Resourcing Assistant Apprenticeship Level 3

Summary

This apprenticeship can offer you the support, training and industry recognised qualifications to get you on the path to a career in Resourcing and HR.

Wage: £21,375 a year
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Training course: HR support (level 3)
Hours: Monday to Friday, shifts TBC.
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 2 September
Duration: 1 year 6 months
Positions available: 1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

We are looking for a Resourcing Assistant Apprentice to help us recruit and onboard talented people into the Met Office. You will have the opportunity to work with the Resourcing Team covering the end to end resourcing process, allowing you to develop your knowledge and skills. You will gain an internationally recognised foundation certificate in HR with the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) and eligibility for foundation membership with CIPD on successful completion of the programme.

You will be managed by a line manager and have a mentor to offer further support. In addition to the formal training with a registered training provider, you will also have in house and on the job training.
Your key duties are:

Support the Resourcing Team to attract, engage with and hire talented people into the business
Use your communication skills to speak with candidates and colleagues, updating them on progress
Using your skills in accuracy and IT to update records and work on administrative duties

Where you’ll work

Fitzroy Road
Exeter
Devon
UK
EX1 3PB

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

EXETER COLLEGE

Your training course

HR support (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Service Delivery: Delivers excellent customer service on a range of HR queries and requirements, providing solutions, advice and support primarily to managers. Builds managers’ expertise in HR matters, improving their ability to handle repeated situations themselves where appropriate. Uses agreed systems and processes to deliver service to customers. Takes the initiative to meet agreed individual and team KPIs in line with company policy, values, standards. Plans and organises their work, often without direct supervision, to meet commitments and KPIs.
Problem Solving: Uses sound questioning and active listening skills to understand requirements and establish root causes before developing HR solutions. Takes ownership through to resolution, escalating complex situations as appropriate.
Communication & Interpersonal: Deals effectively with customers/colleagues, using sound interpersonal skills and communicating well through a range of media eg phone, face to face, email, internet. Adapts their style to their audience. Builds trust and sound relationships with customers. Handles conflict and sensitive HR situations professionally and confidentially.
Teamwork: Consistently supports colleagues /collaborates within the team and HR to achieve results. Builds/maintains strong working relationships with others in the team and across HR where necessary.
Process Improvement: Identifies opportunities to improve HR performance and service; acts on them within the authority of their role. Supports implementation of HR changes/projects with the business.
Managing HR Information: Maintains required HR records as part of services delivered. Prepares reports and management information from HR data, with interpretation as required.
Personal Development: Keeps up to date with business changes and HR legal/policy/process changes relevant to their role. Seeks feedback and acts on it to improve their performance and overall capability.

Your training plan

You will attend Exeter College 1 day per week during term time to work towards your HR support Level 3 Apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

Maths (grade 4)
English (grade 4)

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
IT skills
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Administrative skills
Team working

Other requirements

If you are considering applying and need support to do so, please contact us via careers@metoffice.gov.uk . You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information.

About this company

From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are. • We’re a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact • We’re experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better • We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making • We’re better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater • We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

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

Whilst this is a temporary position for up to 20 months, there is potential for it to develop into a permanent position on successful completion of your apprenticeship.

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Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

EXETER COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000306410.

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Closes in 9 days (Sunday 23 March)

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Company’s application instructions

If you share our values, we’d love to hear from you! Click apply to begin your application. Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire. We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills. Closing date 23/03/2025 at 23:59 with interviews completed by 02/05/2025 . You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.

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