HR Apprentice

ON A ROLL SANDWICH CO LTD

MIDDLESBROUGH (TS2 1RY)

Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025

Posted on 2 July 2025


Summary

To provide administrative support to a small and friendly HR department for the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, employment changes, engagement, people management and employees who leave the business.

Training course
HR support (level 3)
Hours
Monday- Friday, between 8.30am- 5pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 2025

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

  • Assist in maintaining HR systems and spreadsheets, including adding new staters, updating changes and leavers
  • Adding new starters to company systems, supplying access fobs and taking similar actions when someone leaves employment
  • Supporting the department in its transition to digitalisation and paperless working
  • Screening applications via Indeed and the company website
  • General administration, including filing and record keeping
  • Supporting with absence management procedures including filing Return to Work documentation
  • Ensuring compliance within the workplace, including requesting missing documentation
  • Recruitment administration including: filing recruitment documentation and basic vacancy reporting
  • Assist in the off-boarding process, including resignation acceptance letters and exit interviews
  • Manage the HR email inbox, forwarding or actioning emails as appropriate

Where you'll work

BARTON ROAD
MIDDLESBROUGH
TS2 1RY

Training

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

College or training organisation

PENSHAW VIEW TRAINING LIMITED

Your training course

HR support (level 3)

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What you'll learn

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

  • Training will take place through a virtual classroom at your place of work
  • You will be assigned a trainer to work with throughout the programme

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C/4)
  • Maths (grade C/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
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Initiative

About this company

We’ve only really ever cared about making great food. We believe quality comes from acting with pride, care and consideration. It’s all about the detail, that’s where our attention is and that's where we need you. This is a fantastic opportunity for a HR Apprentice to join our small team and to take the next step in their career.

https://www.onarollsandwich.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Promotion to HR Administrator.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

PENSHAW VIEW TRAINING LIMITED

Kathryn Hewitt-Meadows

kathryn.hewitt-meadows@penshawview.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000329401.

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Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025

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