Human Resources Apprentice

ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Padiham (BB12 7NG)

Closes in 6 days (Monday 15 September 2025)

Posted on 8 September 2025

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Summary

You will support and assist the human resources team, providing a forward-thinking, responsive and professional HR service to our family of schools. You will support in a wide range of duties, including assisting with recruitment, supporting day-to-day HR administration, answering HR queries and ensuring compliance with policies and procedures.

Wage

£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
HR support (level 3)
Hours
37 hours per week; Monday - Thursday 8am - 4pm, Friday 8am - 3:30pm, Full Year.

37 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

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Your duties and responsibilities will include:

Recruitment, Induction and Exit Procedures

  • Assist with recruitment activities, including posting job adverts, scheduling interviews and conducting initial candidate screenings
  • Support with the onboarding and induction for successful candidates, including producing offer letters and other employment-related documentation
  • Assist in the processing of DBS checks and ensure compliance with safeguarding procedures

HR Policies & Procedures

  • Respond to general HR-related inquiries from schools and the central team, escalating where appropriate
  • Shadow experienced HR team members to gain insight into various HR specialisms
  • Keep up-to-date with changing legislation that may impact Trust policies

Compliance

  • Help maintain the HR & Payroll management system, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality and are held in accordance with GDPR
  •  Provide support in maintaining the Trust's Single Central Record (SCR)
  • Support with monitoring absence, annual leave and leave of absence within the central team

General

  • Help maintain employee files, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality
  • Develop effective professional relationships with colleagues
  • Attend apprenticeship training sessions and complete coursework in a timely and professional manner
  • Other duties of a similar level of responsibility may be interchanged with/added to this list at any time

Where you'll work

Office 204
Group First House
Shuttleworth Mead
Padiham
BB12 7NG

Training

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

Training provider

BURNLEY COLLEGE

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 apprenticeship course will take place at Burnley College and you will be based at the Trust Central Team offices.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/C or above)
  • Maths (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
  • Administrative skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Strong time-management
  • Discreet of sensitive info
  • Commitment to equality
  • Commitment to diversity

Other requirements

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

About this employer

We are one of three multi academy trusts established by the Catholic Diocese of Salford to serve the schools in the north of the diocese. Our geographical area includes diocesan schools within the local authorities of Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen and Calderdale. We are a rapidly growing academy trust. Currently, we are family of eleven primary and four secondary schools. The Trust includes some schools with directive academy orders but most are voluntary convertors who have taken the decision to become an academy to work more closely within our community of schools to achieve the best outcomes for our pupils and to support each other. The purpose of the Trust is simple: We have come together so that our schools can work together to improve the outcomes, experiences and future life chances of our children and young people.

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Company benefits

Employee assistance programme. Subsidised gym membership. Local government pension scheme. Enhanced sick pay. Free parking/company parking. Bereavement leave. Enhanced maternity pay. Enhanced paternity pay.

After this apprenticeship

Romero Catholic Academy Trust (Diocese of Salford) is dedicated to providing an outstanding Catholic Education to our pupils. We are seeking a Human Resources Apprentice who is passionate about people, motivated and detail-oriented to join our central team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to gain practical HR experience whilst working towards a recognised qualification.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Kelly Forrest

careers@romerocat.com

01282855500

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000340812.

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Closes in 6 days (Monday 15 September 2025)

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