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About the Role

Kido is re-imagining early years education by creating inspiring nursery environments. The People function supports, develops, and empowers colleagues. This role offers hands-on HR experience while working towards a recognised qualification, supporting nurseries and leaders with day-to-day people matters and building foundations in HR best practice.

Responsibilities

• Supporting nurseries with everyday HR and people-related tasks
• Being a first point of contact for basic HR questions from managers and team members
• Helping with the employee lifecycle, including onboarding new starters, processing changes, and supporting leavers
• Assisting managers with probation reviews, flexible working requests, absence and wellbeing support, and employee relations processes
• Helping to embed policies and processes in a clear and approachable way
• Maintaining accurate people records and updating the HR system (HiBob)
• Supporting absence management, wellbeing initiatives, and engagement activities
• Assisting with onboarding checks and compliance
• Supporting the monthly payroll process, including data input and checks
• Helping with HR audits and ensuring information is up to date
• Supporting HR projects across learning & development, culture, and engagement
• Creating helpful staff guides, resources, and training videos
• Spending time in nurseries to get to know teams and support them in person
• Working towards a recognised HR apprenticeship qualification, with full support from Kido and the People Team

Requirements

• Potential, attitude, and curiosity are key
• Previous HR experience is not required but could be a bonus
• The apprenticeship programme runs for approximately 18-24 months
• Requires a short end-point assessment to qualify
• Requires 20% of time to be spent on off-the-job training

Skills

• HR best practice
• Employment relations
• People development
• Active listening
• Learning from insight, experience and data
• Leading with clarity, empathy and integrity
• Organised
• People-focused

Location

• London

Work Type

• Full Time

Experience Level

• Apprentice

Education Level

• Working towards a recognised HR apprenticeship qualification

Salary/Compensations

• £25,000 - £27,000 / year

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising year on year to 30 days after 5 years service
• Your birthday off
• 100% free childcare at Kido
• £1000 refer a friend bonus
• Enhanced sick pay
• Annual performance-related pay increases
• Brilliant career progression opportunities
• Company awards, celebrations and team social events
• Access to a healthcare cash plan
• Early access to pay through the Hastee app
• Perkbox discounts and savings on thousands of retailers
• Confidential employee assistance programme
• Access to our wellness hub
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme

About the Company

• Kido is re-imagining what early years education can be.
• We create inspiring nursery environments where children, families, and teams thrive.
• Behind every great nursery is a brilliant team, and our People function plays a vital role in supporting, developing, and empowering our colleagues across our 20 nurseries.