HR Apprenticeship 2023 Swindon, Wiltshire, South West England, England
Zurich Insurance
Full Time
Swindon, Wiltshire, South West England, England
20000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
HR Apprenticeship 2023
Location: Swindon
Salary: £20,000
Qualification: Level 3 HR support
Start Date: September 2023
Closing date for applications: 19 March 2023
Insurance is so much more than you think!
Are you looking for a career that will excite, challenge and inspire you? If so, this apprenticeship could be the ideal role for you! You’ll find the perfect balance of real life, on the job experience, whilst having time to complete your studies and earn qualifications too. With plenty of support around you, you’ll have lots of opportunities to shape and grow your career and to make a difference to our customers at a time when they need us the most.
Your Opportunity
Are you looking to start your career in HR? Do you want the opportunity to experience multiple areas of our HR department that supports our UK business of over 5,000 employees? If so, we would love to hear from you!
As an apprentice within the people team, you’ll have the opportunity to explore a whole range of HR activities. Our rotations will give you a great insight into how we look after our employees and attract talented people to join us. You’ll have four rotations which will be with our HR business advisors, Payroll, Talent Acquisition and Data Insights teams. It’s the perfect way to understand more about our business and how you’d like your career to develop in the future.
The length of your apprenticeship will vary dependant on course provider and scheme. Rest assured; we will support your study time alongside your permanent role.
What can I look forward to?
As part of the 4 rotations, you will gain an insight into the individual teams and what they deliver for our customer, the Zurich UK business.
In the Talent Acquisition team, you’ll find out how we attract and onboard people into our business, from early in careers to senior hires. As well as external recruitment, you’ll also spend time with our onboarding team as they produce contractual changes for our current employees as part of internal recruitment.
During your time with our HR business partners, you’ll have the opportunity to learn how they interact with our UK business and support them by providing their employment law expertise.
Our Payroll team do a very important job as they are responsible for ensuring our employees are paid correctly and on time! This isn’t all they do so you will have the opportunity to see what activity they are involved in, including system and employee record changes such as sickness, shares, company bonus payments and much more.
Data plays an important part on our decision making and provides our HR team and wider business with valuable data and insights on a number of different topics from reward to employee retention. You’ll spend time with our Data and Insights team to understand how they partner with key business areas and the work they are doing to help bring data to life!
What’s in it for you?
As well as joining a company that is passionate about our people, sustainability and our customers, we also have a competitive rewards and lifestyle benefits package. We’re also the #1 best place to work in the insurance industry (Glassdoor Employees’ Choice award, 2022).
You’ll receive:
- £20,000 starting salary
- 25 days holiday plus an additional 3 volunteering days
- Private medical cover
- 12% company pension contribution
- Annual company bonus
- Discounted gym membership
- Discounted gadget insurance
- Discounted technology offers
What you’ll need
- A minimum of 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade C/4 including Maths and English
- A professional attitude with a positive ‘can do’ approach to your work
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to build strong working relationships
You’ll need to decide on your single choice of apprenticeship programme when you submit your application, so please take time to make sure you’ve chosen the one that is right for you.
Are you ready to create a brighter future?
At Zurich our brand purpose is to create a brighter future together, for our customers, our partners, our employees and the planet. It’s a promise that for our customers, we will put their needs at the heart of everything we do and for our employees, to grow and develop together. For our partners, to collaborate to create mutual value and for the planet, to drive positive impact by integrating our sustainability work into how we do business. We put our customers at the heart of everything that we do, and we’re looking for like-minded people to join us on our journey.
We’re passionate about diversity and inclusion, we want our people to bring the whole of themselves to work. You’ll have every opportunity to use your drive and enthusiasm to innovate the future of Zurich. Everybody is made to feel welcome, different opinions are valued, personal needs are respected, and opportunity is equal for all
So, make a difference. Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported, Love what you do. Work for us.
Please note
We are unable to progress your application if you don't meet our criteria due the requirements of our apprenticeship providers. Please ensure you have the right to work in the UK before you apply as we are unable to provide sponsorship.
