HR Support Apprentice

**Brief overview of the role**

Belvoir Group Plc is offering the opportunity to train as an HR Support apprentice in a highly professional environment in Grantham town centre at the Head Office of the UK's largest property sales and lettings franchise group. This apprenticeship is suitable for someone who has **not **studied HR before, but who is passionate about starting a career in this field.

**Apprenticeship summary**

**Working week **37hrs (9 - 5.30 Mon to Thu, 9 - 5 Fri)

**Annual wage **£11,544 (£6.00 per hour)

**Vacancy description**

We have an Apprenticeship opportunity at our Central Office on London Road in Grantham. This Apprenticeship offer a unique opportunity to develop the broad range of skills required for career success in Human Resources Function. The role will be based within our busy HR department.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for collating and inputting the monthly payrolls for 200 employees for submission to Head of HR for approval in line with payroll cut off timeframes.
- Recruitment - preparing job descriptions and posting job adverts, arranging interviews and follow up actions
- Prepare commission statements for payroll purposes
- Commission and Holiday pay calculations
- Prepare draft contracts, variation to contract letters and commission side letters.
- First point of contact for initial HR queries, escalate to HR Advisor or Head of HR where necessary
- Carry out & provide standard employee references
- Minute taking for Disciplinaries/ Grievances and other relevant meetings.
- Assist with Budget and Audit prep
- Maintaining payroll systems and databases including inputting joiners & resetting users. Granting access.
- Setting up manual staff files. All paper filing.
- Creating and maintaining holiday plans/ Hierarchy
- Preparing salary letters
- Preparing offer letters/ replies to resignation letters
- Preparing end of probation letters
- Keeping the Car Park licences correct and insurances
- Corporate eyecare
- PDR and 121 admin
- General admin, scanning completed payroll
- Sending out induction pack to brand managers
- Staff Anniversaries and key dates
- Dealing with P11’s and sending out P45’s

**Requirements and prospects**

**Desired skills**
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong verbal and written communication skills - articulate and focussed
- Good organisational skills
- Respectful of the confidentiality of the HR profession
- Ability to consistently process data accurately
- Ability to prioritise work
- Good IT skills and the ability to use Microsoft Office packages
- Ability to work in a team and independently
- Organised, with the ability to use your own initiative

**Personal qualities**
- Highly motivated
- Friendly, helpful, cooperative manner
- Willingness to learn new tasks

**Desired qualifications**

A minimum of GCSEs at grades C/4 or above (or equivalent) in maths and English is essential.

**Training to be provided**

In addition to training and mentoring in the workplace from a highly experienced team, you will attend Grantham College one day a week to complete your training.

**About the employer**

Belvoir Group PLC is one of the largest and most highly regarded franchised property groups in the UK, supporting a network of 439 offices across seven brands: Belvoir, Northwood, Newton Fallowell, Lovelle, Nicholas Humphreys, Mr & Mrs Clarke and Mortgage Advice Bureau. The Group operates through two divisions: a network of property franchisees and a network of financial advisers, specialising in residential lettings, property sales and property-related financial services. As a franchisor, Belvoir provides quality training and development support to establish its franchisees and financial advisers as local providers of reliable and trusted residential property-related services to landlords, tenants, vendors and buyers. Building on its market presence and professional reputation, the Belvoir Group continues to grow its network across the UK.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract, Apprenticeship
Contract length: 21 months

**Salary**: £6.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

COVID-19 considerations:
Surfaces and equipment cleaned frequently, current government guidance adhered to.

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Grantham: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Do you understand that this is an apprenticeship and therefore you will be required to train/study for 6 hours per week alongside your work?
- Give an example of when you have worked well in a team and why the team was successful.
- Why are you interested in a career in HR?

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 03/09/2023
Reference ID: Belvoir Group Plc
Expected start date: 11/09/2023