Careers at JLP
Find your happier with JLP
We’re on a journey, an ongoing experiment to find happier, more trusted ways of doing business and all of our Partners have a part to play.
By joining the Partnership you join a different kind of business. One that seeks to make a difference, not just to its Partners, but to the lives of everyone.
It’s this shared purpose that drives us and we believe that by working together, in Partnership, we can help create a place with happier people, for a happier business and a happier world.
But do you know all the ways you could be a part of JLP?
Find the right pathway for you
We’ve developed a market-leading apprenticeship programme that enables Partners to learn whilst ‘on-the-job’ in the Partnership. On completion of our programmes you’ll achieve a nationally recognised apprenticeship qualification, helping you lay the foundations to a successful career.
Since the announcement of a government levy was introduced in 2017, we’ve enrolled over 4,750 Partners onto one of our apprenticeship schemes. This number is ever increasing with every new cohort. In 2023 we enrolled over 700 Partners to become apprentices!
We currently have 29 schemes in total and these range across different business areas including Data, AI, Leadership, Finance, HR, Supply Chain, Retail, and Hospitality.
Find out moreChoosing the very best place to gain invaluable experience on your degree during your year in an industrial placement is really important. After all, you want to be certain that wherever you go, you’ll be creating the very best start to your future career.
Rest assured that Industrial Placements at the John Lewis Partnership have been carefully designed to give you involvement on real-time projects, more opportunities to show what you’re capable of and to develop your skills, and to give you plenty of responsibility to help prepare you for coping with real life working environments. After successfully completing the placement scheme and finishing university we hope our Placement students will rejoin the business once again through a graduate scheme or advertised role.
In 2023, our industrial placements included opportunities within Agricultural Strategy, Digital Marketing, Buying, Product Design, Human Resources and Hospitality among many more.
Find out moreT Levels are Level 3 classroom based qualifications (equivalent to 3 A Levels) taken after GCSEs, designed by employers and providers to prepare students for entry into skilled employment, apprenticeship or technical study. They have a placement within the industry for a minimum of 315 hours or 45 days during term time, one day a week. We have been offering T-Level placements to 16-19 year olds in our Finance Team for the past 3 years. Students are undertaking a 2 year course in Business Management & Administration at Activate Learning (Bracknell and Wokingham College). On completion, students are eligible to apply for a permanent position in the Partnership and enter an Apprenticeship programme at Level 4 or above.
We are researching introducing T Level placements in further business functions over the next 2 years.
Want to make a real impact in the world of Retail?
We offer 24-month Graduate Programmes open to anyone who will graduate from university in the following summer, or has done within the last 12 months. They are open to external and internal candidates, studying any degree subject with any pass grade. We recruit via an assessment day process including a group discussion, presentation topic and individual interviews.
The Programme offers hands-on experience, leadership development, and the chance to drive change. You’ll learn from industry leaders, tackle exciting projects, and shape your own career path in our business. Recruitment is likely to occur annually between October-March.
Find out moreCelebrating our Partners
As part of National Apprenticeship Week 2025, we brought our Apprentices together to celebrate their achievements. Hear from our Partners about what their apprenticeship journey has meant for them and their career:
Visit our careers website to find out more about how you can start your career at JLP
