About us

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.   

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.  

Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.  

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.   

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands. 

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Flexible working - We are guided by our client work and needs; however, you have autonomy to manage your time and diary to suit your work/life balance.

Power Your Curiosity at PA  

Joining us as a placement student is the next step in starting your career. Whether you’re coming from a specialist background or from an unrelated subject, we want you to be bold, stay curious and dive into the opportunities we have to offer.  

Our People Make a Difference  

Our Delivery Team is PA’s Centre of Excellence for all things projects, programmes and portfolio management. Joining as a placement student will give you the chance to experience the full spectrum of delivery focused expertise, from highly complex business transformation to large scale infrastructure and engineering projects…  

No two days are the same. You could be researching our latest project and delivering your findings, visiting a client with a consulting team and representing the firm, or furthering your development by undertaking APM-certified training — guided and mentored by one of our experts.  You will be fully integrated in our Delivery community and have the opportunity to learn about all the sectors we work within across the capability: Health & Life Sciences, Energy & Utilities and Defence & Security, to name a few. 
  
During your months as an Industrial Placement at PA, you’ll learn some of what it takes to be a top-notch consultant. You’ll be coached and guided by experts and have countless opportunities to broaden your experience, undertaking client-facing roles on challenging projects and programmes.  You will also have the opportunity to get involved on a breadth of internal activities at PA, for example, developing community and engagement initiatives, writing thought leadership, or working on business development activities. 

Whatever you work on, you’ll be part of the team and free to build your networks, both here at PA and far beyond.  

What we're looking for in our Industrial Placements:

• Adaptable and able flex their style and thinking  
• Collaborative and work at their best in dynamic teams  
• Curious and want to broaden their understanding of the world  
• Credible and comfortable working with clients in high performance environments  
• Driven to succeed — and help others achieve the same  
• Open to change and have a growth mindset  
• Relationship builders — with both clients and peers  
• Hungry for new challenges  

• You’ll be on track to gain a degree – We have no specific prerequisites in terms of degree grade or specialism. Graduating in 2027

This role is open to undergraduates with an industrial placement within their course structure.  If you intend to return to university after the internship to complete an MSc, you will also be eligible for this position. 

• If you are offered a graduate role following your year with us you will join our 18-month Graduate Development Scheme in Business Transformation. In this scheme you’ll have the opportunity to rotate through three of our capability teams, gaining diverse skills and experiences that will serve as the foundation for your consulting career. Available rotations include: Agile, Delivery, Operating Model, Operations and Improvements, People and Change, Sourcing, IT Strategy and Corporate Services  

• We work flexibly at PA, but your work base will be our London Victoria office 

• Full time  

• This role will start between July 2025-July 2026 and be for 12 months. We will confirm exact start date at offer stage

• Salary:  £25,643

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the tools we need. When we bring people together with diverse backgrounds, identities, and minds, embracing that difference through an inclusive culture where our people thrive; we unleash the power of diversity – bringing ingenuity to life.

Find out more about Life at PA here.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief veteran status, or other by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We are on a journey towards ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels and that our firm is representative of the world around us. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us - [email protected]