Apprentice HR

Apprentice Human Resource Consultant LET’S CUT STRAIGHT TO IT

At Severn Trent, we believe everyone deserves more. More care for the environment, more sustainable initiatives, and more support for the communities we serve. That's why we're on a mission to deliver bigger and better things, and we need passionate apprentices like you to help us achieve our goals.

Our people and culture are the heart of our success. We're proud to be in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide for employee engagement and ranked as a Top 50 UK Employer on Glassdoor. With nearly 10,000 dedicated colleagues, we're looking for more brilliant people who are eager to turn challenges into opportunities for a better future.

If you're excited to learn, and ready to make a real impact, we want you on our team.

Apprenticeship Programmes are a great way to earn and learn! Our Apprentice HR Consultant Programme offers the perfect blend of personal and professional development, exposing you to the core of our business.

You’ll be supported every step of the way. Your role will be to gain practical experience in a few teams developing your knowledge and understanding of Severn Trent and the processes.

All of this will allow you to further develop your skills so you can communicate data effectively to a wide variety of stakeholders. Furthermore, you'll spend time with 3 different teams across HR.

We welcome all apprentices from diverse backgrounds, as we know diverse minds bring new ideas and a different way of thinking. We are looking for someone who wants to build their career with us and grasp new opportunities, and in return we will support you with varied experiences, training and development to provide a grounding for your future career.

You will be based at Severn Trent Headquarters in Coventry, the heart of our patch. The programme requires you to complete x4 6-month placements throughout your time in the role, gaining exposure in different areas of the department so that you are equipped with the right skills to build your career here at Severn Trent.

As an apprentice HR Consultant, you’ll be exposed to a wide range of opportunities through tailored placements across the following functions to help you develop your HR generalist experience, including; HR Operations & Reward, Resourcing & New Talent, The Academy and HR Business Partnering & Change.

In this exciting programme, you will have the chance to discuss your development and career ambitions in your 1-1 meetings with business leads, mentors, a study buddy, the cohort leader, and the New Talent Team.

You’ll be supporting colleagues to help create a fair and equitable working environment where everyone can succeed by:

• Providing advice, guidance, and support to our colleagues when they need it most
• Developing data and analytics that drive valuable insight and decision making
• Supporting our annual employee cycle of activities (such as pay review, bonus, performance, and talent reviews etc)
• Enabling and supporting our colleagues through business change and transformation
• Attracting, selecting, and on-boarding talented individuals to Severn Trent so we can deliver on our customer promises
• Partnering with leadership teams to continue to improve employee engagement
• Help our colleagues to continue to grow, learn and develop new skills through our Academy
• Delivering on our diversity and inclusion ambition, to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve

You will gain:

• A good understanding across all HR disciplines, legislation and policies and procedures. As well as best practice and emerging thinking.
• How to develop and deliver HR solutions that drive business performance whilst motivating, supporting and developing our employees.
• How to build relationships with colleagues and leaders across the organisation.
• You’ll have the opportunity to learn a specialism across;
  Resourcing, Reward, HR Operations or Learning and Development, to suit your strengths and interests.

We want our employees to care and to have a genuine passion for what we do as a business. We need people who want to make a…