HR Consultant Apprentice (Fixed Term Contract)

Summary

Are you passionate about translating business challenges into meaningful, people-centric solutions? Would you thrive in a customer-focused team, driven to be Earth’s Best Employer? Join us as a HR Consultant Apprentice and embark on an exciting journey where you’ll play a pivotal role in transforming the way our organisation empowers talent.

Annual wage: Competitive
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Training course: People professional (level 5)
Hours: Monday to Friday, hours to be confirmed. 40 hours a week
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 15 September
Duration: 2 years
Positions available: 6

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 a HR Consultant Apprentice, you’ll immerse yourself in a customer-obsessed HR team, striving to deliver informed advice that enables exceptional experiences for both customers and employees.

A day in the life can involve:

Partnering with stakeholders to offer expert HR guidance
Contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
Delivering on HR strategy for the lines of business you support
Standardising best practice

We are seeking consultative individuals who can analyse complex business challenges and craft innovative, people-focused solutions. You’ll need to excel in stakeholder management to be able to build trusted partnerships with personnel at all levels. In addition, you’ll need to cultivate a growth mindset, cultural awareness, and the ability to navigate ambiguity – all of which are vital qualities for HR professionals to drive transformative change.

Here at Amazon, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Within this apprenticeship you’ll have the opportunity to learn by doing, putting newfound knowledge into practice every day. Our first-class coaching, tailored development opportunities, and challenging, rewarding work will empower you to reach new heights. If you’re a curious learner eager to grow, this is your chance to unlock your full potential and build the future you envision.

You will gain a vast range of useful experiences and skills whilst working towards the HR Consultant Partner Level 5 apprenticeship standard and the CIPD Level 5 certification in People Management. As a working student your focus is to complete your studies in your 20% off the job time by learning and developing your skills, knowledge and behaviours to work towards successful graduation. You will be set goals by your training provider and manager to support your studies.

You will build your skills over a 24-month period, starting in July. These skills will help you develop personally and professionally. Your apprenticeship will be made up of classroom/virtual based training to cover knowledge, on-the-job training at your Amazon base location, online learning as well as mentoring from our experienced team members.

We value different perspectives and experiences, and we're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. Our employee-led affinity groups including communities for women in tech, LGBTQ+ employees, and underrepresented minorities, foster a culture on inclusion that empowers us to be proud of our differences. These groups provide community, mentorship, and a platform for your voice to be heard. We’re committed to building a workforce that reflects the customers and communities we serve.

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

If you’re a dynamic, empathetic individual who’s eager to influence the employee experience and contribute to our organisation’s success, then apply to embark on a transformative journey that will equip you to thrive as a trusted HR business partner and strategic leader.

Where you’ll work

1 Principal Place

Worship Street

EC2A 2FA

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

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

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.
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

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.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

5 GCSEs including Maths and English (grade Grade C/4 or above)
3 A levels or equivalent (grade C or above)

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
Team working

Other requirements

This position will be based in a Corporate Office. We advise you to submit your application as soon as possible, as the roles will close once filled. We will be holding online assessments from November through to February, with assessment centres taking place between February and May.

About this company

Amazon offers a range of opportunities to suit candidates with different backgrounds, qualifications and career aspirations. That is why we believe it is the perfect place to learn new skills. We believe that building a culture that is welcoming and inclusive is integral to people doing their best work and is essential to what we can achieve as a company. We take steps to ensure our colleagues have a sense of belonging, value, and opportunity.

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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

Alongside extensive development of your technical skills, you will also grow your abilities in crucial complementary areas like organisation, prioritisation, data and problem-solving techniques, teamwork, communication, and presentation skills.

Once you have successfully completed, you will be able to apply for relevant roles across the business.

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