Returners Programme (returnship)
National Highways United Kingdom
A six-month structured returnship at National Highways, the company running England's motorways and major A-roads, for professionals after a career break of two years or more, with external coaching, a mentor, a returner buddy and business insight sessions.
Free to start · no account needed
Get a returner résumé, a cover letter and a career-break note for this programme, drafted from your own résumé in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
Also: six-month structured returnship; coaching sessions from an external provider; mentor from within the business; buddy from the returners alumni; pension, childcare vouchers and holiday club schemes.
Who can apply: Career break of two or more years, for any reason. Apply by uploading a CV to an advertised returner role; interviews last about an hour.
Free to apply.
Annual: 2026 returner applications have closed; the next intake has not been announced.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: cv, online application.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-31): “Our 2026 returners applications have now closed.”
Who can apply
- Open to working professionals, people in a career transition
- Career break of two or more years, for any reason. Apply by uploading a CV to an advertised returner role; interviews last about an hour.
What you will need
- Academic CVUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get a returner résumé, a cover letter and a career-break note for this programme, drafted from your own résumé in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to National Highways without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.