Sustainability Graduate Scheme

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Date: 14 Oct 2026

Location: Palestra House, TfL Corporate

Company: TfL, GLA or OPDC

Please note: This role may close soon depending on the level of interest so don’t miss out!  

 
Thank you for your interest in applying for this role.   

 

We’d like to remind you that you must ensure you are eligible for this scheme before applying. Please read through the eligibility criteria below carefully and ensure that you are eligible before applying.   

 

This application will also contain a series of questions to establish whether or not you are eligible. It is important that you take great care in reading and answering these questions as we will not be able to revert your application if an error is made.   

 

Please Note: We only allow one application for any of our Graduate schemes per year. Any subsequent applications will be withdrawn   

 

Sustainability Graduate Scheme 

Striving for a greener, healthier, and more sustainable London 

 

Salary

£32,250 – rising to £33,500 in year 2

 

Location

London 

Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50% of time split between the office and home over a 4 week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.  

 

What we offer 
You will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the business area but mostly include: 

  • Free travel on the TfL network for you and a nominee who lives in the same household  

  • Final salary pension scheme  

  • Discounted national rail and Eurostar travel 

  • Minimum 30 days Annual leave (Pro rata dependent on role) plus public and bank holidays.  

  • Private healthcare discounted scheme 

  • Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme 

  • Retail, health, leisure and travel offers & many more 

 

Duration 

2 years  

 

Entry requirements 

We are seeking talented individuals across a range of disciplines and backgrounds. A minimum of a 2.2 degree in Sustainability, Environmental Management, Geography, Business Management, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), Economics or Finance, Design or Architecture, Town or Development Planning, Project Management or similar is required. 

 

Please be advised that should you be successful in getting an offer for this graduate scheme, your offer will be subject to a satisfactory medical which may include but is not limited to: drugs and alcohol screening, eye test and hearing test.   

   

Successful candidates must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the scheme, as at the start date.  This role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa scheme.  If you do not have the right to work in the UK, or only have a right to work here for a limited time which is lesser than the duration of the scheme, you should be aware that TfL will be unable to sponsor you for this role. 

 

Start Date 

6th September 2027 

 

Job overview 

Help shape the future of sustainable transport in London. As part of the Sustainability Graduate Scheme, you'll work across TfL to support our vision of being London's strong green heartbeat. Whilst maintaining close links with TfL's Environment & Sustainability team, you could be placed in any department across the organisation, helping to embed sustainability in the decisions, projects and services that keep London moving. 

 

What will I be doing?  

As a graduate, your two-year development programme will be made up of four or five different placements within TfL each lasting 4-6 months. Our aim is to equip you with the range of skills and experience you need for your successful career.  

 

You'll gain experience across different roles and in a variety of different departments. Each Sustainability Graduate’s journey will be unique. Previous placements have included: 

  • Responsible Procurement  

  • Environment & Sustainability 

  • Investment Planning 

  • Technology Products and Operations 

  • Operations (London Underground, Rail and Buses) 

  • Transport Strategy and Policy 

  • Projects, Consents, Urban Design 

  • Property Development and Property Management 

 

Additional information: 

As part of gaining understanding of TfL’s core work, the scheme includes up to a week of shifts working with Customer Service Assistants in a centrally located London Underground station.  

 

Your first placement will be assigned. Thereafter, there is opportunity to select and tailor placements for your personal career development. 

 

Sustainability 
Sustainability is intrinsic to TfL’s work ethos, and we ensure that we operate in a sustainable way to protect and regenerate the natural world. The climate and ecological crisis is the defining challenge for humanity. London is part of the global effort to address it, and the mayor has a commitment to make London net zero-carbon by 2030. TfL must keep London moving to make the city as safe, sustainable and inclusive as possible in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.  

 

Where can this career take me? 

This scheme focuses on creating sustainability leaders who can influence outcomes in roles including, but not limited, in: 

  • Environmental Management 

  • Responsible Procurement  

  • Asset Operations and Strategy 

  • Project and Business Management 

  • Transport, Policy and Planning 

  • Corporate Communications 

  • Finance (including sustainability financial disclosures, climate budgeting) 

  • Governance and Legal Compliance 

 

What training and support will you get? 

Our award-winning teams will support your ongoing development, through a wide range of on-the-job practical experience and placements. We'll support your professional development through a combination of training, mentoring, and networking. 

 

You'll also receive one-to-one guidance throughout the programme from your: 

 

  • Placement manager: Responsible for management of your day-to-day activities and support with your development 

  • Sponsor: A manager who acts as a technical and professional adviser and has line manager responsibility for the full duration of the scheme 

  • Scheme sponsor: A manager who acts as a technical and professional adviser and has line manager responsibility 

  • Development adviser: Supports your professional development through providing career coaching and career progression at TfL 

  • Buddy: Usually a graduate who gives support to you and ensures that you feel welcomed in the organisation 

 

What do we look for? 

Our core values are extremely important to us, and we desire candidates who are: 

 

  • Caring about our colleagues, our customers and our work 

 

  • Open to each other, to new ideas and to working together 

 

  • Adaptable to diverse needs and willing to innovate 

 

Application process 

The application process consists of 5 steps, including online assessments which will need to be completed within an allocated time frame. We highly recommend that you read through this document thoroughly so that you can familiarise yourself with the process.  

 

Please click on this link for which describes each stage of the Graduates Application Process  

   

If you already hold your qualification certificates, please upload copies of these to your application. If you are due to sit final exams or need to replace any certificates, these must be provided at a later stage.  

 

You will receive information and guidance around each assessment stage as you progress through your application.    

 

Please pay close attention to emails and deadlines provided noting you have 1 week to complete online assessments, and we cannot re-issue these tests once the deadline passes. 

 

Assessment centres for graduates and intern roles will take place from November-January, please note that many roles only have 1 assessment day and we are unable to guarantee alternative dates. We are conducting assessment centres in person and virtually (role dependent). 

 

Our city. Made better by you.   

TfL is a place that’s open to your ideas. Where you can make a tangible impact and see the positive results of your work on the people and places around you. It’s a place where you can thrive and achieve. Where you’re encouraged and enabled and empowered to feel pride in the work you do. The clue is in the name, really. We work together for a better London. A better place for everyone. Constantly improving and enhancing how we operate to shape a city of the future.   

 

Inclusive recruitment process   

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve. We believe that a diverse workforce enables us to deliver better services and outcomes. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. As a Disability Confident Leader, we actively encourage applications from disabled people. As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we aim to offer an assessment or interview to candidates who apply via the scheme where the minimum essential criteria for skills, knowledge and experience has been met. In some circumstances, it may not be practical to offer an interview or assessment to every candidate who applies through the scheme and meet the minimum essential criteria; in these situations, we select candidates who best meet the minimum criteria for the job rather than interviewing all who meet them.   

 

Across all recruitment activity, we recognise that selection methods may vary depending on the nature and scale of the campaign and will be applied fairly, consistently and proportionately in line with our Disability Confident commitments  

 

In High Volume campaigns including Graduate, Apprentice and Intern recruitment the minimum criteria we set is achieving a pass mark in our first stage assessments, adopting a proportionate approach to the Disability Confident Offer an Interview scheme.   

 

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments for any stages of the application process.  

 

What Qualifications will I gain? 

Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP) Associate Membership  

 

Contact us   

Contact the Recruitment Team by: 

 

Phone: 0203 005 1680 (Monday to Friday between 09:00 and 17.30)   

Email: EarlyCareersCampaigns@tfl.gov.uk