Bridgepoint is an international private equity group focused on acquiring market-leading businesses. Bridgepoint typically acquires businesses valued between €50 million and €1 billion. Well-known investments have included Pret A Manger, Foncia, Nordic Cinema Group, and MotoGP.

We are pleased to be able to offer the opportunity of an traineeship within our HR team.  This is a unique opportunity for a motivated self-starter to gain valuable HR experience within the Private Equity industry.

Programme information

You will join as a trainee as part of the Investment20/20 programme. While we can’t guarantee a permanent position at the end of the 12 month contract, it is our intention to make the offer, but this is up to how well you perform. 75% of Investment20/20 trainees are offered permanent positions.

Our trainee programme will introduce you to investment management (within the Private Equity sector) and you will gain industry knowledge, experience and develop relationships enabling you to progress your career and provide you with skills to secure a permanent role. As part of the Investment20/20 programme, you will have opportunities to meet and network with over 300 trainees across the industry and participate in socials and insight events.

Our trainee programme is a fixed term one year contract paying £24,000.  In addition to the usual public and bank holidays recognised in England and Wales, you are entitled to 22 days paid holiday during your traineeship.  The role is based in London.

Programme Summary

This is a programme intended to give you a breadth of knowledge and experience within the business to enable you to make informed decisions about where you would like to develop your career.

The Team

The role is to provide HR support to a busy team on a variety of HR topics.  The HR trainee will be part of a team of ten and will support the HR team as required.

Responsibilities include

• Provide administrative support for the onboarding process and ensuring all new paperwork is completed.
• In conjunction with the broader HR team, manage the HR inbox to ensure queries are dealt with in a timely manner.
• Support HR with recruitment.
• Assist with the joiners, leaver, and transfer procedures.
• Respond to general queries from managers and employees and directing them to policies and procedures where applicable.
• Provide administrative support to the team including preparing documentation, filing, and note taking in meetings.
• Assist with updating to the Firm’s organisation charts

Skills and requirements

Requirements

If you are a school/college leaver or graduate who has an interest in working within financial services and has the following attributes, we are interest in hearing from you:

• Team player, but also able to work effectively alone;
• Inquisitive and enjoy interpreting information and problem solving;
• Excellent organisational skills;
• Self-starter with a ‘can do’ attitude;
• A strong desire to learn;
• A good communicator, both oral and written;
• Good working knowledge of Word, Excel and Powerpoint.