HR Support Level 3 Apprenticeship - Haberdashers Elstree School

Haberdashers' Elstree Schools

Hertfordshire (WD6 3AF)

Closes in 11 days (Friday 18 September 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 4 September 2026

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Summary

We are currently seeking to recruit an enthusiastic individual, who is hard working and eager to join our admin team as an HR Support Apprentice. We are looking to recruit confident, personable individuals that can work independently and as a part of a team.

Wage

£23,400 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

£12 per hour 

Training course
HR support (level 3)
Hours
8.00am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Thursday 1 October 2026

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

We are looking for HR Apprentice who will provide vital support across the full spectrum of HR activity, with responsibilities spanning recruitment, onboarding, HR systems, benefits administration, learning and development, employee engagement, and reporting.

Your day-to-day duties will include:

  • Assist with a broad range of HR administrative tasks, ensuring the smooth operation of HR processes across the employee lifecycle
  • Support the end-to-end talent acquisition process, including candidate sourcing, screening, coordinating interviews, and preparing job descriptions for approval and posting
  • Liaise with senior leaders regarding interview scheduling and logistics
  • Monitor candidates throughout the recruitment process, issue offer letters, and coordinate pre-employment checks (right to work, qualifications, references, and prior learning) to ensure compliance
  • Manage recruitment administration, including responding to candidate enquiries, coordinating interviews, and sending invitations
  • Participate in talent acquisition events such as open days, careers fairs, and networking opportunities
  • Support onboarding and offboarding processes, including contract preparation, induction coordination, and exit interviews
  • Assist with the administration of the HRIS, ensuring accurate data entry, updating employee records, and supporting system enhancements to improve efficiency
  • Support the management of the organisation’s benefits platform, assisting with employee queries and ensuring benefits administration runs smoothly
  • Act as a point of contact for Learning and Development, coordinating training sessions, maintaining training data, preparing reports, and liaising with external providers
  • Assist with employee engagement initiatives, such as staff surveys, wellbeing programmes, and recognition schemes
  • Act as a point of contact for HR-related queries, ensuring a positive employee experience
  • Assist with administration linked to the Staff Forum, including taking minutes
  • Assist in the creation of HR reports and analytics, using HR data to provide insights that support decision-making across talent, recruitment, and employee engagement

Where you'll work

Butterfly Lane
Elstree
Borehamwood
Hertfordshire
WD6 3AF

Training

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

Training provider

LET ME PLAY LIMITED

Training course

HR support (level 3)

Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)

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

Apprenticeship Details - 18 months expected duration to complete, working towards your Level 3 HR Support Qualification. (All learning is delivered online/ remote). 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/C or above)
  • Math (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
  • Customer care skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Patience

About this employer

Haberdashers’ Elstree Schools consists of Haberdashers’ Boys’ School, founded in 1690 and Haberdashers’ Girls’ School, Founded in 1875. Habs Boys and Habs Girls are two leading independent day schools for children aged 4–18. The schools provide a challenging, nurturing, stimulating and warm community in which students enjoy working hard to thrive and succeed. The co-location of the Schools provides the best of both worlds. The Schools trace their roots back to the 17th century when the founder, Robert Aske, established the principles that guide it to this day – to give talented and ambitious young people the opportunities they need to succeed in life. The Schools’ priority is the education of the whole person, amongst other bright, well- motivated students, taught by a highly qualified, committed staff. In partnership with parents, it aims to provide every student with the intellectual, cultural, physical, moral, personal and spiritual resources she or he needs to give her or him confidence to go forward in a changing world.

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

Completion of the level 3 course and potentially a full-time role.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LET ME PLAY LIMITED

Charlie Seaman

charlie.seaman@lmpeducation.org

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000051607.

Apply now

Closes in 11 days (Friday 18 September 2026 at 11:59pm)