People Operations Apprentice

Introduction

Are you looking to get into HR? Futura Learning Partnership has a fantastic opportunity to join a large HR team, providing HR support for school and academies in the West of England. You will cover cover the full employee lifecycle, whilst you gain your HR Support Level 3 with realise. Great benefits inc wellbeing support and retail discounts.

About the Employer

Futura Learning Partnership is an academy trust of 20 primary and 6 secondary schools in the Southwest of England (covering 4 Local Authority areas). Our ultimate purpose is captured in our mission statement: Building the brightest future for all, enabling every individual to flourish.
We value each staff member as an individual and recognise that everyone plays an essential part in achieving our mission. We provide excellent professional development opportunities for all staff and invest in their wellbeing.

What You'll Do

• At Futura, we have over 1,600 colleagues serving 12,000 children across 26 schools, along with shared services and commercial teams. We understand that our people are our greatest asset, so to fulfil our mission of “Building the brightest future for all, enabling every individual to flourish,” we need exceptional individuals who embody our mission and values in every department and school.
  
  As a People Operations Apprentice you will provide a HR operational and administrative service to a number of schools and academies that are allocated to the post holder, working as a wider team when required to ensure an effective service delivery.

Duties will include:

• Working closely with School Office Managers to ensure compliance with statutory regulations and Trust policies
• Providing administrative support for the full employee lifecycle including on-boarding, contract variations and leavers
• Ensuring pre-employment checks are undertaken in accordance with Safer Recruitment practices, Ofsted and Trust policies and procedures
• Providing accurate data to the Trusts Payroll Provider in a timely manner

You will:

• Signpost basic HR enquiries (email, phone, in-person) and escalate when needed
• Support schools to maintain electronic records and in-house HR systems
• Support with preparing school-based reports on employee related data to assist schools with management of staff
• Build and maintain strong relationship with school leaders, school office managers and other professional service colleagues

Why work for us?

Futura offer:

Professional Growth: Continuous Professional Development (CPD), inset days, rotation and secondment opportunities, and leadership succession programmes

Wellbeing Support: Initiatives like ‘Wellbeing Moments,’ flexible working arrangements, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for mental health support

Comprehensive Benefits: Generous defined pension schemes, Health Cash-back Plan (covering dentist, physiotherapy appointments etc.), and multiple retail discount schemes

Plus:

• 34 days holiday (inc Bank Holidays)
• Generous Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Healthcare Plan
• EPA
• Retail discounts
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Gym Membership discount (at Trust Sports Centres)

Training Outcome

• Continuous Professional Development (CPD), inset days, rotation and secondment opportunities, and leadership succession programmes
• Possibility for permanent role if one becomes available

Skills Required

• Administrative skills
• Attention to detail
• Communication Skills
• Customer care skills
• IT skills
• Maths and English
• Non judgemental
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Team working

Qualifications

• Desired - GCSE - Mathematics - 4
• Desired - GCSE - English Language - 4

Course Information

Course: HR support (level 3)

Level: 3

Route: Business and administration

Apprenticeship Level: Advanced

Working Arrangements

Working Week: Monday - Friday, Shifts to be confirmed.

Expected Duration: 1 Year 2 Months

Training Provider: REALISE LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT LIMITED