Summer Internship Programme 2026 – Legal

Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland.

Ready to own your future At Scottish Water our Summer InternshipProgramme empowers you to gain hands-on experience tacklereal challenges and contribute to shaping Scotlands future. This is more than just a summer job itsan opportunity to make a meaningful impact. As part of our teamyoullplay a key role in delivering essential services and infrastructure that help Scotland flourish every day.

Youllbe joining us at a fascinating time as we transform into a more agile innovative organisation that delivers outstanding service providesgreat valuefor money and works in an environmentally sustainable way that goes beyond Net Zero.

Graduating in2027 Kickstart your career with a 12-week summer placement and start building your future today.

Whatyoulldo

From Shetland to Stranraer our operations span the length and breadth of Scotland creating a broad mix of commercial property and land law litigation environmental and regulatory work forourinhouse Legal team.

We provide practical legal advice and a corporate secretarial service for the whole of Scottish Water and work closely with colleagues across the business supported by a panel of external law firms. Our aim is to provide and trusted and valued legal service for Scottish Water to support the organisation in the achievement of our goals and strategic ambitions.

Each year we handle around 800 requests for legal advice across a wide variety of students have contributed to research on unusual legal questions supported our Legal Horizon Scanning and helped develop tools and materials that improve how we deliver our services. Their work has had real impact and continues to shape our daytoday operations.

Werealso delivering several improvement projects using Lean principles and as an internyoullbe able to get involved handson experience by attending meetingsobservinghow inhouse lawyers work with different business areas and contributing to live projects where your input genuinely matters.

Youlljoin a supportive and collaborative team of lawyers working across a range of legal disciplines. We are committed to diversity inclusion and creating a workplace where everyone feels valuedrespectedand able to your placement to reflect your interests and career goals giving you meaningful experience to help you take the next step in your legal journey.

This is apaid summer internship with an hourly rate of13.45 aligned with the Real Living Wage. The role is typically full-time (35 hours per week) thoughwereopen to discussing flexible working patterns where possible. For a 35-hour week the equivalent annual salary would be approximately24574 pro-rated for the length of the internship.

Whatyoullneed

Youll be in the third year of your degree or later this could include your final year a Masters or preparing to embark on the Diploma in Legal Practice - and on course for at least a 2:2 in Law or a relevant discipline. Youll take an interest in what we do at Scottish Water and be a self-starter with strong people skills. Youll also need to be available for the full 12-week placement starting in June.

Most of allyoullbring curiosity enthusiasm and a real desire to learn along with the motivation to apply whatyourestudying in a practical real-world environment.

Finallyyoullneed to live within commuting distance of our officesat The Bridge (Stepps)Fairmilehead(Edinburgh)or Forth House (Stirling)asthis role will be aligned to one of our key office locations.

In terms of essential requirementsThatsit.

Butheresthe thing

We receive thousands of applications for our internship roles each helps candidates stand out

Here are a few things we love to see:

• CVs that tell us more than just your grades. Show us whatyouvelearned what interests you and what motivates you.

• Cover letters that explain why Scottish Water and why thisparticular internshipappeals to you.

• Applications thatdemonstrateour values: Bold Responsible Inspiring and Caring.

Looking out for you

While the work we do is importantitsnot the only thing that we support a healthy work-life balance and flexible ways of working where possible.

Youllgain meaningful experience build your professional network and get a real feel for what a future career at Scottish Water could look like all while being supported by experienced colleagues who want you to succeed.

What happens next

The closing date for applications isSunday 8thFebruary. Pleasesubmityour CV and a cover letter (maximum500 words)as part of your application.

If shortlisted final interviews will take place duringFebruary 23rdto March 13thand yesyoullget the chance to ask us plenty of questions too.

If you accept a place on the programmeyoullcomplete pre-employment screening during the Spring including a criminal record check.

All interns will start together inJunefor a12-week Summer Internship finishing at the end part in an induction meet fellow interns and colleagues learn about the organisation visit operational sites and hopefully have a lot of fun along the way.

A few final things worth knowing

Research shows that some people avoid applying for jobs unless they can meet every single criteria. If youre interested in this job but dont tick all the boxes apply anyway! We hardly ever hire people who can do every part of a job from Day One. Everyone has a learning curve. So dont rule yourself out!

Let us know if there are any changes we can make to our recruitment process to help you perform at your best. Lots of our people have disabilities or neurodiverse conditions (including some of our recruiters!). Were also aware that some people might be experiencing temporary challenges because of life events like menopause. Were very used to making adjustments so please dont be afraid to ask.

As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland its important that all our employees are Scottish taxpayers. If you join us your home address will need to be in Scotland. If you dont already live here youll need to commit to moving here within your first three months.

Please note Scottish Water takes the safety health and wellbeing of our employees colleagues and customers very seriously and as such you may be subject to Drug & Alcohol testing in line with our policy.

Finally (finally!) candidates who havent submitted an application in the last 12 months will have their records removed from our recruitment database. You wont need to do anything. Your data will be automatically deleted.

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