HR Apprentice
thebigword
Leeds (LS12 6LL)
Closes in 18 days (Wednesday 1 April 2026)
Posted on 13 March 2026
Contents
Summary
Join our People & Talent Team as an HR Apprentice, supporting a global organisation while progressing to your Level 5. You’ll gain hands‑on experience across the full employee lifecycle, working in a fast‑paced, collaborative team and contributing to a world‑class employee experience.
- Wage
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£24,000 a year
- Training course
- People professional (level 5)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm. Hybrid Working from our Leeds Office (3 days per week in-office)
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 27 April 2026
- Duration
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1 year 10 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
You’ll be part of a fast-paced, friendly, and highly collaborative team where no two days are the same. As we continue to deliver a world-class employee experience across multiple regions, you’ll have the chance to develop meaningful HR skills while contributing to real business impact.
As an HR Apprentice, you will be hands-on from day one, supporting the full employee lifecycle and gaining experience across all areas of People & Talent, including:
- Providing day-to-day HR administrative support to the People Team, managers and employees
- Assisting with onboarding, probation management, training coordination, and employee queries
- Supporting the delivery and tracking of key People initiatives, policies, and processes
- Coordinating ER-related documentation, meeting notes, and follow-up actions
- Maintaining accurate employee records, ensuring compliance with systems, processes, and audit requirements
- Assisting with HR reporting and People MI
- Collaborating with our People Team and Specialists across the UK and India to support wider People projects
- Playing a key part in building an inclusive, positive, and engaging employee experience
Where you'll work
Unit 4
Royds Close
Leeds
LS12 6LL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
POTENTIAL REALISED - HR & TRAINING 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
Other 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
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
thebigword follows The Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). As part of this, we will require you to undertake a DBS Check.
About this employer
At thebigword, we’re more than just one of the largest language service providers in the world - we’re pioneers in breaking down global communication barriers. We harness the power of extraordinary minds and cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional language services at scale, ensuring top-notch quality for our clients and our extensive freelance linguist network.
We are committed to providing the very best in translation, interpretation, localisation, and language technology solutions across a range of industries, serving businesses, the public sector, and individuals alike. With the ability to handle up to 50,000 assignments daily worldwide, we’re shaping the future of multilingual communication across borders.
Eradicating the Final Barrier of Global Communication
At the core of thebigword lies our drive to bridge the communication gap across the globe. Whether it’s face-to-face interpreters, telephone interpreters, or sophisticated language technology, we provide reliable and efficient services that make connecting people easier and more effective, no matter where they are or what language they speak.
A Diverse Team Leading Innovation
Behind the success of thebigword is a group of experienced, forward-thinking leaders who are passionate about innovation and excellence. Our team’s diverse backgrounds and wide-ranging expertise allow us to stay ahead of the curve in the language services industry. We are united by a shared goal - to continuously evolve, bringing fresh ideas and cutting-edge solutions to our clients.
Our board members, who come from various industries and have unique personal journeys, provide insightful leadership that drives thebigword forward. Their vision helps ensure that we not only meet today’s language needs but are also prepared for the challenges of tomorrow.
You can learn more about our senior leadership team, here: https://en-gb.thebigword.com/about-us/
At thebigword, we’re not just helping people speak the same language - we’re creating connections, driving innovation, and shaping the future of global communication. Join us and be a part of this exciting journey!
https://en-gb.thebigword.com/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
See all our amazing benefits, here:
https://careers.thebigword.com/pages/perks-uk
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
- Completing a Level 5 HR apprenticeship positions you to step confidently into roles such as People Advisor, HR/Talent/ER Specialist, or early-stage People Partner roles
- It builds the capability to lead specialist people initiatives, influence stakeholders, and deliver strategic HR solutions - creating a clear pathway toward senior positions such as Senior People Partner, HR Manager
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
POTENTIAL REALISED - HR & TRAINING LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000021154.
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Closes in 18 days (Wednesday 1 April 2026)
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