HR Apprentice

**HR/People Team Apprentice**

**Novus Property Solutions** is a dynamic, award-winning property maintenance, refurbishment, compliance, and decarbonisation specialist with more than 750 colleagues in 20 locations across Great Britain, providing a combination of local knowledge and national strength. We are a social and environmentally responsible family-owned business with a rich 125-year heritage, delivering a range of bespoke services and solutions to a wide variety of clients.

***Benefits;**
- £12.000 salary
- 26 Days Hols & Bank holidays - option to buy or sell holidays
- Company pension scheme - up to 7.5%
- Discounted Healthcare Scheme
- High street & lifestyle discounts
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
- A day paid volunteering per year

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

Do you want to be a HR professional? Are you looking for a company that prioritises colleague wellbeing, with great employee benefits and that will actively support you to develop new skills so you can embark on a HR career? Then look no further.

We have an exceptional opportunity within the Novus People team for a HR/People Team Apprentice to play a key role in delivering our exciting People plans. Reporting in to the People Services Manager, this role offers the opportunity to get involved in a wide range of People led initiatives, adding value to an already successful business whilst studying for the level 3 HR Support Apprenticeship.

Your apprenticeship will last up to 24 months, during which time you will offer full administrative support for the People Team that compliments each part of the colleague lifecycle. This role will work closely with the whole People Team to develop a sound knowledge and understanding of the People function, creating solid foundations for a career in the organisation and ensuring the opportunity to put into practice, skills which will be key for a entry HR role.

**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES - HR/People Team Apprentice**

As the People Team Apprentice, you play a vitally important role in offering effective administrative support that enables the smooth running of the People team, ensuring that we offer a great service to all Novus colleagues, with this in mind the roles key accountabilities are:
Supporting with administration requirements as requested in relation to
- Recruitment & Selection
- Onboarding and the New Starter Process (including the issuing of contracts and other checks such as DBS)
- TUPE
- Allocation of Mandatory Training requirements
- Processing change to Terms and Conditions of Employment
- Filing of absences Maintaining employment files
- Maternity/Paternity
- Jury Service,
- Mortgage/Rental References
- Progressing training needs without preferred suppliers, ensuring they are co-ordinated with the involvement of the business and that they meet business need
- Processing end of employment paperwork by administering leaver forms accurately and in a timely manner and following the appropriate process in line with the reason for the employee leaving the business such as Resignation, Redundancy, Retirement or Dismissal. Thereby supporting the smooth transition from employee to leaver

**SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE**
- IT & Keyboard literacy
- Demonstrate understanding of Customer Service
- Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent (with passes in English and Maths at level 2 Functional Skills or higher)
- Attention to detail
- Strong communication skills (oral and written)
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team

Applications are welcomed from all as we are an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are a socially and environmentally responsible national building and maintenance company.