HR Apprentice

Summary

Cranswick is hiring HR Apprentices in our Eastern region. We have 3 exciting new opportunities at Cranswick Country Foods, Crown Farms, Wayland Farms, and Cranswick Fresh Poultry. This is great chance to kick start your career in HR within an exciting fast-paced industry and passionate, generalist, experienced and established hands-on team.

Annual wage

£20,800 a year

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Starting salary of £20800 which will progress with your experience and apprenticeship

Training course

HR support (level 3)

Hours

Monday to Friday 8am – 5pm, some flexibility required to work evenings on occasion and time back will be arranged. 1 hour lunch breaks.

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 18 November

Duration

1 year 6 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

You will gain hands-on experience in various HR functions, including:

Recruitment
Employee relations
Performance management
Employee engagement

You will support the team in delivering a high-quality HR service while learning and developing your own HR skills and knowledge.

Opportunities available at:

Cranswick Country Foods, Brandon Road, Watton, Norfolk, IP25 6LW
Cranswick Fresh Poultry, Oaksmere Business Park, Yaxley, Suffolk, IP23 8BW
Crown Farms, Green Farm, Edge Green, Kenninghall, Norfolk, NR16 2DR / Wayland Farms Ltd, Brandon Road, Watton, Norfolk, IP25 6LW

Where you’ll work

Cranswick Country Foods

Brandon Road

Watton

Norfolk

IP25 6LW

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

COLCHESTER INSTITUTE

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

The apprentice will be working towards the HR Support Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard.
Monthly classroom attendance in Norwich with our partners Blue Sky Professional Development.
A People Professional Level 5 Appprenticeship Standard may be available if the successful candidate has relevant qualifications or experience.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

maths and English (grade 9-4/A*-C)

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
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

Other requirements

You will sometimes need to visits other sites in our region (and occasionally beyond), so you will need to be able to drive and have access to a car. Our roles are within the food and farming industry and our factory processing sites have abattoirs within them. Whilst you do not need to visit this area if you do not wish to, you do need to be comfortable with the concept that this process is taking place within our environment.

About this company

Cranswick PLC is a multi million pound organisation within the food and farming industry, with site based across the UK. In the Eastern Region, we have a fresh Poultry processing site at Eye (Cranswick Fresh Poultry), Poultry Farms, (Crown Farms), a fresh pork processing site at Watton (Cranswick Country Foods) and pig farms (Wayland Farms). We also have an animal feed milling site which secures our supply chain and ensures we deliver the highest quality at every stage of the food and farming cycle. People are at the heart of our business. From the farm to the factory to the retail shelf, we are all dedicated to one purpose; feeding the nation with authentically made, sustainably produced food, created with passion. We were founded on expertise but, more than anything, we are a company of entrepreneurs. Cranswick stands for determination and ambition, seeking out the next opportunity, encouraging a culture that allows great, commercially focused ideas to flourish. We endeavour to be a destination employer. Each of our sites are unique, yet our guiding principles of Quality, Value, Innovation and People shine through. We have well invested, industry leading facilities and an ambitious growth plan which has enabled us to create a workplace with opportunities where people can progress and develop their careers.

http://www.cranswick.plc.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Pension – 3% employer/5% employee contributions. Access to our Feed Your Wellbeing hub, with retail discounts and a range of other perks. Discounted share scheme. Optional cycle to work scheme and holiday purchase schemes. Death in service insurance.

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

This role will develop you to be a competent HR professional with potential for further study and to prepare you for a role as HR Advisor.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

COLCHESTER INSTITUTE

Colchester Institute - Apprenticeship Team

ci.apprenticeships@colchester.ac.uk

01206 712043

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000278411.

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Closes in 14 days (Friday 15 November)

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