Junior Risk Professional – Rabobank Talent Traineeship: Business & IT

You & your future

From the start in April, in just 18 months, trainees will learn the ins and outs of Rabobank’s IT domain. You will have the opportunity to work at four different departments within the Area of your expertise.

At the CITO Control Office (CCO), we facilitate CITO in their risk management activities and governance. Within this team there are two sub-teams: Change & In Control and Risk Reporting & Supervisory Affairs. The first focusses on the risk management activities for CITO, which is referred to as the Dynamic Risk Cycle. Here, we’re all about simplifying and improving our IT risk management processes to ensure that we adhere to our policies and procedures, with the aim to be in control of our risks. This also sets up the work done in the second team (Risk Reporting & Supervisory Affairs), where the data and results of these activities are aggregated to management information that are used to steer on large risk improvement activities and to report on CITO’s risk posture their stakeholders.

The program is designed to give you a broad view of the IT organisation by offering rotations across departments. You can shape your own future! In addition to day-to-day work, trainees work on a side project and join Rabobank’s trainee network in a personal development journey. A buddy system provides you with help in finding your way around the bank and joining social events. You will also receive coaching from a talent manager. After you have finished the 18-month program you have a solid foundation to further develop yourself in a permanent position at one of your rotation positions or elsewhere in our bank!

In this position you get a better understanding of IT Risk Management, by understanding the Risk Management processes (DRC), identify and analyse areas of concern and propose actionable improvements. In your role as Trainee, you will be identifying improvements in one or more Dynamic Risk Cycle step(s), create clarity by optimising the process and organize a feedback loop on the process.

Examples of projects/tasks

• Identify improvements in one or more Dynamic Risk Cycle steps
• Create clarity for users by optimising the risk management processes (process flow, journey, descriptions, etc.)
• Organize a feedback loop on the process so we can identify possible improvements in the future

Practical details

• Period: 18-month Traineeship, consisting of 4 rotations of 4 months each.
• After successfully finishing the traineeship you will continue working with us as Junior Risk Professional
• Hours per week: 36 hours per week.

Your development as a Trainee

To become a specialist in your field, you will mainly follow training sessions that match your specialization as a Junior Risk Professional and further develop your talents during the first 18 months. The training sessions are on mainly personal development and additionally professional development are mostly given by experienced professional trainers. With these training sessions, you will have the opportunity create the best version of yourself and earn IT certificates that are valuable for your work.

You will build your network, gain valuable experience, and develop soft skills that will be useful in your career. We also challenge you with various situations and learnings on the job. Next to this you will receive professional and tailored coaching to help you to start at Rabobank.

Learning from each other
Development is our number one priority. Because you learn by doing, making mistakes, and succeeding. At Rabobank, we offer you the right balance between freedom and guidance. Develop talents you didn't know you had. Specialize in a field or explore what you are good at and what you enjoy. During your [type of program], you can count on good guidance. You will work with experienced colleagues and have a lot of contact with young professionals.

About Rabobank: We are a Dutch bank, active in 38 countries for our over 9,500,000 customers. With these customers, our members, and partners, we work side by side towards a world where everyone has enough and healthy food. Closer to home, we work towards a country where happy people live, work, and do business.

You & your talent

• Have a good understanding of the risk management IT-system (tooling): RCF Archer.
• Data Analytics
• Proficient in English speaking and writing
• Problem Solving
• Collaboration
• Self Reflection
• Innovative Mindset

You & the application process

We believe in the power of differences. By combining people's differences, we become an even better bank together. What will you add to Rabobank? We are curious.

• Applications via e-mail or LinkedIn won’t be taken in consideration, please apply on our website.
• You can apply directly (do this before the closing date of 24th of December).
• To be considered for this position, you must be located in the Netherlands.
• Questions about working at Rabobank and the procedure? Sacha Veenhof, Young Talent Recruiter, via Sacha.Veenhof@rabobank.nl or Clemens Schinkel, Clemens.schinkel@Rabobank.nl.
• Interviews take place via MS Teams.
• Please add a motivational letter to your application
• A reliability assessment is part of the procedure.
• We respect your privacy.

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