Highways Agency

Generalist Leadership Development Scheme

The generalist scheme is aimed at graduates of any degree discipline. On this scheme you can expect to spend your first two years gaining broad experience in many business areas while at the same time developing the skills that we hope will one day make you a future leader of the Highways Agency.

Generalist leadership posts are likely to be based in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Bedford, Dorking and Bristol.

You will have the opportunity to work in several business areas over a two-year period. These business areas include:

• Traffic Operations
• Major Projects
• Network Strategy
• Procurement
• Safety Standards and Research
• Finance Services
• Information Directorate
• Audit Inspection and Consultancy

For more information on these Directorates please see our page on Our Business Areas.

The purpose of the placements is to ensure that you:

• Broaden your knowledge
• Gain experience and develop your leadership skills
• Gain project management skills

At the end of the two year scheme you will have an interview, and provided you are successful you will take on your first management role.

As well as gaining an enormous breadth of hands-on experience, you will have a range of more formal development opportunities, including specific training courses, coaching, and job shadowing and mentoring.

Trying to decide if the Highways Agency Graduate Leadership Scheme is right for you?
Download our Self-Assessment Questionnaire (34KB PDF).