HR Apprentice

  • Company: Charles Wells Ltd
  • Location: Bedford, MK40 4LU
  • Type: Apprenticeship
  • Salary:
  • Sector: Admin/ Office / HR
  • Ref: VAC-11806
  • Application Deadline Date: 01/07/2019
  • Start Date: 26/08/2019
  • Positions Available: 1
  • Working Week: Monday to Friday 9:00 to 17:15 36.25 hours per week

Brief Description

Providing administrative HR support to the department, the HR Apprentice is a vital asset to the team to ensure day to day tasks run smoothly and provide great customer service to employees and stakeholders.

Qualifications Required

GCSE's pass in Maths and English A*- C (9-4) and above

Personal Qualities

- Excellent time management and organisation
- Strong attention to detail
- Flexible and reliable
- Works well under pressure and confident with dealing with difficult situations
- Outgoing and friendly
- Great customer service skills
- Team player
- Keen interest in HR

Skills Required

- Computer literate, there are a lot of system based tasks
- Preferred candidate to have a driving license and own personal vehicle if not they need to be aware of public transport routes

Training to be Provided

The Certificate in HR Practice includes the following units:
•Understanding Organisations
•Recording, Analysing and Using HR Information
•Resourcing Talent
•Performance and Reward Management
•Managing Employee Relations
•Developing Yourself as an Effective HR Practitioner

Assessment methods

On-programme assessment – includes Level 3 CIPD qualification assessed via assignments and preparation of Consultative Project.

End Point Assessment (EPA) assessed via Consultative Project and Professional Discussion.

English and Maths Level 2 (if required) assessed via exams.

Future Prospects

If there is a full-time position available hopefully they would step into this position, however we cannot 100% gurantee that after the term a permenant position would be available.

Vacancy Detail

Providing administrative HR support to the department, the HR Apprentice is a vital asset to the team to ensure day to day tasks run smoothly and provide great customer service to employees and stakeholders.

Due to Company growth an exciting opportunity has arisen at Charles Wells for a HR Apprentice to join the team!

The individual will advance their personal development through providing administrative support to the HR team, and have a willingness to learn and develop a career in Human Resources.

Tasks and Responsibilities:
- PA Admin support for the team e.g. booking meeting rooms, co-ordinating training and looking after visitors on site. To be the 1st point of contact for the department
-Payroll admin e.g. looking after weekly payroll admin, and historical payroll records, liaising with outsourced payroll
- Looking after new starters and leavers & supporting with applicant tracking system & communicating with relevant external and internal stakeholders
- Dealing with all employee reference requests
- Upkeeping employee records
- Managing correspondence letters e.g. annual bonus/pay increase letters, mail merging & producing reports for HR team and stakeholders when required
- Ad-hoc note taking when required

Reporting to the HR Manager you will become a part of a cosy team of 5.

Other Information

There may be a requirement for the candidate to travel to pubs accross the country, so therefore a car would be idyllic
We are moving sites estimated June 2020 - still in Bedford but again as an FYI for transport

This apprenticeship has expired