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Your Role: The apprenticeship is 2 years and you will gain a broad range of experience across a number of different HR teams, which may include Business Partnering HR, HR Operations, Talent Acquisition (TA) and Learning & Development (L&D). You will work towards a paid-for HR qualification. You will be responsible for supporting the HR Business Partners, HR Directors and managers across the business to ensure a great employee experience. The programme and its rotations are designed to provide you with the skills and knowledge required to pursue a career in HR.

At the end of the 2 year program you'll complete your apprenticeship at News UK with a Level 5 CIPD Qualification.

Being an apprentice at News UK: During your time with us you will earn above living wage, get full training, study towards your Level 5 CIPD qualification (with your course fees paid). You will also receive mentoring/coaching from the industry's best, as well as any other equity you might need to fulfil your full potential.

Day to day you will:

You will assist in the day-to-day operations of the HR department including:

• Support and administer the HR system and processes


• Support the HRBPs with day to day tasks, including responding to colleague queries and concerns and implementing HR policies and procedures


• Assist the TA team with recruitment process including posting job vacancies, screening resumes, and scheduling interviews


• Coordinate and support with delivery of training sessions and workshops


• Support with HR Projects Assist in the preparation of HR documents, such as employment contracts and letters


• Support with ad-hoc project work
  
  Your team: HR is a highly motivated and hardworking team that puts people at the core of everything we do; aligning business decisions to people programmes. We are committed to finding and developing the best talent and are constantly looking for opportunities to innovate., You have excellent administration and organisational skills


• Good problem solving skills and and understanding of how to approach challenging situations in a constructive manner


• A desire to learn and develop knowledge across a broad range of HR principles


• Strong time management


• Curious nature


• A flexible work approach


• A good team player who communicates well


If you think you have what it takes but don't tick every requirement on the list, please do apply. We recognise that considering someone's potential as well as their experience is a great way to hire. We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop.

Please answer the following 3 questions, this is how we initially review your application.
1. Tell us about yourself and why you have applied for this apprenticeship?
2. What interests you about News UK and why do you want to join our HR team?
3. Describe a time when you have had to implement a new process/ way of working. What did you do and what was the outcome?

Please note assessment centres will be taking place during November 2024.

We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, TalkTV and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Life at News: At News UK our people are our heartbeat - they are the driving force behind our brands and we want to enable people to thrive. Some of us work flexibly, in many different ways. We encourage you to talk to us about the flexibility you would like. Many of us work in a hybrid way between one of the News UK & Ireland offices and remotely.

We champion diversity and inclusion, we strive to maximise and encourage every individual's potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Board, D&I strategy & training, creating more diverse content and our intern and apprenticeship programmes. We also have 11 employee-led networks.

We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting the Health and Wellbeing of our staff. Some of what we offer includes:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks;


• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access.


• Private medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions


• Discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes


• 'Bikes for Work' and 'Electric Car' scheme


• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling


• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;


• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year;


• Apprenticeship Society that provides community support throughout your apprenticeship.


We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.