Returner Programme
Schroders United Kingdom
A six-month paid programme at asset manager Schroders for mid- to senior-level professionals coming back after a career break, with Diversity Project coaching, mentors, a peer network and roles in areas such as wealth management, sustainability or technology.
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 paid programme; coaching from The Diversity Project; mentors and a peer network; access to an online learning platform.
Who can apply: For mid- to senior-level professionals returning after a career break (no minimum length stated). Openings vary each year, e.g. sustainability, wealth management, infrastructure, project and change management, technology.
Free to apply.
Annual: applications open in January and the programme usually starts in April or May; 2027 dates not yet posted.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: online application.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-31): “We open applications in January to start in spring”
Who can apply
- Open to working professionals, people in a career transition
- For mid- to senior-level professionals returning after a career break (no minimum length stated). Openings vary each year, e.g. sustainability, wealth management, infrastructure, project and change management, technology.
What you will need
- 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 Schroders without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.