HR Adviser Apprentice
Gloucestershire County Council
Gloucestershire (GL1 2TG)
Closes in 10 days (Monday 23 February 2026)
Posted on 10 February 2026
Contents
Summary
Join the Council’s People Services Team as an HR Adviser Apprentice. You’ll support managers and HR advisers with recruitment, training, policy, employee relations and change, provide evidence‑based advice, and gain experience across HR while studying the Level 5 People Professional Apprenticeship.
- Wage
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£24,019 a year
- Training course
- People professional (level 5)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday - Flexible working hours
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 1 May 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- 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
• Support and work with colleagues in People Services and the
business to enable the achievement of business outcomes.
• Work closely with the business partner or relevant strategic
HR/OD lead to scope the needs of the business.
• Help to implement creative and innovative HR/OD solutions to
improve business outcomes.
• Establish personal and professional credibility and value with
service managers and customers.
• Help achieve individual and team efficiencies through
improved working practices.
• Support the identification of gaps and challenges regarding
‘people management’ process/working relationships and
identify solutions where appropriate.
• Support identified projects which ensure continuous
improvement of either People Services or the business more generally
• Proactively share learning with People Services colleagues.
• Develop and maintain inclusive relationships with internal
stakeholders to influence and support their people
requirements.
• To undertake the level 5 higher apprenticeship People
Professional standard.
• Act as an advocate for organisational aims by owning, supporting and promoting organisational decisions, and reflect those decisions in your own practice.
• Be flexibly deployed into any area of People Services to extend your experience and carry out an effective operational role.
• Be committed and proactive in respect of your own continuous
professional development.
• Address people issues within your area of work, managing risks and creating innovative solutions.
• Maintain up to date people policies, ensuring developments in
people practice are embedded.
• Make and present evidence-based decisions for people solutions, drawing on and carrying out relevant research and utilising benchmarking data.
• Provide advice, guidance, and training to the business on people related issues in line with business policies and employment law.
Where you'll work
Shire Hall
Westgate Street
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL1 2TG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CORNDEL LIMITED
Training course
People professional (level 5)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Communicate information through appropriate channels to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required.
- Build and manage multiple and diverse stakeholder's relationships.
- Advise on application of policy, regulation, and law for HR issues.
- Use data and metrics to mitigate areas of risk and highlight opportunities.
- Negotiate with and influence stakeholders to support achievement of business and organisation objectives.
- Present insight and conclusions on workforce issues or people process failures.
- Enable stakeholders to deliver people solutions. e.g., through negotiation, providing guidance.
- Lead and improve people capability within the business.
- Manage and deliver people related business and change projects.
- Handle and process people data according to legislative requirements.
- Embed organisational people policy to promote a diverse and inclusive culture with stakeholders.
- Analyse financial implications of people solutions ensuring value for money.
- Support the delivery of people strategies using technology and innovation in accordance with regulations and policies.
- Make decisions on people policy and issues raised, escalating concerns outside own area of responsibility.
- Use prioritisation tools e.g., priority matrix to manage workload, and deliver against business objectives.
- Challenge matters which conflict with ethical values or legislation.
- Contribute to the development of people policies and procedures or people initiatives.
- Interpret people and management data, from both internal and external sources to identify trends.
- Educate and support stakeholders to deal with wellbeing issues.
- Benchmark to improve people policies and procedures, or people initiatives.
- Communicate information through appropriate channels to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required.
- Build and manage multiple and diverse stakeholder's relationships.
- Advise on application of policy, regulation, and law for HR issues.
- Use data and metrics to mitigate areas of risk and highlight opportunities.
- Negotiate with and influence stakeholders to support achievement of business and organisation objectives.
- Present insight and conclusions on workforce issues or people process failures.
- Enable stakeholders to deliver people solutions. e.g., through negotiation, providing guidance.
- Lead and improve people capability within the business.
- Manage and deliver people related business and change projects.
- Handle and process people data according to legislative requirements.
- Embed organisational people policy to promote a diverse and inclusive culture with stakeholders.
- Analyse financial implications of people solutions ensuring value for money.
- Support the delivery of people strategies using technology and innovation in accordance with regulations and policies.
- Make decisions on people policy and issues raised, escalating concerns outside own area of responsibility.
- Use prioritisation tools e.g., priority matrix to manage workload, and deliver against business objectives.
- Challenge matters which conflict with ethical values or legislation.
- Contribute to the development of people policies and procedures or people initiatives.
- Interpret people and management data, from both internal and external sources to identify trends.
- Educate and support stakeholders to deal with wellbeing issues.
- Benchmark to improve people policies and procedures, or people initiatives.
Training schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
Degree 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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Project Management
Other requirements
Must comply with Data Protection Act and Councils Codes of Conduct/Policies, including those for accessing personal/sensitive data.
About this employer
Gloucestershire County Council is a county council which administers the most strategic local government services in the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire, in the South West of England.
https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Flexible and agile working, generous leave with option to buy more, family‑friendly benefits, career development, supportive culture, LGPS pension, EAP, occupational health, discounts, Cycle to Work and green car schemes, plus staff networks.
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
Commitment to continuous Professional Development.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CORNDEL LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000014257.
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Closes in 10 days (Monday 23 February 2026)
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