Unlike frontline employee support, this role acts as the administrative backbone for our strategic HR teams. You will gain unique, high-level exposure to how a global, data-driven HR function operates, balancing day-to-day administrative tasks, financial coordination, and complex case support while working towards a recognised HR qualification.
What You’ll Do Employee Relations (ER) Support: Assist the ER Manager by scheduling formal meetings, taking accurate and highly confidential minutes during grievance or disciplinary hearings, organising ER case files, and helping to draft standard outcome letters. HR Business Partner (HRBP) Support: Assist the HRBPs with preparing organisational charts, compiling data for talent reviews, and drafting formal HR correspondence and presentation materials.
Centres of Excellence Support: Reward: Assist with administrative tasks related to annual pay reviews, benefits enrolment periods, and reward data checking. L&OD: Help coordinate training sessions, manage learning management system (LMS) administration, and track employee training completion.
Talent Acquisition: Support the recruitment team with ad-hoc administrative tasks, candidate coordination, and employer branding initiatives Communication and Engagement: support production of newsletters, support all communication methods, coordination of coffee and connect, general support on in-person events Financial Administration: Take ownership of the HR team's purchasing processes by raising purchase orders (POs),processing invoices, and helping to track departmental spend against budgets.
Data & Reporting: Help compile,format, and distribute monthly HR metrics, ensuring absolute confidentiality and data accuracy across all reports. Responsible Business Priorities: Supporting the coordination of the teams RBP objectives and ensuring timely contributions to tenders / contract requirements What Could Set You Apart Previous administrative experience, particularly in a corporate or office environment. Experience with formal note-taking or transcription.
Basic financial acumen or prior experience dealing with invoices, billing, or purchase orders. Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel/GoogleSheets (e.g., confident with formulas and data formatting). A demonstrated curiosity about how different areas of HR work together to support a business and mitigate risk.
As a HR Apprentice at Equifax, you will play a central role in supporting the wider HR function, working closely with our HR Business Partners (HRBPs), Employee Relations (ER) Manager, Centres of Excellence (Reward, Learning & Organisational Development, Internal Communication and Engagement and Talent Acquisition).
BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace. Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.
Moving into a more defined with within (Reward, Learning & Organisational Development, Internal Communication and Engagement and Talent Acquisition).
Who is Equifax? At Equifax, we believe knowledge drives progress. As a global data, analytics and technology company, we play an essential role in the global economy by helping employers, employees, financial institutions and government agencies make critical decisions with greater confidence. We work to help create seamless and positive experiences during life’s pivotal moments: applying for jobs or a mortgage, financing an education or buying a car.
Our impact is real and to accomplish our goals we focus on nurturing our people for career advancement and their learning and development, supporting our next generation of leaders, maintaining an inclusive and diverse work environment, and regularly engaging and recognising our employees. Regardless of location or role, the individual and collective work of our employees makes a difference, and we are looking for talented team players to join us as we help people live their financial best.
Tech-Savvy: Comfortable using Microsoft Office or Google Workspace (specifically Excel/Sheets and PowerPoint/Slides for reporting and presentations). Mindset: A highly proactive, solutions-oriented approach with a keen eye for detail and a genuine interest in the strategic and operational side of Human Resources.
Organisational Skills: Exceptional ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines while supporting different teams and senior leaders simultaneousl Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the maturity and professionalism required to interact with senior leadership, take accurate minutes, and handle highly sensitive and confidential information.