Human Resources - Placement

We believe in creating an environment where our interns can truly learn by doing during their time with us and are given their own areas of responsibility from the start. That's why our experts treat you as part of the team from day one, encourage you to bring your own ideas to the table, and give you the opportunity to show what you can do.

BMW Financial Services, Farnborough - Human Resources - 13 Month Placement (July 2027)

Summit ONE in Farnborough is home to the National Sales Company for the BMW Group in the UK, as well as BMW Group Financial Services, which offers retailers, corporate and private customers a range of customised financial services. Alphabet (GB) Ltd, a leading provider of Business Mobility Services, is also located in Farnborough.

Within our self-contained campus, we offer a modern way of working with an empowering office culture. Some aspects of this include:

• Our work persona shift - being yourself is effortless, helping to increase efficiency and engagement.
• Flexible working hours - working flexibly supports wellbeing and sustained productivity. Our leaders focus on output, not attendance, helping colleagues maintain balance rather than burnout.
• The opportunity to get involved with our continued support to our house charity with a variety of fundraising events throughout the year.
• Throughout our offices, there are open creative spaces with facilities such as table-tennis tables to encourage innovation and employee engagement.

We have an exciting opportunity in our Human Resources team in Farnborough, within our HR Leadership Partnering team. The HR function enjoys operating as one team to ensure the administration that underpins our HR activities and processes is delivered proactively, within agreed timescales and to a high standard. The role requires accuracy, confidentiality and discretion, while also providing opportunities to identify improvements to the service we provide to our colleagues and stakeholders.

This placement will provide valuable exposure to HR partnering, employee relations, HR operations, reporting, policy application and project activity, helping you build a strong foundation for a future career in HR.

At BMW, we are passionate about the world in which we operate. Our HR team, along with our Driven by People network groups, is on a journey to educate, raise awareness and drive change on important issues such as mental health, gender, disability and more.

• Support HR colleagues with a broad range of operational HR activity, including liaising with centralised HR teams, local departments and internal stakeholders to resolve day-to-day queries.
• Undertake ad-hoc HR-related projects as required to support the HR team. This may include projects across the wider HR function, including Recruitment, Planning, Policies and Processes, and Talent Development.
• Produce letters, using templates, to employees as required by HR colleagues within agreed timescales, for example improvement notices as part of managing attendance, discipline or capability letters, and consultation letters.
• Prepare monthly reporting and data for a range of topics, including special birthdays, absence, secondments and fixed-term contract end dates.
• Take notes at investigation, disciplinary, capability and performance management meetings.
• Support the induction process for new employees, including interns, apprentices and graduates.
• Gain exposure to how HR supports leaders and colleagues across the employee lifecycle, including attendance, performance, capability and policy-related matters.

• Ideally, you will be studying an HR degree, or a business-related degree that requires or would benefit from an element of HR experience.
• A genuine interest in HR…