HR Graduate

Purpose of the role is to…

Support HPP and the HR team in its core deliverables while building hands‑on HR experience, helping the business attract, develop, engage, and retain its workforce.

Pay & Benefits (rotation)

• Support the management of employee benefits such as pensions, healthcare, life assurance, wellbeing programmes, and recognition schemes.
• Liaise with benefit providers to resolve employee queries or data issues.
• Assist with benefits renewals, enrolments, and audit checks.
• Contribute to communications around benefits, ensuring clarity and employee understanding.
• Involved in Pay activities gaining experience in performance related pay and bonus structures.
• Participate in compensation and benefit–related projects, such as system upgrades, policy updates, or process enhancements.
• Research best practices and market trends in reward to support continuous improvement.
• Contribute to employee engagement projects linked to wellbeing and benefits.

Employee Relations (rotation)

• Support the HR Business Partner team with ER cases; Grievance, Disciplinary etc with accurate notetaking both pre and post meetings.
• Lead ER cases; Flexible Working, Parental Leave, Right to Work, Maternity, Probationary Reviews, Exit Interviews etc.
• Update HR policies to reflect changes in employment legislation.
• Support the HRBP team with all activities surrounding the annual performance cycle.
• Administer the end-to-end employee lifecycle documentation and systems for starters and leavers.
• Manage the PO requests for both ER and L&D teams.

What do we need from you?

• A curious, tenacious, and driven individual with a hunger to work in a fast-paced environment.
• On track or achieve a 2.1 degree or above in Human Resources or Business Studies.
• Practical, “hands-on” experience to complement your academic studies.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Self-motivation, adaptability, and creativity.
• The courage to challenge and desire to be challenged, to expand your technical knowledge and skills.

Additional information…

The graduate scheme is a 24-month scheme. It will compromise of 1 x 9-month placement in compensation & benefits team and a 1 x 9-month placement in the ER team. With the final 9 months been placed in final area.

What can we offer you?

Our benefits package includes:

• A salary of £33,000pa
• Collective bonus
• Company lease car scheme
• 36 days' annual leave
• Access to a generous pension scheme
• Onsite Gym
• A variety of other benefits and staff discounts

The process:

Submit your on-line application, CV and covering letter. Within this we would like to learn as much about you as possible. Tell us about any experience you have in HR or a business, your hobbies and passions; related and unrelated to the scheme or degree you are studying as this will help you stand out against candidates that may have the same qualifications and grades as you.

If eligible you will be invited to complete a psychometric assessment. Instructions on this will be provided at the time.

After HR shortlisting, you will be invited to complete a short 2 minute video answering a set of questions provided beforehand.

As part of our Diversity and Inclusion policy please do not put a photo of yourself on your CV.

Your application will be screened by HR and the hiring manager.

If successful you will be invited to attend an onsite assessment centre in February 2027. The exact date will be sent to you if shortlisted.

If successful, your scheme will start in August/September 2027. The specific date will be confirmed in your contractual offer.

We recognise that the ideal candidate for this role may not meet every requirement in this advert and understand that some applicants are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Here at Mercedes AMG HPP our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring are critical to our success. HPP does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status or group or class protected by any local law and we encourage applications from any background.

During your application process we are committed to providing additional support where it may be needed. If you need additional financial support to help attend Assessment Centres and Interviews you can apply to be considered to receive our Interview Travel Bursary which will provide full reimbursement for any travel expenses incurred. At the point of a successful invitation to interview please raise this with your Recruitment contact at HPP.

Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, there may be periods of time during the process where you don’t hear anything from us. Don’t worry! We will advise you of the outcome of your application regardless of the result so please bear with us.

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