HR Apprentice

**Contract Type**:Fixed Term Contract for 24 months

**Are you passionate about providing great customer service?**

**Role Snapshot **

As HR Apprentice you will be a key part of our administration team. Providing high quality, proactive and confidential administrative support to the HR service, whilst studying for your Level 3 HR Support apprenticeship. If you are looking to start a career in HR, this could be the role for you.

**What you could be part of**

We are a busy HR team, assisting over 900 employees. Within the administration team you will be handling day to day queries and working on a range of HR processes, ranging from recruitment through to retirement; using HR systems to keep records; providing relevant HR information to the business and working with the business on HR changes.

**What you’ll be doing **
- Support recruitment campaigns eg placing advertisements, assisting with assessments and completing new starter paperwork
- Manage incoming communications for the team, prioritizing, distributing and initiating actions for responses as appropriate
- Maintain manual and computerized systems including data inputting, processing documents, keeping records and general office administration for the HR service
- Support payroll during pay runs to ensure efficiency and accuracy of payments
- Assisting with improvements to HR processes, systems and working on projects as and when required

**You must have **
- GCSE grade 4-9 in Maths and English (or equivalent)
- Good IT skills with knowledge of a range of computer packages eg Microsoft Word/Excel
- Professional and confident telephone manner
- Ability to work to tight deadlines whilst demonstrating attention to detail and accuracy

**What’s in it for you**

**Why Work For Us?**

Do you want to know more about why our staff work for us? Our website has a fantastic why work for us section where our staff tell us what makes working for the Councils so special.

**What Flexible and Agile Working Arrangements do we Offer?**

The Councils understand the importance of operating a work life balance in the modern world. The Councils operate a flexible working policy and agile working options available for employees where operationally possible.

**What Roles Do the Councils Offer?**

The Councils operate a vast and diverse number of services for our residents, so with this comes a vast and diverse amount of job roles within the Councils. Our website has a great graphic showing all our job families and roles within the Councils. From here you can plan your career with the Councils or get some ideas on other roles that you may be interested in.

**What Benefits do our Employees Receive?**

View all our amazing staff benefits on offer for our employees. Our website has a brilliant benefits section allowing you to see the range of discounts, exclusive offers and total rewards our employees receive. Make sure you stop by to find out more information.

**What Employer Accreditations do we Hold?**

The Councils have a range of employer accreditations that we have worked very hard to achieve. Our website has a full descriptive list of all our current accreditations and what this means for our employees.

**What Wellbeing Support do our Staff Have Access to?**

The Councils want to ensure all our employees have a safe comfortable place to work, ensuring that employees feel empowered to actively manage their own wellbeing both at work and at home. The Councils have a large wellbeing section available on the website outlining our commitment to the wellbeing of the employees of the Council.

**Where are we advertising?**

**Advertising Internally and Externally**

**Key Information**:
If you any questions about the role, then please don’t hesitate to contact the recruiting manager or the HR Team, who will be happy to answer any questions on the role or the Councils.

**Recruiting Manager**:Olivia Gawthorpe

**Phone Number**:01603 430519

**HR Team**:
**Phone Number**: 01508 533995

**Closing date: 10 September 2023 at 11:30PM**

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**Interview date: To be confirmed**

**Next steps **

If you want to learn more about the Councils, then please visit our joint website - South Norfolk and Broadland District Councils Website.

For lots of great information about employee life at the Councils please visit the above linked pages or visit our Jobs and Training Courses website page.

For information on how we use your data and the Councils Data Protection Policy please have a look at the Councils website

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