HR Advisor

PeopleGateway; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 Days Annual Leave

Birthday off

Hybrid & Flexible Working

Flexible Holiday Option

Enhanced Family Friendly & Carers

Critical Illness Cover

Learning & Development Opportunities

Job summary

Princes Group in Liverpool is seeking an HR Advisor on a 12-month fixed-term contract to provide a professional HR support service to stakeholders and colleagues. The role requires detailed knowledge of group policies, employment law and HR best practice.

You will advise line managers on ER matters, absence, health referrals and performance-related processes, while contributing to policy updates and employee development across the site.

Qualifications

• Generalist HR experience at officer/advisor level.
• Experience in head office environments.
• CIPD qualification preferred but not essential.
• Strong internal relationship building and communication.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive HR support to stakeholders and colleagues.
• Advise line managers on ER matters, investigations, grievances and disciplinaries.
• Maintain HR policies and procedures to ensure legal compliance.
• Support PDR cycles, objective setting and development plans.
• Handle onboarding, offboarding and HR administration.

Skills

Generalist HR experience

Head office experience

HRBP experience

Influencing

Communication

IT skills

Adaptability

Prioritisation

Relationship building

Education

CIPD qualified preferred

Job description

About Princes The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Role Description

HR Advisor (12-month FTC)
Liverpool

Job Purpose :

Responsible for providing a comprehensive and professional HR support service to stakeholders and colleagues on various HR-related matters. Ensure detailed knowledge of group policies and procedures, terms and conditions, employment legislation and HR best practice. Provide advice and support to Line Managers and colleagues on day-to-day operational issues ensuring consistency is applied at all times.

Dimensions:

• Headcount support - circa (225)

Principle Accountabilities:

Employee Relations

• Providing professional guidance to managers on all ER related issues including; investigations, grievances and disciplinaries and appeals whilst ensuring we remain compliant with Employment law legislation.
• Support on case management; including, Absence Management, Under Performance, Occupational Health referrals
• Escalating areas of concern to the HR Business Partner as appropriate.
• Contributing to Quarterly dashboards to identify trends, areas of concern and demonstrate value

Policies and Procedures :

• Develop, review, and update HR policies and procedures to ensure compliance with employment legislation, industry best practices, and organisational requirements.
• Responsible for the continuous review of Group policies and procedures ensuring they are in line with current legislation.

Performance Management:

• Support performance management processes, including annual PDR Cycles, Objective setting, and formal improvement plans, by providing guidance to managers and colleagues.

Occupational Health

• Lead sickness absence case management including recommendations, providing support and advice to people managers, liaising with Occupational Health, case review meetings and capability due to ill-health.
• Support the relationship with the OH provider, ensuring the occupational health service is delivered effectively and efficiently and adherence to health surveillance requirements is maintained

Learning and Development

• In conjunction with the HRBP support People Managers in developing personal development plans for colleagues across the site.
• Support the creation, design and delivery of the statutory, mandatory, developmental and organisational change training requirements for new and existing colleagues.
• Support, develop and deliver regular training sessions on HR Policies, procedures, values and behaviours.
• Support the PDR activities across the site.

Business Support, Communication & Engagement

• Provide HR advisory input to support p roject activity for the head office, specifically relating to the people agenda including colleague engagement, leadership development, colleague wellbeing and reward and recognition.
• Keep up to date with developments in employment legislation and human resources best practice, knowledge sharing within the team to ensure continuous development and improvement in the service offered. Identify and communicate these implications to Operational Management teams, as appropriate
• Contribute to Group HR & Site projects and initiatives as and when required.

HR Administration

• Handle various administrative tasks, including maintaining People Gateway, managing colleague onboarding and offboarding processes, and ensuring HR databases and systems are accurate and up to date.
• Support the HR Department to ensure all operational HR activities are conducted in line with employment legislation and best practice
• Carry out any other tasks as may be reasonably requested by the HR Business Partner.

Role Requirements

Knowledge

• Considerable generalist HR experience, preferably at HR Officer/Advisor level.
• Experience of working within an head office environment
• CIPD qualified preferred but not essential.

Skills

• Ability to build effective internal relationships with customers is critical
• Effective communication and IT Skills
• Experience of operating in a HR Business Partner environment
• Able to demonstrate tenacity and have a flexible attitude and approach
• Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Influencing
• Ability to operate flexibly in a constantly changing environment.

Benefits

• 25 Days Annual Leave, Plus Your Birthday Off!
• 14.5% - 5% Employee Opt In / 9.5% Employer
• Hybrid & Flexible Working - 4 Days in Office / 1 Day WFH
• Flexible Holiday Option - Buy 5 Additional Days
• Enhanced Family Friendly & Carers Policies
• Critical Illness Cover
• Learning & Development Opportunities

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