HR Apprentice

Summary

Kickstart your career at Balfour Beatty, where you’ll receive structured training and a formal qualification. Alongside a great salary and benefits package, you'll gain invaluable experience and skills that pave the way for exciting opportunities and career progression. This is more than just a job—it's a pathway to a promising future.

Annual wage

Competitive

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2 salary reviews each year completed.

Training course

People professional (level 5)

Hours

Monday- Friday 8.30am- 5.00pm

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Tuesday 2 September

Duration

1 Year 10 Months

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

As an Apprentice in HR your role is like being a school counsellor, helping with everything from hiring new staff to ensuring employees are happy and productive. You’ll assist with recruitment, training, and employee relations. It's about supporting the workforce and fostering a positive work environment.

Where you’ll work

Q14, Quorum Business Park

Benton Lane

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE12 8BU

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

LEARNING SKILLS PARTNERSHIP LTD

Your training course

People professional (level 5)

Equal to higher national diploma (HND)

Course contents

Communicate information through appropriate channels to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required.

Build and manage multiple and diverse stakeholder's relationships.

Advise on application of policy, regulation, and law for HR issues.

Use data and metrics to mitigate areas of risk and highlight opportunities.

Negotiate with and influence stakeholders to support achievement of business and organisation objectives.

Present insight and conclusions on workforce issues or people process failures.

Enable stakeholders to deliver people solutions. e.g., through negotiation, providing guidance.

Lead and improve people capability within the business.

Manage and deliver people related business and change projects.

Handle and process people data according to legislative requirements.

Embed organisational people policy to promote a diverse and inclusive culture with stakeholders.

Analyse financial implications of people solutions ensuring value for money.

Support the delivery of people strategies using technology and innovation in accordance with regulations and policies.

Make decisions on people policy and issues raised, escalating concerns outside own area of responsibility.

Use prioritisation tools e.g., priority matrix to manage workload, and deliver against business objectives.

Challenge matters which conflict with ethical values or legislation.

Contribute to the development of people policies and procedures or people initiatives.

Interpret people and management data, from both internal and external sources to identify trends.

Educate and support stakeholders to deal with wellbeing issues.

Benchmark to improve people policies and procedures, or people initiatives.

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative

Other requirements

For our Level 5 Apprenticeship, you’ll need 2 A Levels or equivalent at passing grades. This programme blends hands-on work experience with industry-relevant learning, giving you the chance to grow both in your role and through structured training.

About this company

We are Balfour Beatty, you may not know us by name but you definitely will have seen what we do. We are one of the UK’s largest construction companies building iconic buildings and structures that will last for generations to come.

https://www.balfourbeatty.com/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Smart working (where roles allow) Annual leave - typically 25 days plus bank holidays Pensions - Employer contribution scheme Early careers salary reviews (twice per year)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

HR Business Partner

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