HR Apprentice

Havering Apprenticeship Programme

Up to £6 per hour – that’s up to £11,000 per year.

Join the Havering Apprenticeship Programme and be part of supporting the delivery of services to residents.

Considering university? Think again.

The Havering Apprenticeship Programme offers an opportunity for you to start an exciting new career, whether it’s your first job, returning to work after a career break, or you are looking for a change in career direction.

Entering the HR profession through an apprenticeship is the ideal way to gain valuable and practical experience and will give you the opportunity to apply your learning as it takes place.

This Apprenticeship offers you a job with training and the opportunity to progress on to a higher or degree level apprenticeship.

About the Job

We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual who is looking to progress and develop a career in HR.

As a HR Apprentice, you will play a key role in the delivery of a highly effective HR and OD service.

You will be engaging with a range of people and will be dealing with challenging situations and issues as they arise.

You will also be required to work effectively across a shared service, supporting the team by providing administrative support and will use HR systems to record and maintain information.

You will develop skills in managing day-to-day HR queries and advice.

The role has a strong generalist HR focus, and will give you the opportunity to develop the skills and behaviours to work across all disciplines in HR and you will be actively involved in recruitment, organisational change and various other HR project work.

The duration of this apprenticeship will be for 24 months.

You will be provided with support and guidance throughout your apprenticeship and will work towards a level 3 CIPD qualification.

About You

Applications are welcomed from people of all ages with a desire to make a difference in the local community and with a commitment to learning. 

You will be able to demonstrate the following:

Ø  3 GCSE’s, or equivalent qualifications, including Maths and English.

Ø  Good communication skills – your application will be used to assess your written communication skills so take care over it.

Ø  Ability to work well as part of a team and use own initiative.

Ø  A commitment to deliver high quality services to Havering residents and a knowledge of local issues.

Ø  Organisational skills with the ability to focus on achieving targets.

Ø  A desire to work towards a CIPD qualification

Ø  Reliability and punctuality.

Ø  Tech-savvy.  We need those skills to help us deliver 21st century services to residents.

Ø  A commitment to undertake and complete a qualification via a structured training programme.

Ø  Basic level of work experience.

Additional Information

The London Borough of Havering is a Disability Confident employer. Candidates who declare that they have a disability in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 and meet the essential criteria as specified in the Job Profile will be guaranteed an interview.

Priority consideration on all advertised roles will be given to London Borough of Havering Redeployees.

The London Borough of Havering is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

Please be aware that a Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS) check will be required for any position with access to these groups under the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

In addition, the Authority reserves the right  to request employees undertake a basic disclosure check (Disclosure Scotland) where required for the role this includes  anyone who has access to (or information obtained directly from) a government database, or has a GCSX account. These posts will be required to have a Basic Disclosure Scotland check as per the requirements of BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standards).

Should you require any help or advice with your online application, please contact the Recruitment Help Desk on: 01708 432770

Please attach your supporting statement, explaining in no more than x2 A4 sides why and how you meet the criteria for this role.

Please click here to view the Job Profile