People (HR) Assistant

Morrisons; Knaresborough; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a People Administrator / Assistant, where you'll support HR operations, manage queries, and ensure compliance with HR policies. This role offers a chance to grow within a dynamic environment, providing essential administrative support while engaging with employees and stakeholders.

Benefits

Six weeks holiday

15% supermarket discount

Career progression opportunities

Subsidised staff canteen

Healthcare benefits

Family-friendly policies

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a fast-paced People environment.
• Experience advising and supporting colleagues with HR queries.
• Proactive approach to continuous development.

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of contact for HR queries.
• Provide administrative support to the HR team.
• Support the recruitment process for the site.

Skills

Customer focus

Proactive approach

IT skills

Ability to work under pressure

Understanding of HR policies

Education

Working towards HR qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

As a People Administrator / Assistant, you will play a vital role in supporting the day-to-day operations of our human resources department. You will be responsible for a wide range of HR administrative tasks, ensuring smooth and efficient HR processes, and providing excellent customer service to our employees. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about HR and wants to contribute to the success of a growing organisation.

Reporting to the People Advisor, you will:

1. Be the first point of contact for foundation level site People queries
2. Offer HR expertise to site colleagues and managers as necessary
3. Provide administrative support to the HR team
4. Ensure payroll administration is accurate and all colleagues are paid correctly and on time
5. Maintain records, files, and spreadsheets in line with data protection legislation
6. Keep ad-hoc analysis and reporting on HR issues up to date
7. Coordinate weekly HR audit checks
8. Support the recruitment process for the site as required
9. Become a subject matter expert on company HR policies, ensuring the site remains fully compliant at all times
10. Support, coach, and challenge line management with absence, disciplinary, and grievance issues
11. Develop engaging, proactive communications across the site
12. Build positive and effective relationships with unions, agency suppliers, colleagues, and stakeholders
13. Support and drive colleague engagement on site

About you

The good news is you don't need to be fully HR qualified to apply for this role (although we'd love for you to be working towards one). But we do look for:

1. The ability to work in a fast-paced People environment (manufacturing experience would be good, but isn’t essential)
2. A proactive, positive approach to work with a true customer focus
3. The ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines
4. Exposure to HR Systems
5. Excellent all-round IT skills (especially Microsoft Excel)
6. Experience of advising and supporting colleagues and managers with foundation level people queries
7. An understanding of HR policies and practices
8. Proactive approach to own continuous development
9. Experience of implementing processes
10. The ability to act on own initiative

Benefits

In return for your hard work, we will offer you:

• Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays) and a guaranteed day off that's important to you - whether that be a birthday, religious holiday or a special occasion
• 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores available from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a Friend or Family member
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Subsidised staff canteen
• Competitive pension and life assurance
• Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas, and gyms, and lots more
• Optional Payroll charity donations
• A range of family-friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

About us

You’ll find a great big welcome here at Myton Food Group - the part of our business that looks after manufacturing, whilst maintaining strong roots within Morrisons Supermarkets.

At Myton Food Group, we have a legacy to be proud of. We’re British farming’s biggest single direct customer. We buy from highly valued suppliers. And we’re passionate about the quality of our food. Today, we have 19 manufacturing sites across the UK, where we pack and process fresh meats and fish, savoury and sweet pies, fruit and veg, flower bouquets, bread, and lots more.

We really do stand out in the world of food manufacturing. But what we’re especially proud of is the way we all get stuck in and work as a team, in partnership across our supply chain. Read more about what we do at our Myton Food Group website.