HR Specialist

Huhtamäki Oyj; Gosport; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful work

Development opportunities

Diversity & inclusion focus

Competitive salaries

Job summary

Huhtamaki Gosport is seeking an HR Specialist to join our HR team. You will cover a broad range of HR responsibilities, including advising managers, ensuring policy compliance, and developing local HR initiatives at the Gosport site.

The role requires 3–5 years of HR generalist experience, strong employment-law knowledge, and the ability to communicate clearly with staff and leadership. Based at Gosport 4–5 days a week, with development opportunities and competitive pay.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of HR generalist experience, ideally in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of employee relations: recruitment, discipline & grievance, complex sickness cases.
• Detailed knowledge of employment legislation and best practice.
• Ability to advise, guide, negotiate with and influence employees and managers.
• Proven ability to write job adverts, letters, reports and policies.

Responsibilities

• Effectively managing recruitment of staff up to management level in the UK.
• Liaising with external agencies; ensuring internal compliance, performance and cost criteria.
• Supporting Managers in Performance Management and Capability procedures.
• Advising on legislation, policy, risk and best practice.
• Delivery of disciplinary and attendance management processes; liaising with Occupational Health.
• Develop and review employment policies; update Gosport Employee Handbook.
• Compile and manage HR metrics: attendance, retention, talent development; provide stakeholder insights.
• Develop training materials; deliver training to Managers and staff.

Skills

HR generalist

Recruitment

Employee relations

Employment law knowledge

Communication skills

HR systems

Education

CIPD Diploma

Bachelor's in HR

Tools

Workday

Job description

Enjoy a career, packaged with care, whilst helping protect food, people and the planet

We are a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions. We’re on a mission to make all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable. Every day, we ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people around the world. We are Huhtamaki.

You could be part of our vision. Because it’s our talented people that make it happen. Our people on the shop floor producing innovative, sustainable products. Our people in our offices delivering excellence for our customers every day. It’s every one of us working together.

We offer a place where you can feel safe, be supported, and make an impact so we can all focus on the future together.

Huhtamaki’s Foodservice segment currently has a fantastic opportunity for a HR generalist to join our HR team in Gosport as a HR Specialist. In this role, you will cover a wide range of HR responsibilities, including supporting, coaching and advising managers to ensure full compliance to HR policies and procedures across the Gosport site.

If you are a personable, motivated HR professional who thrives in a fast paced environment this could be the opportunity for you!

Where you’ll be

Due to the business facing nature of this role, the HR Specialist will be based at our Gosport site 4-5 days per week.

What you’ll be doing

• Effectively managing the recruitment of staff up to management level within the UK business.
• Acting as liaison with external agencies and bodies; ensuring internal compliance, performance and cost criteria are met.
• Supporting and directing Managers in the delivery of Performance Management and Capability procedures.
• Advising on legislation, policy, risk and best practice.
• Supporting and directing Managers in the delivery of disciplinary and attendance management processes, advising and acting as liaison with Occupational Health service providers.
• Develop, implement and review employment policies, incorporating changes in legislation, business need and best practice within the Gosport Employee Handbook.
• Effective compilation and management of key HR metrics – including; attendance, retention, skills management and talent development. Providing meaningful information to stakeholders and resolve questions arising.
• Development of effective training materials associated with local policies or initiatives as and when directed.
• Competent delivery of training materials to Managers and staff and requisite coaching, where appropriate.
• Act as key contact in the development and improvement of company HR administration processes; including Pensions, Private Health Insurance, company car administration etc.
• Ensure that all key personal data associated with employees is accurate, secure and integrated with other local processes such as Payroll.

What you’ll bring to the role

• 3-5 years of HR generalist experience, ideally in a manufacturing environment
• Strong knowledge and experience of managing all aspects of employee relations, including recruitment, discipline & grievance and complex sickness cases.
• Detailed knowledge of employment legislation and best practice.
• The ability to advise, guide, negotiate with and influence employees and managers alike, both verbally and in writing.
• Proven ability to find solutions and analyse information from a variety of different sources.
• The ability to produce written material to a high standard e.g. job adverts, letters, reports, contracts of employment and policies and procedures.
• Strong communications skills and the ability to build rapport at all levels of the organisation.
• Ability to prioritise and work under pressure against tight deadlines.
• Excellent IT skills with experience of personnel information management systems, Workday experience is a plus.
• A personable and approachable demeanour, with tact and diplomacy.
• Ability and willingness to manage conflict.
• A flexible, can-do attitude
• CIPD Diploma preferred
• Values similar to ours: Care, Dare and Deliver

What we offer in return

• A meaningful job: At Huhtamaki, we believe in protecting food, people and the planet. Our innovative and transformative solutions touch the daily lives of people everywhere.
• Development opportunities: We care for each other – and want our talent to thrive and develop.
• Responsible employer: Sustainability is embedded in everything we do. We believe diverse teams fuel innovation. We invest in fostering an environment where everyone is safe both psychologically and physically and where diversity and inclusion are promoted through day‑to‑day behaviours, which are reinforced by our policies and practices.
• Competitive salaries and rewarding benefits