HR Assistant

Hovis Bakeries; Liverpool City Region; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Hovis Bakeries is seeking an HR Assistant to support HR and payroll administration across multiple ABF businesses. The role is hybrid, with 2 days in the office, and offers a salary of £26,000–£27,000 per year.

The successful candidate will manage HR/payroll requests, process changes in SuccessFactors, and support onboarding to offboarding, while ensuring accuracy and compliance. The position requires solid HR or payroll admin experience, strong payroll knowledge, excellent communication, and

Qualifications

• Proven HR or payroll administration experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong payroll knowledge with excellent numerical skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Highly organised, detail-focused and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Customer-focused with a proactive, problem-solving mindset.
• Experience in HR Shared Services.
• Understanding of KPIs, data protection and compliance controls.

Responsibilities

• Manage HR and payroll requests from start to finish, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Process pay changes, payments, and employee data in SuccessFactors in line with payroll deadlines.
• Support the full employee lifecycle — onboarding to offboarding.
• Issue contracts, letters, and statutory documentation.
• Resolve payroll queries with confidence and precision.
• Maintain accurate HR records and systems.
• Produce reports and provide data insights to stakeholders.
• Support annual pay reviews, benefits administration, pension auto-enrolment and policy updates.
• Ensure processes meet GDPR, statutory and internal control standards.

Skills

HR administration

Payroll knowledge

Communication

Organisation

Customer focus

HR Shared Services

Data protection & compliance

Job description

Career Opportunities: HR Assistant (4371)

Requisition ID4371-Posted30/10/2026- Region (1) - Job Category (3) -Permanent-Full Time- Company (1)

Salary:£26,000pa - £27,000pa
Hybrid Working - 2 days in the office (subject to business needs)

Join our People Services team supporting leading ABF businesses including Allied Bakeries, Allied Mills, Speedibake, Grocery Group and Wave 3 (AB Mauri, Cereform, ABFI and Wittington Investments).

This is a fast-paced, hands-on role where you’ll take ownership of HR and payroll administration across multiple businesses — solving problems, ensuring compliance, and delivering outstanding service every day.

Note: Previous applicants need not apply.

We believe in rewarding our employees and providing a supportive work environment. Here’s what you’ll get:

Key Accountabilities

As aHR Assistant you will:

• Manage HR and payroll requests from start to finish, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Process pay changes, payments, and employee data in SuccessFactors in line with payroll deadlines.
• Support the full employee lifecycle — onboarding to offboarding.
• Issue contracts, letters, and statutory documentation.
• Resolve payroll queries with confidence and precision.
• Maintain accurate HR records and systems.
• Produce reports and provide data insights to stakeholders.
• Support annual pay reviews, benefits administration, pension auto-enrolment and policy updates.
• Ensure processes meet GDPR, statutory and internal control standards.
• Partner with HR, Payroll and Finance teams to deliver seamless service.

The Right Person

We're looking for someone with:

• Proven HR or payroll administration experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong payroll knowledge with excellent numerical skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Highly organised, detail-focused and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Customer-focused with a proactive, problem-solving mindset.
• Experience in HR Shared Services.
• Understanding of KPIs, data protection and compliance controls.

If you thrive on accuracy, enjoy solving problems, and want to make an impact across multiple businesses, we’d love to hear from you!