People Assistant Apprentice

Provide professional and confidential HR administration across the full range of HR activity; including terms and conditions of service, benefits provision, recruitment, onboarding and payroll. Manages the people team inbox effectively, seeking support from the wider team and referring queries as needed.  As the initial point of contact for employees at all stages of their employment, it is essential that this role develops and maintains positive and effective relationships with colleagues. Maintains current and accurate information within the HRIS and shared drive and produces robust management information aligned to business needs.  Maintaining data protection at all times. Supports the timely and accurate processing of our payroll and production of relevant HR correspondence and contractual documents. Providing admin support to the team, including arranging meetings and minute-taking; Learns and understands our organisation and our customers/members, ensuring our people and our customers at the heart of what we do. Understanding and following Company policies to support our people.  Developing capability to advise the wider business on policy.  Supports recruitment, including; advertising vacancies, send out offer packs, confirm staff probations. Regularly contributes across the People team as a whole, recommending improvements to systems and procedures to improve efficiency in the department. Undertakes project work when required.

Training:

Training and support will be provided by our specialist Apprenticeship training provider, Smart Training & Recruitment.

Training Outcome:

They would start in the position of People Assistant which could lead to a People Advisor position in the future.

Employer Description:
Since the Society was founded in 1841 we have championed the profession, and are internationally renowned as publishers of medicines information. Our Royal Charter gives us a unique status in pharmacy. We promote pharmacy in the media and government, lead the way in medicines information, and support pharmacists in their education and development. We have three office in London, Edinburgh and Cardiff. The RPS is facing a significant period of change, with a review on its governance and structure well advanced. The RPS is seeking to become a charity, the Royal College of Pharmacy, with a wholly owned commercial subsidiary. The people team are playing a pivotal role in this change programme and this is an exciting time to join the team. RPS supports and works in a hybrid way, which means you will be able to work from home, however, there will be an expectation for collaborative face-to-face working – on average and typically this may be something between 4-8 working days per month

Working Hours :
Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm with an unpaid lunch break of one hour

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Problem solving skills,Administrative skills,Number skills,Analytical skills,Team working,Non judgemental