HR Resourcing Data Technician Apprentice

City of London Corporation

LONDON (EC2P 2EJ)

Closes in 5 days (Tuesday 24 February 2026)

Posted on 17 February 2026

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Summary

As part of our Recruitment & Resourcing team, you will help create compelling job adverts, social media campaigns, and digital assets that attract talent across the organisation. You’ll use tools such as Canva and LinkedIn to design engaging visuals and promotional materials, to modernise recruitment and improve candidate engagement 

• Wage:

  £27,550 a year

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  City of London Corporation staff can take advantage of the pension scheme. They also receive discounts and special offers for a wide range of products and services.

• Training course: Data technician (level 3)
• Hours: Monday to Friday 9:15am - 5pm core hours. Flexibility will be required for business needs. The role is 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home.

  35 hours a week

• Start date:

  Monday 20 April 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

Purpose of Post:

To support and provide a high quality, effective and timely recruitment service to client departments
Support the Resourcing Team in all aspects of recruitment including guidance on the use of the recruitment module offering refreshers
To work with HR colleagues and departmental managers to deliver an operations and recruitment service that is consistent and adheres to policy and procedures 

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Support the team by gathering, organising and presenting recruitment, finance and workforce data to inform decision‐making. This includes collecting information from a
  range of systems, checking data for accuracy, and producing clear, easy‐to‐understand reports, summaries or visual dashboards (e.g., tables, charts) for managers and colleagues.
• Support and assist the Resourcing Team with recruitment campaigns, increasing skills set and knowledge on the process to carry out the whole recruitment lifecycle and associated tasks.
• Monitor the CRU Inbox despatching correspondence to the relevant parties or responding as required.
• Work with resourcing team and managers to deliver a transactional, advisory and recruitment service that is locally tailored whilst maintaining consistency and adherence to policy and procedures.

Job Description:

• Assist with a range of HR projects in recruitment to support service transformation.
• Implement new processes and support lessons learnt following the project.
• Share responsibility for the processing of relevant (digital) paperwork in accordance with departmental function & needs. Attend meetings with colleagues to advise staff on their obligations and entitlements. Relay advice to managers on policy, procedure and calculations.
• Support placement of recruitment ads in close liaison with the advertising agency, ensuring correct language is used i.e. no discriminatory wording / gender neutral providing advice and guidance to recruiting managers.
• Administer pre-employment checks where necessary eg. DBS clearances following the pre-employment vetting policy and procedure.
• Assist in shortlisting, interviews and the running of the Assessment Centres, as and when required.
• Update HR System(s) to reflect changes required for starters / leavers, changes and additions to pay (including changes in hours, additional payments, increments and honoraria) by contributing to the completion of relevant paperwork/electronic
  documents.
• Updating IT systems and employee/staff files in a timely manner and with due regard to data protection and confidentiality requirements.
• Actively seek to implement the City of London’s Occupational Health and Safety Policy in relation to the duties of the post, and at all times give due regard to the health and safety of both themselves and others when carrying out their duties.
• Actively seek to implement the City of London’s Equal Opportunity Policy and the objective to promote equality of opportunity in relation to the duties of the post.
• To undertake any other duties that may reasonably be requested appropriate to the grade.

