HR Apprentice (Equifax)
EQUIFAX LIMITED
Leeds (LS1 4AP)
Closes on Saturday 19 September 2026
Posted on 14 August 2026
Contents
Summary
As a HR Apprentice at Equifax, you will play a central role in supporting the wider HR function, working closely with our HR Business Partners (HRBPs), Employee Relations (ER) Manager, Centres of Excellence (Reward, Learning & Organisational Development, Internal Communication and Engagement and Talent Acquisition).
- Wage
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£30,000 a year
- Training course
- HR support (level 3)
- Hours
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We believe great things happen when teams connect. Our schedule is built around 4 days of high-impact, in-office collaboration (Monday–Thursday), paired with Friday. Flexibility to wrap up your week remotely.
Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 28 September 2026
- 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
Unlike frontline employee support, this role acts as the administrative backbone for our strategic HR teams. You will gain unique, high-level exposure to how a global, data-driven HR function operates, balancing day-to-day administrative tasks, financial coordination, and complex case support while working towards a recognised HR qualification.
What You’ll Do
- Employee Relations (ER) Support: Assist the ER Manager by scheduling formal meetings, taking accurate and highly confidential minutes during grievance or disciplinary hearings, organising ER case files, and helping to draft standard outcome letters.
- HR Business Partner (HRBP) Support: Assist the HRBPs with preparing organisational charts, compiling data for talent reviews, and drafting formal HR correspondence and presentation materials.
Centres of Excellence Support:
- Reward: Assist with administrative tasks related to annual pay reviews, benefits enrolment periods, and reward data checking.
- L&OD: Help coordinate training sessions, manage learning management system (LMS) administration, and track employee training completion.
- Talent Acquisition: Support the recruitment team with ad-hoc administrative tasks, candidate coordination, and employer branding initiatives
- Communication and Engagement: support production of newsletters, support all communication methods, coordination of coffee and connect, general support on in-person events
- Financial Administration: Take ownership of the HR team's purchasing processes by raising purchase orders (POs),processing invoices, and helping to track departmental spend against budgets.
- Data & Reporting: Help compile,format, and distribute monthly HR metrics, ensuring absolute confidentiality and data accuracy across all reports.
- Responsible Business Priorities: Supporting the coordination of the teams RBP objectives and ensuring timely contributions to tenders / contract requirements
What Could Set You Apart
- Previous administrative experience, particularly in a corporate or office environment.
- Experience with formal note-taking or transcription.
- Basic financial acumen or prior experience dealing with invoices, billing, or purchase orders.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel/GoogleSheets (e.g., confident with formulas and data formatting).
- A demonstrated curiosity about how different areas of HR work together to support a business and mitigate risk.
Where you'll work
6 Wellington Place
Leeds
LS1 4AP
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
BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.
Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
2 or more A-Levels or an equivalent Level 3 qual in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Highly proactive
- Keen eye for detail
Other requirements
- Tech-Savvy: Comfortable using Microsoft Office or Google Workspace (specifically Excel/Sheets and PowerPoint/Slides for reporting and presentations).
- Mindset: A highly proactive, solutions-oriented approach with a keen eye for detail and a genuine interest in the strategic and operational side of Human Resources.
- Organisational Skills: Exceptional ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines while supporting different teams and senior leaders simultaneousl
- Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the maturity and professionalism required to interact with senior leadership, take accurate minutes, and handle highly sensitive and confidential information.
About this employer
Who is Equifax?
At Equifax, we believe knowledge drives progress. As a global data, analytics and technology company, we play an essential role in the global economy by helping employers, employees, financial institutions and government agencies make critical decisions with greater confidence.
We work to help create seamless and positive experiences during life’s pivotal moments: applying for jobs or a mortgage, financing an education or buying a car. Our impact is real and to accomplish our goals we focus on nurturing our people for career advancement and their learning and development, supporting our next generation of leaders, maintaining an inclusive and diverse work environment, and regularly engaging and recognising our employees. Regardless of location or role, the individual and collective work of our employees makes a difference, and we are looking for talented team players to join us as we help people live their financial best.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Moving into a more defined with within (Reward, Learning & Organisational Development, Internal Communication and Engagement and Talent Acquisition).
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000048396.
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Closes on Saturday 19 September 2026
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