticket loan
🔌 Electric car loan scheme
🥳 Monthly socials & annual offsite

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at LendInvest:
At LI we believe in bringing your whole selves to work, we are committed to a culture of belonging where individuals can form a genuine community. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.

To be successful with your application, you MUST be available on either 22nd or 23rd May 2024 to attend an Assessment Centre at our Glasgow office (9 George Square, Glasgow, G2 1DY).

About Us:

LendInvest is the UK’s leading FinTech platform for property finance. Over the past 16 years we have grown from just our two founders to a team of over 200 working to make property finance simple for everyone.

A workplace culture built around trying new things, getting things done and having fun while we do it has helped us lend more than £6 billion of mortgages, put thousands of new or improved homes into the UK housing market and successfully launch on the London Stock Exchange. We have big plans to continue growing the business, our products, our technology and our people.