Where you'll work

City of London
Guildhall
Gresham Street
LONDON
EC2P 2EJ

Training

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

Training provider

COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LONDON

Training course

Data technician (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

• Select and migrate data from already identified sources.
• Format and save datasets.
• Summarise, analyse and explain gathered data.
• Combine data sets from multiple sources and present in format appropriate to the task.
• Use tools and/or apply basic statistical methods to identify trends and patterns in data.
• Identify faults and cleanse data to improve data quality, for example identifying gaps, duplicate entries, outliers and unusual variances, including cross-checking across data elements or between data sources.
• Audit data results for maintenance of data quality, reviewing a data set once all sources are combined, to ensure accuracy, completeness, consistency and traceability from original data.
• Demonstrate the different ways of communicating meaning from data in line with audience requirements.
• Produce clear and consistent documentation of the data provided to others and of actions completed. Where appropriate or mandated by the working context, this documentation should use standard organisational templates.
• Store, manage and distribute data in compliance with organisational, national, sector specific standards and or legislation.
• Considers sustainability and ways to reduce impact. For example, using cloud storage, sharing links to files, avoid storing multiple versions of files, and reducing the use of physical handouts of documentation.
• Parse data against standard formats, and test and assess confidence in the data and its integrity.
• Operate collaboratively in a working context that accounts for, and takes advantage of, the roles, skills and activities of others, especially those interacting with the same data sets or working towards a common goal.
• Prioritise own activities within the context of the duties to be performed, taking account of any known or expected impact on others.
• Follows equity, diversity and inclusion policies in the organisation for a common goal.
• Demonstrate the ability to use different tools and methods to formulate and utilise effective prompts to research, apply, and evaluate data transformation techniques.
• Select and migrate data from already identified sources.
• Format and save datasets.
• Summarise, analyse and explain gathered data.
• Combine data sets from multiple sources and present in format appropriate to the task.
• Use tools and/or apply basic statistical methods to identify trends and patterns in data.
• Identify faults and cleanse data to improve data quality, for example identifying gaps, duplicate entries, outliers and unusual variances, including cross-checking across data elements or between data sources.
• Audit data results for maintenance of data quality, reviewing a data set once all sources are combined, to ensure accuracy, completeness, consistency and traceability from original data.
• Demonstrate the different ways of communicating meaning from data in line with audience requirements.
• Produce clear and consistent documentation of the data provided to others and of actions completed. Where appropriate or mandated by the working context, this documentation should use standard organisational templates.
• Store, manage and distribute data in compliance with organisational, national, sector specific standards and or legislation.
• Considers sustainability and ways to reduce impact. For example, using cloud storage, sharing links to files, avoid storing multiple versions of files, and reducing the use of physical handouts of documentation.
• Parse data against standard formats, and test and assess confidence in the data and its integrity.
• Operate collaboratively in a working context that accounts for, and takes advantage of, the roles, skills and activities of others, especially those interacting with the same data sets or working towards a common goal.
• Prioritise own activities within the context of the duties to be performed, taking account of any known or expected impact on others.
• Follows equity, diversity and inclusion policies in the organisation for a common goal.
• Demonstrate the ability to use different tools and methods to formulate and utilise effective prompts to research, apply, and evaluate data transformation techniques.

Training schedule

You will be supported to achieve the Business Administration Level 3 apprenticeship.

Theoretical training will be Biweekly with the support of the training provider.

Practical training and support will be given in the workplace allowing you to embed your learning in the working environment.

You will receive hours 6 per week to support with your apprenticeship studies. 

More training information

The apprenticeship training will be delivered by the City of London corporation in house training provider Common Council of the City of London.

The apprenticeship training will be delivered via face-to-face training session at the Guildhall London EC2V 7HH on a fortnightly basis.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• Maths (grade 4)
• Maths (grade 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
• Customer care skills
• Administrative skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Non judgemental
• Patience
• Physical fitness

About this employer

The City Corporation with a rich history that precedes parliament, the City Corporation has been an ever constant throughout history adapting in order to meet modern demands of the City it serves, and is home to some of the world’s most striking modern architecture. The City of London Corporation forms part of London as a whole, along with the 32 London Boroughs who have responsibility for local government services within their local area. Based at the Guildhall the City Corporation looks after and promotes the City of London.

https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk (opens in new tab)

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

On successful completion of the apprenticeship, we aim to offer a permanent role within the team if a position is available. Alternatively, we shall endeavour to secure an alternative position within the City of London Corporation. 

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LONDON

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000016090.

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Closes in 5 days (Tuesday 24 February 2026)

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