Human Resources Apprentice
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Company: Great Ouse Primary Academy
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Location: Bedford, MK40 4TJ
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary:
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Sector: Admin/ Office / HR
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Ref: VAC-11847
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Application Deadline Date: 05/07/2019
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Start Date: 02/09/2019
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday to Friday, term time only 37 hours per week, start time flexible 8-9 am and finish 4-5 pm
Brief Description
To work within a HR team of 6 staff undertaking a wide range of duties to support the HR team and our 5 schools across the trust.
Qualifications Required
Evidence of high achievement in GCSE qualifications including minimum GCSE A-C/8-4.
A- Levels desirable but not essential.
Personal Qualities
Good interpersonal skills and able to deal courteously and helpfully with staff at all levels.
Able to work as part of a flexible and pro-active team.
Calm and efficient even under pressure and in difficult situations.
Ability to organise time and workload effectively.
Good administrative, planning and organisational skills.
Be patient, tactful, diplomatic and approachable.
Have good spoken and written communications skills.
Be confident about gathering facts and statistics and making financial calculations.
Have a flexible approach to working hours to ensure requirements are met.
Self motivated and self reliant with a readiness to learn as well as seek and accept support.
A positive 'can do' attitude.
Must work with discretion and confidentiality at all times.
Skills Required
Evidence of high achievement in GCSE qualifications including minimum GCSE A-C/8-4.
Experience of producing documents accurately and professionally, experience of data input,
Good standard of IT skills (Word, Excel, Power Point, email and internet)
Be able to work accurately, with good attention to detail
Training to be Provided
HR Practice Foundation CIPD Level 3 Certificate and HR Support Apprenticeship Level 3 and Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required). You will also study a range of topics including: Understanding Organisations, Recording, Analysing and Using HR Information, Resourcing Talent, Performance and Reward Management, Managing Employee Relations, Developing Yourself as an Effective HR Practitioner.
Future Prospects
Opportunity to progress with HR department as a career and take further HR qualifications.
Vacancy Detail
To work within a HR team of 6 staff undertaking a wide range of duties to support the HR team and our 5 schools across the trust.
Within this job role you will work largely within recruitment and selection - preparing job adverts, job descriptions and person specs as well as completing interview and new starter administration. Obtaining references and arranging DBS clearance. This role will also involve taking minutes and typing letters up, electronic filing, supporting payroll processing and sickness absence processing, using database management as well as completing leaver administration.
Other Information
The course will involve studying for the CIPD Level 3 HR qualification at Bedford College one evening per week 5-9 pm from Sept to May and applicants must be willing to commit to this.