HR Support Apprenticeship - Great British Energy - Nuclear
Cogent Ssc Limited
Warrington (WA1 1QF)
Closes in 18 days (Monday 4 August 2025)
Posted on 17 July 2025
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Summary
As a HR Support Apprentice at Great British Energy - Nuclear, you’ll be part of a friendly team helping to look after the people who power the UK. From answering employee questions to getting involved in exciting projects like wellbeing and inclusion, you’ll gain real experience and build your confidence every day.
- Wage
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£23,810 a year
- Training course
- HR support (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm with 30-minute lunch break
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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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
As a HR Support Apprentice at Great British Energy - Nuclear, you'll find yourself at the heart of a dynamic and supportive team, where every day brings new opportunities to learn and grow. You'll enjoy a variety of tasks, from managing employee queries and maintaining data to assisting with exciting projects like wellbeing and Diversity Equity & Inclusion. This role offers a perfect blend of administrative duties and meaningful interactions, allowing you to develop a comprehensive skill set in HR. You'll be supported by experienced professionals who are committed to your development, ensuring you gain valuable insights and hands-on experience. The satisfaction of knowing your contributions directly impact the efficiency and success of the organisation, combined with the chance to work in a company that values integrity, teamwork, and continuous improvement, makes this role truly rewarding. If you're eager to start your career in HR and thrive in a collaborative environment, you'll love being part of Great British Energy - Nuclear.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide general administration support duties and answering general HR queries
- Monitor and respond to employee queries via the HR inbox
- Assist with wellbeing, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, and automation projects
- Maintain employee files on employee systems
- Manage employee data and generate reports
- Utilise HR analytics for data-driven decisions and trend analysis
- Provide travel and expenses support
- Take minutes for employee relations cases as required
- Support learning and development activities including training coordination
- Assist and provide support with payroll administration
- Provide excellent customer service and support to managers
- Use questioning and listening skills to resolve HR issues
- Communicate effectively with customers and colleagues
- Support and collaborate with colleagues to achieve results
Where you'll work
Renaissance House
Lakeside Drive
Warrington
WA1 1QF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
WARRINGTON & VALE ROYAL COLLEGE
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
HR Support Level 3.
Day release 1 day a week to Warrington and Vale Royal College.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
5 GCSE's including Maths and English (grade 4/C or above)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
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this company
As the specialists in skills for science and technology, our purpose is to make sure your business; your people and our industry are future ready. We are a not-for-profit charitable organisation with a family of commercially focused companies committed to supporting the skills, needs and ambitions across the UK science and technology sector.
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 is part of our talent plan for the future. Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will be eligible to be considered for any other suitable vacancies.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WARRINGTON & VALE ROYAL COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000332442.
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Closes in 18 days (Monday 4 August 2025)
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