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Join Bentley Motors as we embark on the most transformative phase in Bentley’s history
Bentley Motors is transforming, combining a world of luxury and progressive technology to embrace an electrified future - becoming completely carbon neutral and having 100% Battery Electric Vehicle offering by 2030.
Our campus
Our Campus, located in Crewe, Cheshire is going through its own transformation and offers unrivalled facilities including free parking, an onsite restaurant, coffee shops and an onsite gym.
About the People Team (HR):
Within HR we deliver people–centric, best practices to enable success through people. We work in collaboration with key functions across the business to align our people strategy with our business aims. As an Industrial Placement at Bentley you will be working alongside and being mentored by HR experts on key topics, giving you real–life tangible experience to elevate your career journey in HR.
There are two industrial placements available
Please apply for one industrial placement position only, outlining your preference in your cover letter. We will review applications for all suitable positions.
1) People Team Operations
Our Operations Industrial Placement is based within the HR Advisory Team which is responsible for providing a professional HR service across the organisation to line managers, ensuring that People Policies and Procedures are implemented in line with the People Strategy and Business Objectives. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Research and interpret people related topics e.g. case law updates, best practice and industry data to feed positive changes into how the team add value to the organisation
- Supporting the Senior HR Advisors in all employee lifecycle topics to develop a working knowledge of how this operates in practice. This will include shadowing, notetaking in employee relations cases and completing end to end processes with line managers
- Creation of engaging manager communications to support on-going knowledge sharing with our people managers
2) Colleague Experience
Our Colleague Experience Industrial Placement offers practical experience on all aspects of the HR Function such as offers, on boarding, case management, leaver processes, compensation, employee benefits and much more. Alongside managing a specific business function, you will get an opportunity to help shape our continuous improvement across Colleague Services within HR. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Provide a customer orientated HR service and experience for Bentley’s global operation, including provision of HR information, decision making, advice and guidance to Managers and Colleagues
- Act as the face of HR for all colleague interactions and requests for support
- Lead on end to end colleague lifecycle transactions eg. new employee, job change, promotions and employee data change transactions
About you
The successful candidates will be on track to achieve a 2:1 in HR, Business, Law, Social Sciences or any degree discipline that includes specific HR Modules. It would be advantageous to have a customer service oriented attitude and experience of Microsoft Office suite, including Excel and PowerPoint.
The successful candidate will:
- Contribute to an inclusive culture and safe space for all to learn and grow
- Be open-minded and inquisitive, while planning and prioritising the workload to work effectively with others
- Be tenacious and resilient, but also adaptable to the needs of others
- Take ownership of decisions and strive for the best outcomes
What we offer
You will have access to the following benefits:
- Flexible working hours
- Hybrid working options
- 35 days’ holiday inclusive of bank holidays
- 10% pension contribution with life assurance benefits
- Paid volunteering days
We believe that everyone, regardless of their background or beliefs, belongs at Bentley. Everyone is entitled to respect and dignity and we positively celebrate the differences between people. This is a philosophy that is embraced by our leaders, championed by our colleague diversity groups and sits at the heart of our Beyond100 Strategy.
