Careers at Delaware

About Delaware

Our aim is to improve our customer's businesses by enabling them to reach their full potential. Our consultants form a strong partnership with our customers, in order to understand the intricacies of their business so that we're able to deliver a technology solution that empowers their organisation. We deliver results by combining Project and Change Management and Technology solutions (SAP and Microsoft), delivering these with quiet confidence and a human touch.

So if you’re looking for a career full of variety and challenge where you can continually grow, then you’ll love what we do.

More about Delaware.

Our graduate programme

It all starts with our 5-week Academy where you will learn about what we do in more depth, understand what being a consultant entails, meet key people within your team and generally get a feel for what life is like at Delaware. We ask our Grads to relocate to Bristol so they can work together (and learn together) from our Hub.

Our graduate programme lasts for 3 years and on target progression would be as follows (you will progress faster if your performance is exceptional):

12 months - pay increase.
24 months - promotion to Junior Consultant.
36 months - promotion to Consultant.

Throughout the Programme we run various courses and updates through Foundation+, our Graduate Training scheme, so there is plenty of opportunity to learn.

You’ll be assigned a Mentor who will support you throughout the programme. They will be key for your development and will provide regular feedback on your performance. They will help you to navigate the business, understand your career path and what is expected of you and understand more about the area of the business you’re assigned to.

Delivery Management

Delivery Management encompasses our Delaware Project Directors, Managers and PMO (Project Management Office).

Perhaps the most visible functional area, delivery excellence encompasses the planning, controlling and reporting of each project, working closely with our clients to provide the best 'delivery' we can!

Functional

Our functional consultants are specialists in Microsoft and SAP. With knowledge across the board covering finance, production planning, manufacturing, sales and distribution, HR, these consultants spend their time working closely with the client to understand current business processes.

Within the delivery of a project, they take these current processes on existing software and configure the software to tailor exactly to the client's needs.

Technical, Data & Analytics

Technical consultants lay the foundation for all of our project work. They specialise in designing and developing the system itself, analysing and migrating through the relevant data and ensuring the system is secure and protected.

Technical consultants are often required to 'build' any client specific enhancements or customisations to the software as advised by our functional consultants, meaning that their skill set includes various coding languages as well as extensive knowledge of software, extensions and patches.

Change Management

Projects often herald a difficult time for our clients. Our change management consultants identify, contain and manage risk resulting from the implementation of a new IT system.

These consultants provide advisory services on all areas of business and deploy leading edge technology to drive operational efficiency and reduce working capital costs. They focus on three elements necessary to implement a successful transformation project: people, process and technology.

The recruitment process

Stage 1 - Recruiter screening
Stage 2 – Online assessment
Stage 3 – Business interview
Stage 4 – In person assessment day

FAQs

Please see below the answers to some of our FAQs about the DUK Graduate Programme:

Typically, we have two graduate intakes per year. The first starts in March and the next in September. This is subject to change so be sure to check our website when you are ready to apply.
Our graduate scheme generally lasts 3 years, but in some cases our graduates have been fast-tracked due to exceptional performance.
Our UK offices are based in Bristol, so we ask our graduates to relocate to the Bristol area so they can work and learn together from our Hub.
When you start, you will attend our Delaware Academy, which is based at our offices in Bristol. This is a 5-week comprehensive onboarding experience, which includes classroom-based training and live demos.

After completing your time at the Academy, you will then be given the opportunity to shadow on selected projects, which provides you with a great insight into how our departments operate. You will also be assigned to a mentor, who will act as your first point of contact for general guidance and career advice.

Throughout the graduate programme, you will have access to Foundation+, which is a varied programme of consulting skills training and development, designed to help you build key skills.
Our offer is for a permanent role. Once you complete the graduate scheme, you will move into a Consultant role.
We always encourage you to try the role you are initially given as we match it against your interests and skillset. If, however, you would like to explore a different role, this is something we would discuss with you.
Our graduate programme has a 4-stage application process:

Stage 1 - Recruiter screening
Stage 2 – Online assessment
Stage 3 – Business interview
Stage 4 – In person assessment day

The length of the process will depend on the timing of your graduate application and potential start date with us. We will keep you updated throughout the process.
Yes. We offer graduate positions within functional, change and delivery, and technical data and analytics. Graduates are welcome to apply for more than one of these positions.
We encourage you to bring your best, authentic self forward. A good exercise to do in preparation of your assessment centre is to write a list of all your experiences, including any work related or voluntary experience. For each experience, write down the skills you developed. It is also important to carry out some solid research about Delaware as a company.
Presentation preparation is very important, make sure you have practised and have checked over all your slides for mistakes.
We always try to align you with an interviewer that matches your interest and skillset. Our assessment centres are run by a mixture of different people in the business, ranging from people who have come through or are on the graduate scheme to managers who have a wealth of experience.
Feedback is a huge part of our culture and is really important for self-development so we will provide this to you.
Yes, we will cover reasonable travel expenses required for the assessment centre.
The best way to notify of this is by reaching out to our HR team at hr@delaware.co.uk. Our HR team would be more than happy to support you with any adjustments or assistance required.
If you have a health condition which may impact your work, then we encourage you to speak to our HR team to make them aware so that any adjustments can be made.
We welcome applications from international students or candidates who require a work permit. You’ll need to have the right to work in the UK, so if this is currently a student visa, you may need to apply for the Graduate visa to enable you to work once you have finished studying.

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