NedBank: Behavioural Economics Graduate Programme 2024 

Nedbank is inviting ambitious, driven individuals eager to commence their career journey in behavioral economics to apply for our comprehensive Behavioural Economics Graduate Program. We are seeking a forward-thinking graduate, keen to leverage their skills to drive positive change and contribute meaningfully to helping our clients manage their money better.

This opportunity places you at the core of our strategic business objectives, enabling you to conduct in-depth research and provide beneficial insights to help shape our products and services. As part of this program, you form part of a team of trusted advisor, offering high-quality data and analysis that align seamlessly with our organisational vision, enhancing our client insights and fortifying our competitive edge.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Behavioural Economics unit within Nedbank Retail and Business Banking to apply behavioral science to the design and execution of better money management solutions for clients across the bank. 
• Undertaking research, designing behavioral interventions, and undertaking business experiments to measure the impact of proposed solutions on client behaviors.
• Conduct literature reviews on existing behavioral science evidence on financial decision making and related behavioral interventions.
• Effectively package and communicate the findings of primary and secondary research to business units.
• Support training to business units on behavioural insights relevant to their business units.
• Support the effective knowledge management and curation of primary and secondary research through an online library and internal newsletter.
• Meet internal and external client needs by delivering quality and original research.
• Establish relationships with clients through constant engagement.
• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
• Mitigate risk by managing research databases and meeting compliance and regulatory requirements through consultation with Compliance Division.

Required Education:

Honours Degree in:

• Economics,
• Psychology,
• Anthropology
• or Social Sciences