HR Apprentice

• Recruitment – supporting with the advertisement of roles, place adverts on our website and jobs boards, reviewing applications and conducting telephone interviews with candidates, communicating with the candidates through the pre-employment process, sending offer letters and contracts of employment, DBS checks.
• Payroll – supporting the collation of documents for monthly payroll, data entry, identify where sick pay is due and calculating salary deductions.
• Compliance – auditing staff files, undertaking right to work checks and maintaining records on various systems.
• Correspondence – sending out letters and emails to staff about pensions, benefits, inductions and changes to contracts.
• Employee relations – supporting in grievance and disciplinary meetings, taking notes, drafting outcome letters.
• Assisting in absence management, reporting and administration
• Helping to maintain HR policies and procedures and HR documentation
• Supporting the training and development through administration, maintaining employee training records and reporting
• Working alongside team members, you’ll contribute to HR related projects.
• You’ll take part in work across all areas of the HR function as required, to support your understanding and development.
• You’ll act as ambassador for apprenticeships at Watford Mencap, by supporting careers events, engagement activities and campaigns to promote opportunities and inspire future talent.
• You’ll learn and apply new skills, knowledge and behaviours through a combination of practical experience, formal learning and on-the-job training.
• You’ll work collaboratively with colleagues and build positive relationships with colleagues, managers, clients and other stakeholders where appropriate.
• You’ll take responsibility for your own learning and development, making the most of opportunities to gain experience and build your skills and competence.
• You’ll complete apprenticeship learning activities, assignments and all required learning to successfully complete apprenticeship programme.

Training will take place once a week at work.

The opportunity to remain in employment in the HR team after completing the apprenticeship.

• An enhanced DBS clearance.
• 2 satisfactory references.
• Minimum 6 months’ experience in an office/ reception role, preferably in an HR or recruitment setting. This may have been gained over a variety of settings and periods.
• Some knowledge of UK employment law
• Some knowledge of and interest working in HR, with any related experience (e.g. through education, part-time work, volunteering, or personal projects).
• Commitment to our values (welcoming, challenging, inclusive, respectful, progressive).

• Competitive starting salary
• 6 weeks holiday per annum
• Contributory pension scheme
• A number of employee recognition and reward schemes
• Free Health Cash Plan
• Retail discounts
• Referral scheme
• Long service awards

Watford Mencap is a charity providing social care services and support to people with learning disabilities, and their families, in South West Hertfordshire.  We are affiliated to Royal Mencap but are a self-funding and independent local charity that has provided services and support to local families for the past 75 years. We enable people with learning disabilities and their families to make the most of life, to enjoy choice and control over their own lives, enabling them to fulfil their life ambitions.

We have worked hard to make our services both efficient and really focused on the person. We have a strong business model that is sustainable and diverse. Our work has expanded, and we are trying new things and ideas across the entire organisation, while keeping everything we do focused on meeting the diverse needs of the people we support. We currently employ 170 staff, have over 35 volunteers and provide support and services to over 500 people with learning disabilities and their families.

This is an exciting opportunity to help, strengthen and develop an established team and you will play an important role, working collaboratively with the people we support, their families and friends, as well as other social and health care professionals. We currently operate across 11 sites in Hertsmere, Three Rivers and Watford.