HR Apprentice

National Residential Landlords Association - NRLA; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 19,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) is seeking an HR Apprentice to support their HR function in Manchester. This role involves HR administration, recruitment support, and ensuring compliance with company policies. The apprenticeship lasts 14 months and offers a comprehensive benefits package, including annual leave and health benefits.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Additional day off for birthday

Salary exchange Pension scheme

Cash plan health and wellbeing benefit

Cycle purchase loans

Complimentary NRLA membership

Non contractual annual performance-related bonus scheme

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Qualifications

• GCSEs in English and Maths required.
• Interest in pursuing a career in HR.
• Experience in an office or HR environment is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Maintain employee records and assist with onboarding.
• Support recruitment processes and maintain HR compliance.
• Assist with administering company benefits and policies.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Time management

Problem solving

Education

5 GCSE’s graded 9-4 (A* - C), including English and Maths

Tools

Microsoft applications

SharePoint

Job description

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The UK's largest membership organisation for private residential landlords, the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) supports and represents more than100,000 members across England and Wales.

Our enthusiastic and ambitious staff work out of offices in Central Manchester and Central London with hybrid working options available. Colleagues typically work from home four days a week with one day in the office.

The NRLA package:

• 25 days annual leave increasing to 26 days with three years’ service, 27 days with five years’ service and 28 days with seven years’ service

• Additional annual day off for your birthday

• Salary exchange Pension scheme

• Cash plan health and wellbeing benefit including Employee Assistance Programme and counselling service

• Cycle purchase loans, season tickets loans and interest free staff loans

• Complimentary NRLA membership

• Non contractual annual performance-related bonus scheme

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Main purpose of the role

This role will play a key part in supporting the HR function through administration and processes. The role holder will maintain employee records, ensuring compliance with company policies, help to maintain and build upon the NRLA values, and be a presence within the company that colleagues can rely on.

The apprenticeship will be through Nine Dots and will last 14 months. There will be a mixture of virtual class sessions and one on one coaching sessions in our central Manchester office.

Mentoring will also be offered by coaches at Nine Dots as well as the internal NRLA HR team on a formal and informal basis.

Please note, we cannot accept applications from candidates who currently hold a qualification higher than a Level 3 as per the Apprenticeship Levy criteria.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

HR Administration

● Maintain employee records, ensuring that correspondence is produced in a swift and efficient manner

● Assist with onboarding new joiners and offboarding existing staff, ensuring all processes have been followed

● Process internal role changes such as changes to hours or flexible working requests

● Maintain the HR mailbox, ensuring that all queries are responded to in a timely manner and escalating any as necessary to the rest of the team

● Assist with administering the company benefits program with all information being up to date and accessible to staff

Support with Recruitment

● Ensure all relevant approvals for recruiting have been given

● Post job adverts on platforms including LinkedIn, ensuring all information is up to date

● Assist with arranging interviews and liaise with hiring managers

● Ensure all pre-employment checks are carried out and up to date, including DBS and Right to Work checks

● Maintain recruitment spreadsheet and add any updates as appropriate

Maintain HR System

● Become a point of contact for Employment Hero related enquiries after thorough training

● Run accurate reports as and when required in the system, such as for absences or completed training

● Assist with audits to remove outdated data and complete updates as and when required

● Ensure new joiners are onboarded onto Employment Hero in an efficient manner and their data is accurate

● Ensure all new joiners are onboarded onto Go1, our training platform, and they have been assigned the correct training

HR Compliance

● Assist with enforcing all policies and procedures across the business

● Provide support with keeping policies and procedures up to date

● Ensure own knowledge of UK employment law is kept up to date and complete CPD to maintain knowledge when it’s available

● Maintain register of First Aiders, Fire Wardens and Mental Health First Aiders, ensuring their certifications are promptly renewed when necessary

● Support with maintaining our gold standard from Investors in People

● Assist with the weekly People report, with a view to taking on ownership over time

● Assist with employee recognition strategies and offer ideas to improve these

● Any other task that is considered to be a reasonable part of this role

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Qualifications

• 5 GCSE’s graded 9-4 (A* - C), or equivalent, including English and Maths

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Good time management skills

• Understand the importance of confidentiality

• Working knowledge of Microsoft applications and SharePoint (desirable)

• Good problem solving skills

• Ability to work efficiently and quickly during busier periods

• Ability to work well within a team and on your own when necessary

Experience

• A genuine interest in pursuing a career in HR

• Experience in an office or HR environment

Knowledge

• Some understanding of UK employment law and its ongoing changes (advantageous)

Personal Attributes and Other Requirements

• Willing to travel and occasionally work unsocial hours

• Be a good team worker demonstrating loyalty and commitment to the organization and team members

• A people person who is able to act on their own initiative, with guidance from the team

• Proactive, with the willingness to learn from the rest of the team

The salary for this role is £18,200 per annum.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

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