HR Apprentice
About the role
You’ll be part of a fast-paced, friendly, and highly collaborative team where no two days are the same. As we continue to deliver a world-class employee experience across multiple regions, you’ll have the chance to develop meaningful HR skills while contributing to real business impact.
As an HR Apprentice, you will be hands-on from day one, supporting the full employee lifecycle and gaining experience across all areas of People & Talent, including:
- Providing day-to-day HR administrative support to the People Team, managers and employees
- Assisting with onboarding, probation management, training coordination, and employee queries
- Supporting the delivery and tracking of key People initiatives, policies, and processes
- Coordinating ER-related documentation, meeting notes, and follow-up actions
- Maintaining accurate employee records, ensuring compliance with systems, processes, and audit requirements
- Assisting with HR reporting and People MI
- Collaborating with our People Team and Specialists across the UK and India to support wider People projects
- Playing a key part in building an inclusive, positive, and engaging employee experience
Working week
Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm. Hybrid Working from our Leeds Office (3 days per week in-office).
Skills
Required qualifications
Training & development
- Completing a Level 5 HR apprenticeship positions you to step confidently into roles such as People Advisor, HR/Talent/ER Specialist, or early-stage People Partner roles
- It builds the capability to lead specialist people initiatives, influence stakeholders, and deliver strategic HR solutions - creating a clear pathway toward senior positions such as Senior People Partner, HR Manager
Company benefits
See all our amazing benefits, here:
https://careers.thebigword.com/pages/perks-uk
Things to consider
thebigword follows the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). As part of this, we will require you to undertake a DBS Check.