HR support level 3 apprentice - Immunocore

Cogent Ssc Limited

Abingdon (OX14 4RY)

Closes on Friday 13 February 2026

Posted on 9 January 2026


Summary

Immunocore are looking to recruit an HR apprentice. This is an ideal opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to gain experience in a HR department as a start to their HR career.

Training course
HR support (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Thursday- 9:00am- 5:00pm with a 45 minute unpaid lunch break lunch break. Friday- 9:00am– 4:15pm with a 45 minute unpaid lunch break lunch break.

38 hours a week

Start date

Monday 2 March 2026

Duration

1 year 9 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

  • Monitoring and responding to first level employee queries though our askHR inbox, including holiday cancellations and absence amendments in PeopleCORE (HR systems)
  • Assist with shortlisting and interview coordination by scheduling interviews efficiently in collaboration with the Talent Acquisition team and hiring managers, ensuring compliance with IMCR policies
  • Prepare offer letters and draft employment contracts for new starters, ensuring all required documentation is collected promptly
  • Coordination of the starters and leavers process, including reference checking, reporting and communicating with other relevant departments
  • Setting up and manage arrangements for all new hire inductions including slide preparations, collating induction packs, arranging lab tours
  • Managing all aspects of training: including booking trainers, candidate registration, meeting invitations, distribution of pre-work, booking rooms and catering
  • Arranging and collating exit interviews and reporting on trends/ analysis
  • Maintaining complete and accurate electronic employee files
  • Contribute to HR projects focused on diversity, inclusion, engagement, and wellbeing, helping to promote a positive and inclusive workplace culture
  • Work alongside operations colleagues to provide guidance to managers and staff on policies, procedures, and best practice

Where you'll work

91 Park Drive
Milton Park, Milton
Abingdon
OX14 4RY

Training

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

Training provider

BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED

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

The training for this apprenticeship will be online 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Min 5 inc. Maths English Science (grade 4/C or above)

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
  • Organisation skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working

About this employer

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.

https://cogentskills.com/vacancies/ (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

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

  • Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will be eligible to apply for other positions within the business

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000007930.

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Closes on Friday 13 February 2026

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