HR Consultant Partner

You’ll help provide HR expertise within a company or organisation on an HR partner apprenticeship course.

You’ll use your knowledge to deliver HR solutions to business problems and customised advice to the business in various areas, typically to mid-level and senior managers, in this role, sometimes known as a consultant or business partner.

This apprenticeship will prepare you for either a broad version of this role, in which you will assist in various areas, or a specialist area, in which you will focus on one area, such as resourcing, overall reward, organisational development, or operations.

Regardless of your specialisation, you’ll gain a solid foundation in various HR concerns.

During this apprenticeship, you’ll learn how to persuade managers to alter their minds and introduce best practices into the organisation and connect your work to the company’s priorities.

What you’ll learn

On a HR consultant partner apprenticeship course, you’ll learn to:

• Develop and execute corporate HR solutions tailored to the enterprise’s needs. 
• Provide personalised HR services to the organisation based on their function’s needs, such as performance management, resourcing, development, talent, and reward. Contribute to the development of HR policies, procedures, and projects.
• Provide practical advice on understanding and using HR policies and procedures in a company setting. Make informed decisions based on business demands while ensuring that the company follows the law. Handle escalating human issues and works with the corporation to find a solution.
• Lead the HR contribution to business projects and change programmes to help good behavioural, business, or organisational transformation.
• Within the firm or one’s team, lead the development of people’s competency. Advice and coach managers on how to deal successfully with people issues, including best practices when appropriate, from a generalist or specialised perspective.
• Investigate, analyse, and present HR business data, provide insight, offer solutions to business challenges, and measure performance (both internal and external).
• Keep current on company and HR legal, policy, and procedural changes that affect your work. Seek feedback and act on it to improve your performance and overall competency. Plans your career progression; exhibits commitment to their job and profession.
• Successfully collaborate with business managers, peers, and other HR functions and external organisations (using business terminology).
• Communicate confidently with employees at all company levels, including senior management.

Entry requirements

You’ll usually need:

• Depending on the employer, but likely A-levels or equivalent qualifications or relevant experience for a higher apprenticeship 
• Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this before taking the end-point assessment.

Assessment methods

The End Point Assessment comprises two sections:

• A Consultative Project comprises a variety of proof that the apprentice has met the requirements for specific Knowledge, Skills, and the chosen field.
• A Professions Discussion that goes deeper into the specific Skills and Behaviours.

Restrictions and requirements

You’ll need to:

• pass background checks

Duration and level

Apprenticeship standard

More information about the Level 5 HR Consultant/Partner Apprenticeship standard can be found here.

Apprenticeship end point assessment

For more information about the End Point Assessment Process, please read the Institute of Apprenticeships’ information page.