HR Advisor

Northwood; Ellesmere Port; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading HR services provider is seeking a motivated HR Advisor to join their team in Ellesmere Port. This onsite role involves educating and coaching Managers on HR processes, managing employee relations, and facilitating recruitment and onboarding. Candidates should have a CIPD qualification and experience in FMCG or Manufacturing sector HR. A proactive approach and attention to detail are essential.

Benefits

Company pension

Life assurance

Free company products

Discounts for food, retail, holidays, cinema, and gyms

Wellness programmes

Free early access to pay scheme

Salary sacrifice schemes

Employee referral scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in FMCG or Manufacturing sector in HR capacity.
• Support simultaneous ER cases from initiation to conclusion.
• Proficient in everyday IT and HR systems.

Responsibilities

• Act as the main HR point of contact for both sites.
• Assist in disciplinary and grievance procedures.
• Coordinate recruitment and onboarding processes.

Skills

Results-driven

High attention to detail

Proactive prioritisation

Commercial awareness

Education

CIPD qualification

Tools

Dayforce

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Looking for greater responsibility, and want to fully utilise your expertise? Our HR Advisor role may be for you!

We're looking for a purposeful and motivated HR Advisor to join our team, educating and coaching Managers on Best Practice, ER, HR Processes and Compliance, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I).

Please be advised this role is fully onsite.

About the Role

This HR Advisor role is essentially standalone with support from the wider Group HR team. You will be situated in Ellesmere Port with occasional travel to our Grantham site (NG32 3HL).

You will act as the main HR point of contact for both sites, ensuring HR systems are accurate, capturing and monitoring employee documentation as required.

Responsibilities

• ER
• Absence Management
• Recruitment and Onboarding
• Occupational Health
• KPI Monitoring
• HR Administration
• Assisting with Payroll

Employee Relations

You'll assist with disciplinary and grievance procedures (including appeals), attending ER meetings as a notetaker, active HR voice, and coach, stepping in when necessary to ensure a fair, consistent, and objective process. You'll also issue the appropriate letters to employees (e.g. meeting invitations, outcome letters, etc.), maintaining these to ensure compliance and suitability.

We'll need you to assist in welfare meetings when they occur, guiding our Managers appropriately on the most suitable approach.

Talent Acquisition, Onboarding and Probation

You will assist recruitment of Grantham and Ellesmere Port roles, liaising with the Group Talent Acquisition Specialist on role allocation. This includes candidate sifting, liaising with 3rd party suppliers, generating and issuing offers of employment and providing information to New Starters.

You'll have the privilege of leading an engaging HR induction for New Starters at our Grantham site, issuing Onboarding surveys and monitoring participation/results.

HR Records & Documentation

The HR Advisor will ensure employees' details are accurately captured within the system. You'll also issue access cards to Contractors and access fobs to New Starters.

Occasionally, you'll need to run reports on the system, therefore Microsoft Excel skills would be a benefit.

Benefits

• Company pension
• Life assurance
• Free company products
• Free on-site parking>
• Food, retail, holidays, cinema, and gyms discounts
• Wellness programmes, including Employee Assistance Program and OnDemand GP service
• Free early access to pay scheme
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Employee referral scheme

Requirements

Qualities and strengths we're looking for:

• Results-driven individual, motivated by competing priorities
• High attention to detail
• Conducive with the confidence to challenge
• Proactive with an effective approach to prioritisation
• Commercially aware

Qualifications and experience we'll need from you:

• FMCG or Manufacturing sector experience in an HR capacity
• Supporting simultaneous ER cases from initiation to conclusion
• Experience processing high volume Starters and Leavers
• CIPD qualification
• Proficient in everyday IT and HR systems (e.g. Dayforce)