Human Resources Apprenticeship Programme

Our Human Resources (HR) team helps make Howden a great place to work by supporting colleagues throughout their careers.

As an apprentice, you'll work alongside HR professionals, support important projects and learn how we help employees, managers and teams succeed through advice, development and people-focused initiatives.

What you'll do

• Gain broad experience across HR whilst supporting our HR Advisory team and HR Employee Services team.
• Support colleagues by responding to HR queries and helping maintain accurate employee records.
• Learn how HR processes work by supporting new joiner onboarding and understanding how we support employees throughout their careers.
• Develop your HR knowledge by shadowing experienced HR Advisors and learn how they deal with employee-related cases from start to finish.
• Build confidence communicating with stakeholders by supporting managers and employees with day-to-day queries and requests.
• Assist with gathering and analysing HR data, helping the team produce regular reports and insights for the business.
• Support our team by helping to maintain up-to-date and accurate HR records.

After the apprenticeship

Our apprentices join Howden on permanent contracts from day one. After successfully completing the 18-month programme, you'll transition out of the apprenticeship and continue developing your skills, expertise and career within your chosen area of the business.

Skills

• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Administrative skills
• Team working
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience

Qualifications

• Essential: GCSE, English (grade 4)
• Essential: GCSE, Maths (grade 4)

About the employer

Howden is a global insurance group with employee ownership at its heart. We're experts helping clients adapt and thrive in a changing world. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mind-set, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 23,000 employees and spanning 56 countries.

Our people are our biggest asset as well as our largest shareholder group and are everything that makes us unique; our inclusive culture, the quality service we offer our clients, and our continued growth, all come from our people-first approach. There's no such thing as individual success. We all need to play our part, contributing our skills and experience to make a true difference. That's Howden.

Apprenticeship details

• Course: HR support (level 3), Business and administration
• Apprenticeship level: Advanced (level 3)
• Training provider: BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED
• Expected duration: 1 Year 6 Months
• Hours: 37.5 hours a week. Working week: Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5:30pm.
• Start date: 13 September 2027
• Positions available: 1
• Wage: £23,000 a year