HR Administrator

Wiltshire Farm Foods; Trowbridge; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days holiday

Discretionary bonus

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Free parking

Canteen on site

Apetito perks

Job summary

Wiltshire Farm Foods in Trowbridge is seeking a diligent HR Administrator to support a busy HR team. You will handle employee records, contracts, and onboarding, and provide responsive administration across payroll and systems. The role requires strong Microsoft 365 skills and excellent communication in a fast-paced environment.

Based at our head office, the position offers variety, teamwork, and opportunities to contribute to people initiatives while maintaining data accuracy and compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy administrative role.
• Strong Microsoft 365 skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to prioritise and manage a heavy workload.

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of contact for HR enquiries, providing excellent customer service and sign-posting on HR policies, procedures, benefits, and employee rewards.
• Employee lifecycle administration tasks such as drafting contracts and letters; processing changes; updating records; issuing and managing ID access cards.
• HR admin support for employee relations, including policy updates, coordinating meetings, and minute taking.
• Office administration including planning team meetings and events, managing office resources.
• Support recruitment onboarding processes and payroll system setup for new starters.
• Monitor compliance with employment checks (Right to work, DBS/CRB, driving licences).
• Coordinate occupational health activities and related admin.
• Support Learning and Development activities, inductions, and onboarding administration.
• Maintain accurate HR system data and generate reports with Payroll alignment.
• Assist company-wide people initiatives and cover main reception on rotation.

Skills

Administrative experience

Microsoft 365

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Education

GCSEs in Maths and English

Tools

Microsoft 365 suite

HR/payroll system

Pivot tables in Excel

Job description

Overview

Are you a customer-focused person who enjoys administration and variety in your job?

Seeking a HR Administrator to join our busy team in Trowbridge.

You will have some experience in administration, ideally working for multiple managers or a large team and will be able to demonstrate the ability of working in a fast paced, commercial environment whilst juggling multiple requests for your time.

Critical skills are:

• Administration
• IT
• Organisation
• Attention to detail

You will need to develop and maintain good working relationships with colleagues in the HR team and line managers from across the business.

This is a role with lots of variety, as no two days are the same, and offers a great opportunity to be part of a friendly and supportive team in a thriving business.

Due to the customer-facing nature of this role, you will be based in our Trowbridge head office full time.

Who we are

apetito is the UK’s leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care and education settings.

Our meals are expertly crafted by our dieticians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness.

Wiltshire Farm Foods, our sister company, is the UK’s largest ready meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK.

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of contact for HR enquiries, providing excellent customer service and sign-posting on HR policies, procedures, benefits, and employee rewards.
• Employee lifecycle administration tasks such as:
  • Drafting contracts and letters
  • Processing employee changes
  • Updating employee records
  • Issuing and managing employee ID access cards
• HR administrative support for employee relations, including:
  • Policy and form updates
  • Coordinating meetings
  • Minute taking
• Office administration including planning team meetings/ events and managing office resources.
• Support recruitment onboarding processes, ensuring new starters are set up on payroll and systems accurately.
• Monitor and support the businesses compliance with employment checks including:
  • Right to work checks
  • Criminal records checks
  • Driving licence checks
  • Other regulatory requirements
• Coordinate occupational health activities, including fitness for work assessments, night worker health checks, and related administration.
• Support Learning and Development activities, including induction scheduling, onboarding administration, and delivery of new starter inductions.
• Maintain accurate employee records and HR system data, ensuring compliance with data protection requirements.
• Produce regular and ad hoc HR reports, dashboards, and compliance information, working closely with Payroll to maintain accurate employee data.
• Support company-wide people initiatives and projects, including pay reviews, bonus schemes, employee recognition activities, and distribution of seasonal employee gifts.
• Cover main reception (on a rota basis)

Qualifications/Personal Qualities

Essential:

• Experience in a busy administrative role
• Strong Microsoft 365 skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• GCSEs (or equivalent) in Maths and English, Grade 4/C or above
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to write formal emails and letters
• Proven ability to organise a complex workload- prioritise, multitask, and meet deadlines
• Methodical and detail conscious to ensure accuracy of all work
• Self-motivated, able to use initiative and make informed decisions
• Resilient, patience and persistent
• Ethos of continuous improvement with the business needs at heart
• Friendly, positive and professional with a genuine desire to help others
• Handle confidential / sensitive information safely and professionally

Desirable:

• Experience of using an HR / payroll system
• Experience of supporting more than one team or manager
• Experience of working in a HR team
• Advanced Excel, Word and PowerPoint including pivot tables and formulas
• CIPD qualification – First level

Company Benefits

• Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
• 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday per year
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 4%
• Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary
• Subsidised canteen
• Free parking
• Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
• apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts

Our Values

As a family-owned business, we take great pride in being a company that makes a real difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of.

We develop a range of products designed to enhance health and well-being for all our customers.

We are driven by a passion for service and dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people.

We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce in alignment with our goal to reach Net Zero by 2040.

Our ethical standards are recognised by the ETI and we are an accredited Living Wage employer.Learn more about apetito’s commitment to a more sustainable future.

We embrace inclusion, empowering individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Our commitment to making a real difference extends to customers, communities, and staff and we're on a mission to build an inclusive workplace where everyone reaches their full potential.