Learnerships

We partner for growth, providing tailored financial solutions and expertise to help businesses of all sizes start, manage, and grow across Africa. With our dedicated relationship banking team, we empower businesses to turn possibilities into opportunities, building a more resilient and thriving economy.

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

We believe in courageously confronting change. That's why we keep innovating for our clients. And we're looking for talented and inspired graduates to help us deliver what matters most to our customers through meaningful conversations. It's an exciting opportunity to strengthen your understanding of customer relationship management in Business & Commercial Banking. The programmes allows you to get exposure into the world of Business Banking.

Application dates: 01st June 2025 – 08th June 2025

Become part of the exciting world of banking operations.

If you are interested in working in an exciting operations environment i.e. Processing of transactions, Data Management, API Management, Intelligent process management, Machine Learning (ML), Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Intelligent Automation and Robotic Process Automation (RPA), this is an ideal opportunity to enter the fast paced and dynamic world of Corporate and Investment Banking Operations.

Designed to help you gain experiences in processing; solution design and delivery across Corporate and Investment Banking Operations.

Application dates: 15 November 2025 - 15 December 2025

Become part of the exciting world of compliance.

Compliance encompasses adherence to regulatory requirements, industry standards and codes, ethical standards and principles of good governance. Compliance at Standard Bank is about ensuring that we do the right business the right way because we believe that we all have a responsibility to protect the Group's reputation.

The Group Compliance Learnership is a 12-month programme for graduates who would like to develop their compliance knowledge and skills, gain workplace experience and achieve a qualification as a Compliance Practitioner.

Become part of an exciting world within Insurance and Asset Management. Our goal is to meet our clients’ financial needs by offering holistic advice and competitive solutions during significant transition points in their lives. With our expertise in the Standard Bank Group, we are uniquely equipped to serve the financial needs of African clientele seeking trusted guidance on investment, insurance, and asset management solutions.
In fact, they go far beyond what you’d expect from financial services – all to make sure our clients have seamless access to a comprehensive range of services, through a pioneering digital ecosystem.

This learnership is designed to help you gain valuable work experience in a number of roles within the eco system of the Insurance Business.

Applications: 1 May 2025 – 08 May 2025

We believe in courageously embracing change, that is why we keep innovating for our clients. Through our gritty determination and finding new ways to win, we make our clients dreams a reality.  

At Standard Bank we are passionate about helping you to achieve your dreams. Are you a recently qualified graduate who has the passion to interact with people and ability to create memorable client-centric experiences, then the Personal and Private Banking (PPB) Programmes is for you.  
  
We are looking for talented and inspired people to work, learn and commit to our deep client obsession in our personal and private client environments countrywide.  This is an exciting opportunity to strengthen your understanding of client relationship management i.e. Universal Bankers, Fraud and Risk Consultants, Prestige and Private Bankers. 
  
The various programmes provides exposure to relationship banking within the financial services industry and success is dependent on cross-functional teamwork within client service teams and involves active learning and opportunities for various practical applications.   

Are you up for the challenge?  
If your answer is yes, then take your career to new heights in one of our PPB Programmes.  

Applications: 1 Feb 2025 – 14 Feb 2025

System Support

Our System Support teams design and plan network infrastructure, install, and configure network devices, monitor, and troubleshoot network issues, document network configurations and changes and adapt to emerging networking technologies.

If you are passionate about System Support and want to get hands on exposure with the guidance and coaching of our Technical Leads, then the System Support Learnership Programme is the programme to join. We look forward to welcoming you to our team and equip you with future ready skills.

Programme Duration: 18 months

Feature Analyst

Our Feature Analyst teams are responsible for understanding, facilitating, and clarifying business requirements and work in collaboration with business stakeholders and feature teams to ensure that the business requirements are delivered effectively.

You will work under the supervision and expertise of the technical leads and learn to capture and maintain business and data rules essential for iteration execution. Create and maintain Epics, stories and tasks to monitor progress and produce regular reports and statistics. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, UX, technology, support, testing, and other subject matter experts to clarify and refine user story requirements. Document findings from elicitation sessions and workshops to support iteration requirements. Refine and update all tasks in the backlog to prepare for the upcoming sprint. Track the progress of stories within the current iteration, identify any blocked or at-risk stories, and reassign them as needed. Participate in discovery and inception workshops to create a shared understanding of user needs and the required technology solutions. Participate in iteration meetings, including product backlog grooming, planning meetings, daily stand-ups, review meetings, and retrospectives. Manage the backlog by ensuring all requirements are captured, stories are properly linked to epics, and tasks are identified for each sprint. Identify gaps or inconsistencies and address gaps or inconsistencies in the user story map. Coordinate stories, ensuring all requirements are documented as stories and tasks, and are linked to epics. Provide regular feedback on product development progress and validate that deliverables meet business goals. Collaborate with the Product Owner to review and update user stories as required. Collaborate with stakeholders to showcase completed stories and gather feedback

There is high demand for Feature Analyst skills in the market. This is a skill you want to have on your CV and the possibilities are endless.

Programme Duration: 18 months

Data Science

At Standard Bank we are not only offering a Learnership, we investing in your future. We are committed to helping you develop technical future ready skills, experience and qualification you need to thrive in the Data eco system. Dive into the world of large-scale enterprise transformational solutions powered by Machine Learning across multiple cloud platforms, Microsoft Azure ML and Microsoft Power Platform AI, SAS, SQL and Python. You'll work on real-world projects that challenge and inspire you. Collaborate with industry-leading experts who are passionate about data analytics, automation, and data science. Our team members are here to mentor you, share their knowledge, and empower you with the skills needed for a successful Data Science career. Many of our former learners have transitioned into full-time roles at Standard Bank after proving their capabilities during the learnership. Your hard work and dedication could be your ticket to a long-term career with us.

Programme duration: 24 hours

Data Analytics Learnership

In our journey to reposition data as a service, this team is focusing on creating increased commercial value for our organization. And to do that, we are investing in the best Data skills. We are building a team of leading Data Analysts who are passionate about innovation to enable the groups platform and partner to drive value for our clients.

Our Data Analytics teams specialise in driving data solutions to add value to our customers in a meaningful way. We are looking for exceptionally talented, bright and driven people to join our team and drive data led culture. Many of our former learners have transitioned into full-time roles at Standard Bank after proving their capabilities during the learnership. Your hard work and dedication could be your ticket to a long-term career with us.

Programme duration: 18 months

Software Engineering Learnership

Our software Engineers are working in partnership with some of the biggest and best tech companies in the world, our trailblazing engineers and fast- tracking the build of our platform capabilities, as we move beyond financial services into exciting new digital ecosystems.

Our ground- breaking Engineering team is playing one of the biggest roles in the future of our organisation. They're the driving force behind our transformation to a digital platform-led organisation. Many of our former learners have transitioned into full-time roles at Standard Bank after proving their capabilities during the learnership. Your hard work and dedication could be your ticket to a long-term career with us.

Programme duration: 18 months