People Advisor (6 month fixed term contract)

Tesco; Royton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food wholesaler is seeking a People Advisor to provide HR support to front-line managers. The role requires multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment, knowledge of employment legislation, and excellent communication skills. Ideal candidates should be CIPD Level 3 qualified or equivalent and possess a strong understanding of UK HR best practices. The initial contract is for six months with potential for extension.

Qualifications

• Experience in fast-paced, operational HR roles.
• Strong understanding of UK employment law.
• Experience in logistics, warehousing, or transport environments.

Responsibilities

• Support effective recruitment processes.
• Ensure compliance with policy throughout employee lifecycle.
• Advise on attendance management and support absence reduction.
• Provide advice during complex disciplinary and grievance hearings.

Skills

Multi-tasking experience

Understanding of employment legislation

Planning and organisation skills

Coaching line managers

Attention to detail

Excellent communication skills

Education

CIPD Level 3 qualified or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Booker • Salmon Fields, Oldham • Apply by 29-Sep-2025

We are looking for a People Advisor who is confident in providing ER advice and generalist HR support to a variety of front-line managers within the business.

Do you have:

• Proven multi-tasking experience working in a fast paced, high volume people advisory role?
• Good working knowledge of employment legislation and managing ER case work?
• Excellent planning and organisation skills, with the ability to think ahead and plan work to meet deadlines?
• Experience in supporting management teams, coaching line managers in line with policy, process and legislation?
• Are you confident to challenge others with the ability to offer advice and recommendations?
• Able to work well under pressure, take pride in your work with high attention to detail and accuracy?
• Have excellent communication skills, maintaining a professional etiquette at all times?

If you are enthusiastic, passionate and results driven, and have answered yes to the above points, then we may have the perfect role for you.

The main purpose of this role is to provide an effective generalist service to a range of front line managers and colleagues within Best.

Responsibilities

• Supporting an effective recruitment process, ensuring a fair, diverse and inclusive approach to attract the best people, ensuring compliance to Right To Work
• Compliance to all policy and process throughout the employee lifecycle, coaching front line managers where required
• Support induction and probations, providing advice where required
• Advise on attendance management (short and long term) supporting absence reduction, ensuring policy and process is fairly applied
• Support the People Partner/Head of People with projects where appropriate
• Provide advice to line managers regarding investigation process, ensuring appropriate completion in an appropriate timescale
• Advise and provide administration support during complex disciplinary and grievance hearings
• Support and deliver engagement and learning & development activities, including talent management and performance improvement plans
• Identify areas for improvement and supporting
• Collating data and reporting information for analysis to identify areas for improvement

This role is initially on a 6 month basis but has the possibility for extension or becoming a permanent position.

Requirements

• CIPD Level 3 qualified or equivalent experience in a generalist HR role
• Proven experience in providing HR support within a fast-paced, operational environment - ideally within logistics, warehousing, or transport
• Strong understanding of UK employment law and HR best practices, particularly in relation to absence management, disciplinary and grievance procedures

About us

Booker is the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler. We are privileged to serve independent retailers, caterers and small businesses, from locations across the country. We operate over 190 cash and carry branches, eight distribution centres, five Best Food Logistics sites, as well as six support centre locations across the UK.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Booker means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we're a place where Everyone's Welcome.

We know life looks a little different for each of us. That's why at Booker and Best, we always welcome conversations about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we may be able to support you.

Accessibility and inclusion

We are proud that Booker is a Disability Confident Committed employer and we are committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For information on accessibility support, please contact recruitment at Booker.

Please note

We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines & spirits, and driving roles.

On the occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview.

*Booker Group is part of Tesco plc, however, is operated separately from the core Tesco business and as such the benefits offered will be different from those offered at Tesco*

For more information about us please visit www.bookergroupjobs.co.uk