Apprentice HR Support

THF HOLDINGS LTD

Chichester (PO19 8PE)

Closes in 16 days (Monday 1 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 15 August 2025

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Summary

This is a fabulous opportunity to join THF Holdings Limited as an Apprentice HR Support, involving assisting with various HR functions including recruitment, employee onboarding, maintaining records, updating the HRIS, document control and providing general HR support to employees and managers, whilst studying for an HR Support L3 Apprenticeship.

Wage

£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
HR support (level 3)
Hours
30 hours per week – Monday to Friday – 6 hours per day with one day for study and attendance at Chichester College as required.

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 6 October 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

This is a crucial role supporting the HR function as an assistant and will suit a real team player looking to make a difference in our organisation.

Key Responsibilities may include:

  • Supporting the recruitment process by arranging interviews, including liaising with hiring managers and candidates and keeping the recruitment portal up-to-date
  • Support with managing attendance by tracking data relating to sickness absence
  • Maintaining employee records using People HR
  • Respond to queries as needed
  • Support the onboarding and offboarding process
  • Upload payroll data (with support) to ensure employees are paid correctly
  • Manage the document control log, ensuring version control is up-to-date

Where you'll work

Quarry Lane
Chichester
PO19 8PE

Training

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

Training provider

CHICHESTER COLLEGE GROUP

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.

Training schedule

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Willing to learn
  • Builds relationships
  • Flexible
  • Handles pressure

Other requirements

Own transport would be an advantage as the location is a 20-minute walk from Chichester centre, with limited public transport.

About this employer

THF Holdings Limited, trading as Contract Candles & Diffusers Ltd is an award-winning, British, family-owned business who are passionate about quality and providing an outstanding premium bespoke service to our clients. Manufacturing scented candles since 1997 and diffusers since 2010, they specialise in producing a wide array of home fragrance products which are hand-poured and packed in their beautiful factories in Surrey & West Sussex. They are proud to work with leading brands in the luxury and home fragrance sector who return to us for the rigorous attention to detail, exacting quality standards and the exceptional customer service they receive.

http://Contractcandlesanddiffusers.com (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Future prospects to be discussed on successful completion of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CHICHESTER COLLEGE GROUP

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000337495.

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Closes in 16 days (Monday 1 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

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