HR Apprentice - Milton Keynes
- Orchard Leigh, South East, MK6 1BP, United Kingdom
- Job type not listed
- Part time
Job Description
HR Apprentice - Milton Keynes, MK6 1BP
HR Apprentice Build Your Career in HR with Dandara
Location: Milton Keynes
Programme: Structured HR Apprenticeship with Rotational Development
Start your HR career with real experience, real responsibility and a recognised qualification.
Are you ambitious, curious and looking for a career where you can work with people, solve problems and make a genuine impact on a business?
At Dandara, were offering an exciting opportunity to join our Group HR team as an HR Apprentice. You don't need previous HR experience we're looking for someone with the potential, attitude and drive to build a successful long-term career in Human Resources.
This isn't an apprenticeship where you'll spend all your time doing basic administration. You'll follow a structured rotational development programme, gaining hands-on experience across the key areas of a modern HR function while working towards a recognised HR apprenticeship qualification.
You'll experience HR Operations, Recruitment & Resourcing, Learning & Development, Reward and HR Business Partnering, giving you the opportunity to discover where your strengths and interests could take you.
What you'll learn
HR Operations
You'll learn how HR supports employees throughout their career with Dandara, from joining the business through to promotions, contractual changes and eventually leaving.
You'll gain experience in:
Offers, contracts and onboarding
Employee records and HR systems
Absence, family leave and probation
HR reporting and people data
HR policies and procedures
Confidentiality, compliance and data protection
You'll quickly understand why accuracy and attention to detail really matter when you're dealing with people's careers and personal information.
Recruitment & Resourcing
Working alongside our Recruitment team, you'll see how we attract and hire talented people across Dandara.
You'll gain exposure to:
Advertising vacancies and attracting candidates
Our Teamtailor recruitment system
Candidate screening and selection
Interviews and assessment
Recruitment campaigns
Candidate experience
Recruitment data and reporting
Understanding recruitment costs and agency spend
As your confidence and capability develop, you'll have opportunities to become more actively involved in interviews and recruitment activities.
Learning & Development
You'll see how Dandara develops its people and prepares future leaders.
You'll gain experience of:
Coordinating training and development
Leadership development
Early careers programmes
Career pathways
Succession and talent planning
Our Kallidus learning platform
Measuring the effectiveness of learning
You'll learn how developing people's skills can directly improve business performance.
HR Business Partnering
As you progress through the programme, you'll gain exposure to the more advisory and commercial side of HR.
You'll shadow experienced HR professionals and learn about:
Employee relations
Performance and attendance
Organisational change
Workforce planning
Employment policies and principles
Advising and supporting managers
Using judgement to solve people-related problems
You'll also gain exposure to Reward, Benefits and Payroll, helping you understand how the different elements of HR fit together.
What we're looking for
We're not looking for someone who already knows everything about HR. We'll teach you that.
We're looking for someone with the potential to learn quickly and the ambition to make something of the opportunity.
You'll ideally be:
Genuinely interested in developing a professional career in HR
Ambitious, motivated and keen to progress
Curious someone who wants to understand why , not just what
Confident enough to ask questions and contribute ideas
Resilient and able to learn from feedback and mistakes
Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
A strong written and verbal communicator
Comfortable working with numbers, data and technology
Professional and trustworthy with confidential information
Adaptable and comfortable working with different people and teams
You'll also need to understand that building a successful career means mastering the fundamentals. Some of your work will be administrative, particularly at the beginning, and we'll expect you to approach those responsibilities with the same enthusiasm and professionalism as the more exciting projects.
No previous HR experience is required. Potential, attitude and capability matter more to us than previous exposure to HR.
Qualifications
We're looking for a strong general standard of education and evidence of your ability to learn and develop.
You'll have:
GCSEs at Grade 6 or above, including English, Maths & Business Studies
Level 3/post-16 qualifications are desirable
Previous work experience, whether part-time, full-time, voluntary or through work placements, would also be beneficial
Where could this take you?
Our aim is to develop someone who can build a long-term career within HR.
Throughout your apprenticeship, you'll receive practical experience, structured development, feedback and increasing responsibility as your capability grows.
By the end of the programme, you'll have gained experience across several different HR specialisms and completed a recognised HR apprenticeship qualification.
Depending on your performance, strengths, interests and future opportunities within Dandara, your career could ultimately develop into areas such as:
HR Operations | Recruitment & Resourcing | Learning & Development | Reward | HR Business Partnering
Progression isn't automatic you'll need to earn it through your performance, development and commitment. But for someone with the right attitude and ambition, this apprenticeship provides an excellent platform from which to build a professional HR career.
What's in it for you?
24,785 basic salary
Bonus Scheme
Training in HR
33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
Private Medical Insurance
Employee Assistance Programme - EAP
Health Hero digital doctor - 24 hr virtual help and appointments
Health Assured Wisdom App
3x salary life assurance (paid option to increase to x4)
Cycle to Work Scheme
Employer matched pension scheme of up to 5%
Flexible benefits including shopping vouchers, airport parking and reduced gym membership
No Agencies please.