People Support Apprentice (36302)
REGATTA LTD
Manchester (M41 7RR)
Closes in 26 days (Friday 28 November 2025)
Posted on 31 October 2025
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Summary
In this exciting role you will support the People team with day-to-day administrative tasks such as, data entry and documentation ensuring employee records are up to date and handled in line with the local employment law and internal processes.
- Wage
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£16,000 a year
- Training course
- HR support (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday
8:30am- 5pm
Friday
9am- 3pm
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 8 December 2025
- 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
In this role you will:
- Employee Lifecycle Support: Smooth onboarding/offboarding, accurate contractual changes, and timely written communications (e.g. T&Cs, AWOL, overpayments)
- Responsive People Support: Queries handled positively across platforms, with efficient inbox management
- Payroll Accuracy: Timely sharing of employee data (starters, leavers, changes, leave) to ensure correct pay
- Office & Leave Admin: Daily post handling, organised workspace, and support for parental leave
- Data Integrity: Up-to-date People systems and GDPR-compliant handling of candidate/employee data
- Recruitment Excellence: Accurate job adverts and a welcoming candidate experience aligned with brand values
- Learning & Development: Support for training delivery and maintenance of accurate training records
- Engagement & Events: Well-run initiatives and seasonal events, with thoughtful recognition and wellbeing communications
Training will be provided on the job along with Bitesize training sessions, induction onboarding and Litmos training.
How you will be supported:
Full training and support will be provided by The Growth Company to help you achieve your apprenticeship and reach your full potential in your role.
What will happen next:
New applicants to The Growth Company who meet any basic entry requirements of the role will be contacted within two working days to be invited to meet a member of our team.
You will then have the opportunity to find out:
- More about this vacancy and any others you are suitable for
- Any training you need to complete
- What the next steps will be
How you could get there:
If you would be catching public transport for this role, visit the Journey Planner on www.tfgm.com to see how you would get there and how long it would take.
Where you'll work
Risol House
Mercury Way
Urmston
Manchester
M41 7RR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE GROWTH COMPANY 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
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade A*-C/9-4)
- Maths (grade A*-C/9-4)
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
- Organisation skills
- Initiative
- Accuracy
- Understanding of HR principles
About this employer
Regatta makes great products that you can afford, clothing to get you outside and enjoying the fresh air without worrying what it costs. Clothing and footwear for every adventure whether you’re a rambler, ambler, camper, gardener, picknicker, dad at the footie or urban roamer, beachcomber or puddle-loving child! Regatta has helped millions of people have their very own adventure since 1981 and it’s not just in the UK. Regatta exports to over 55 countries around the world and has dedicated sales offices all over mainland Europe and into Asia. A truly international business, Regatta also has offices in Xiamen, China and Dakar, Bangladesh where our dedicated teams develop the very best products. Regatta has a rich history of manufacturing high quality waterproofs - three generations in fact and it still retains the same family values of creating affordable clothes that keep you warm, dry and comfortable – it is a family business after all.
After this apprenticeship
- Possible progression within the company and progression onto the next level apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000349138.
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Closes in 26 days (Friday 28 November 2025)
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