People Advisor

Warburtons Ltd; Bristol; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK bakery brand is seeking an experienced HR advisor in Bristol to support management with employee relations and HR strategies. This role requires excellent communication skills, HR expertise, and a thorough understanding of UK employment law. Candidates should have experience in a fast-paced HR environment and a CIPD qualification. The role offers competitive benefits including discretionary profit share, extra holiday opportunities, and a strong pension scheme.

Benefits

Discretionary profit share

Extra week’s annual leave

Award-winning pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in handling disciplinary, grievance, performance and attendance management issues.
• Ability to coach and consult with confidence.
• Clean UK driving license.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and coaching to manage and resolve employee relations cases.
• Support managers in executing organizational change.
• Identify and deliver HR interventions that impact business performance.

Skills

Excellent knowledge of UK employment law

Strong communication skills

Experience in an advisory HR/People role

Team working ethic

Attention to detail

Commercial acumen

Education

CIPD qualified or working towards qualification

Tools

SAP SuccessFactors

Job description

Company description

At Warburtons, family is at the heart of our business. Five generations of expertise that goes into making our bakery products allows us to continue a tradition of baking inherited over the past 150 years.

Warburtons is the largest bakery brand in the UK, but that does not mean we rest on our laurels. We are pioneers of the industry and ambitious market leaders, always seeking to challenge ourselves and convention. It is part of our philosophy to provide honest, sensible guidance on issues of health and well‑being, helping the whole family to enjoy our products as part of a healthy, balanced diet, through a range of products to suit all meal occasions, lifestyles and tastes.

Job description: The Recipe

Supporting the People Partner in the provision of high quality, consistent, efficient advice, guidance and coaching to leaders across the site / sites or Centre functions. Delivering added value support and solutions to the business, with a core focus on a range of employee relations matters and case management in line with company people policies and values.

Key Accountabilities and Measures

• Provide clear and consistent advice, guidance and coaching via telephone support or face‑to‑face to successfully manage and resolve employee relations cases and deliver right‑first‑time outcomes, with a pragmatic approach in line with company values, fair employment practice and legislative requirements.
• Provide expertise to line managers on a range of people issues, enabling the effective management of people performance, talent and engagement in line with growth objectives.
• Support all actions required to raise manager capability to manage in line with people policies via coaching and other facilitated development methods.
• Support managers in the execution of change in line with relevant business and legal requirements (e.g., redundancy consultation, organisational structural change) to ensure smooth and effective delivery of business change.
• Work with the People Partner to identify and deliver continuous improvement opportunities, using expertise, data and metrics to co‑create and recommend solutions that solve key employee and business challenges.
• Collaborate effectively with the ER Lead, legal advisors and trade unions at local level on ER related policies and procedures and in the management and resolution of employee matters.
• Take responsibility for maintaining own continuous professional development (CPD) and knowledge of legislative changes, sharing knowledge with the wider team.
• Support other ad hoc people‑management requirements as and when required, as part of the broader People team to ensure full and effective business operation and people services delivery.

Essential Ingredients

• Experience in an advisory HR / People role, ideally gained in a fast‑paced or blue‑chip manufacturing / distribution environment.
• Excellent knowledge of UK employment law and solid background and expertise in ER case management, handling disciplinary, grievance, performance and attendance management issues at all stages of company procedure in an advisory capacity.
• CIPD qualified or working towards qualification.
• A good understanding of business issues and how the identification and delivery of HR / People interventions impact business performance.
• Experience of using an HRM system / database, ideally SAP SuccessFactors.
• Commercial acumen – good business awareness and knowledge.
• Prioritising and organisation – ability to plan, organise and monitor a diverse workload.
• Strong team‑working ethic.
• Excellent communication skills – articulate, influential, persuasive and politically savvy.
• Self‑motivated with the ability to work independently and as part of a wider People Function.
• Excellent relationship builder – collaborative in approach, establishing credible, trusted relationships with internal and external contacts at all levels.
• Ability to coach, consult and challenge in a constructive manner, with confidence and resilience to influence at all levels from senior stakeholder to team members.
• Attention to detail and high, consistent levels of accuracy.
• Full, clean UK driving licence.

Extra Dough

A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share).

Family time is important to us, so as well as your holiday entitlement we’ll give you the opportunity to purchase up to an extra week’s annual leave.

Award‑winning pension scheme with company contributions of 7%.

Life assurance

Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website.

Continued investment in your personal development

Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew.

Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service.