HR Officer

G's Group; Barway; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

31 days holiday

Salary sacrifice pension

Cinema discounts

Sky Store discounts

Health Cash Plan

Holiday discounts

Life assurance

Employee referral

Job summary

Great Place to Work, Barway, is seeking a proactive HR Officer to support our operational teams by driving engagement, compliance, and continuous improvement across core people processes. You will be a trusted partner to managers and staff, ensuring they are supported, informed, and empowered.

In this hands-on role, you’ll lead initiatives that enhance the employee experience—from engagement forums and action planning to HR systems rollouts, learning, and reporting.

Qualifications

• At least 12 months HR experience in an operational or generalist role.
• Good understanding of employee relations, engagement, and HR processes.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• A proactive, solution-focused approach with great attention to detail.
• Confidence with HR systems and data reporting.
• Desire to develop further within the HR space.

Responsibilities

• Engagement & Culture: Support Great Place to Work initiatives, cascade survey results, facilitate listening sessions, and coordinate action plans that drive meaningful change.
• People Planning: Work closely with the HR Director, HR Business Partner, and site leadership teams to create and deliver People Plans, tracking progress and celebrating success.
• Employee Relations: Provide triage-level ER support and guidance to managers, ensuring compliance with policies and timely resolution of issues.
• Operational Support: Partner with managers on people-related initiatives such as digital transformation projects, process improvements, and training rollouts.
• Learning & Development: Help drive mandatory training completion, support capability development, and promote continuous learning.
• HR Data & Reporting: Prepare people metrics, reports, and board-level slides, bringing insight and commentary to support informed decision-making.

Skills

HR experience

Employee relations

Communication

HR systems

Data reporting

Job description

Are you passionate about creating a great place to work? We're looking for a proactive and people-focused HR Officer to support our operational teams - driving engagement, compliance, and continuous improvement across our core people processes.

In this varied and rewarding role, you'll act as a trusted HR partner to managers and employees alike, ensuring they're supported, informed, and empowered.

You'll play a key role in delivering initiatives that make a real difference to the employee experience, from engagement forums and action planning to supporting people projects and HR systems rollouts.

What you'll be doing

• Engagement & Culture: Support Great Place to Work initiatives, cascade survey results, facilitate listening sessions, and coordinate action plans that drive meaningful change.
• People Planning: Work closely with the HR Director, HR Business Partner, and site leadership teams to create and deliver People Plans, tracking progress and celebrating success.
• Employee Relations: Provide triage-level ER support and guidance to managers, ensuring compliance with policies and timely resolution of issues.
• Operational Support: Partner with managers on people-related initiatives such as digital transformation projects, process improvements, and training rollouts.
• Learning & Development: Help drive mandatory training completion, support capability development, and promote continuous learning.
• HR Data & Reporting: Prepare people metrics, reports, and board-level slides, bringing insight and commentary to support informed decision-making.

About you

You'll be an experienced HR professional who thrives in a hands-on, fast-paced, agileenvironment.

You're confident building relationships at all levels, balancing day-to-day support with longer-term projects.

You will bring:

• At least 12 months HR experience in an operational or generalist role.
• Good understanding of employee relations, engagement, and HR processes.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• A proactive, solution-focused approach with great attention to detail.
• Confidence with HR systems and data reporting.
• Desire to develop further within the HR space.

Why Join Us?

Great Place to Work accredited.

• 31 days holiday per annum including bank holidays.
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme available.
• Cinema and Sky Store discounts.
• Supermarket & other retailer discounts.
• Health Cash Plan.
• Holiday discounts.
• Life assurance & income protection.
• Employee referral scheme.
• Employee Assistant Programme.
• Cycle to Work.
• Eyecare contributions.
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme.
• Learning, development, and training opportunities including mentoring.
• Regular social and charity events.
• Engagement in local community & early careers events.
• Onsite health checks, & annual flu jabs.
• Regular wellbeing sessions.