Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme
In CSR Eagles, you will be placed in the Community Affairs department of a major corporate, helping them to ensure that the local community benefits from the knowledge, skills and resources the company has to offer.
What is Corporate Social Responsibility?
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is when companies integrate ethical, social and environmental concerns into their business operations. In this internship, the graduate will be placed in the Corporate Social Responsibility, ESG and Sustainability departments of major companies across the City, helping them to ensure that the local community benefits from the knowledge, skills and resources the company has to offer.What does the programme entail?
- Three weeks of intensive training at ELBA including:
- Understanding corporate community investment, ESG and sustainability – what it is, why it exists and how it works in practice.
- Visits to participating companies to learn about their CSR strategies and programmes.
- Training in personal development (self-esteem, team work and communication skills) and employability skills (workload management, business English, Excel, Outlook, project management, networking, managing your manager).
- A 6–12 month paid work placement in the CSR department of a major City company.
- A salary of £29,000–£31,000 pa pro rata
What will I be doing on my placement?
Your role and what you will be doing varies between companies but you might be involved in organising volunteering activities, supporting community and charity partner relationships, promoting new volunteering events, fundraising activities and processing grant application forms from charities.
Who will my placement be with?
Last year’s placements included: Bank of America, Fitch, NatWest, Royal London and Zurich.
Who is the scheme for?
Eagles is a social mobility programme and we take into consideration the following criteria:
- Whether either of your parents went to university
- Whether you received free school meals
- Whether you attended a state school
- Whether you worked during your time at university
Please note that unfortunately we are unable to sponsor non-EEA applicants.
Before applying, read more about how it works.
Key dates
Assessment days: 8,9,10 December 2026 (virtual interviews with ELBA)
Pool training: 5,6,7 January 2027 (in person at ELBA)
Start of programme: 15 February 2027
