People and Culture Apprentice

Summary

Start your career in HR with purpose, people, and progression. This is a fantastic opportunity for a school/college leaver who is looking to take their first step into the world of Human Resources and gain real, hands-on experience in a supportive, fast-paced environment.

Wage

£14,526.20 to £23,492.04, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Annual benchmarking

Training course

HR support (level 3)

Hours

Monday to Friday 9am - 5.30pm

37 hours a week

Start date

Friday 15 August 2025

Duration

1 year 4 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

You'll support the People & Culture team across all aspects of HR administration. Typical responsibilities include:

HR & People Support:

Helping to prepare important HR documents like offer letters and contracts.
Keeping our HR system (Natural HR) up to date with accurate employee information.
Supporting the onboarding process for new starters – including right-to-work checks, requesting IT equipment, and making sure they feel welcomed.
Helping with leaver admin and ensuring everything is in place for their final day.
Sending reminders for probation reviews and helping draft confirmation letters.
Support on Academy initiatives such as workplace Safari’s, arranging work experience.

Recruitment Admin:

Posting job adverts on websites and recruitment channels.
Collecting and organising job applications for the hiring managers.
Helping to schedule interviews and liaise with candidates
Supporting events like insight days, careers fairs, and assessment centres.

General Admin & Projects

Helping with day-to-day admin such as scanning, printing, filing, and responding to basic HR queries.
Working on projects like the monthly People Newsletter, induction presentations, and wellbeing or team events.
Assisting with internal communications and onboarding content (e.g., using Canva to create welcome slides).
Supporting with team events and culture initiatives such as our Diversity and Inclusion. Mental Health committees.

Where you'll work

REGENCY COURT
62-66 DEANS GATE
MANCHESTER
M3 2EN

Training

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

College or training organisation

BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 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

This 16-month programme consists of four modules, with an additional three months spent preparing and completing the End Point Assessment.

We ensure learners receive the necessary Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours that not only meet the required industry standards, but also provide organisations with the skillset to gain competitive advantages within the market.

Knowledge:

The Knowledge part of the programme is the learning content mapped to the qualification. HR modules covered by the knowledge outcomes for this programme include:

Business, culture and change in context.
Principles of analytics, including remote working and use of technology.
Core behaviours for people professionals, including HR and business ethics.
Essentials of people practice, including recruitment, wellbeing, flexible working, reward, and performance management.
Learning will be virtual, and you will have BPP coaches.

More training information

Four modules delivered weekly via online live
lectures (two or three hours per week) and
optional face-to-face professional workshops
Coaching: Online
Performance Coaches to push you further, with six-weekly sessions to review your progress, give constructive feedback, support
your studies and identify new challenges and opportunities (one hour)
Guided self-study: Online on-demand
On-demand study through the Virtual Learning
Platform, with 24/7 access to your full course (four hours per week)
Work based projects Show day-one impact by completing workplace
projects with new skills and knowledge that also count towards your portfolio of evidence for the End Point Assessment (EPA)

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 3)

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
Administrative skills
Creative

About this company

At Sedulo, we know how important it is to create an environment for positive change, both in work and in the communities, we work within. This is demonstrated through our persistent commitment to charitable projects and a strong focus on innovation in everything that we do. You can make an impact at Sedulo, not only through delivering amazing work, but also through participating in the charity campaigns we run throughout the year. Alongside all of this, our events team ensure we also have a lot of fun – with countless wellbeing activities and events being hosted at all our offices every week! We understand that to be a world class organisation, we must embrace uniqueness and choose courage over comfort. Everything we strive to be is grounded in our core values: Personable, Integrity, Holistic, Innovative and Deliver Beyond Expectation.

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Company benefits

• Healthcare benefits including cash back dental, optical and medical support, including alternatives therapies • Free breakfast, afternoon tea and an annual Christmas trip abroad • 26 Days Annual leave, including your birthday off as a holiday

After this apprenticeship

HR Administrator

HR Coordinator

HR Advisor

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