People Services Advisor

Warburtons; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Warburtons as a People Services Advisor in Bolton, where you'll provide essential support to ensure a positive employee experience. This role combines strong communication and relationship-building skills with HR knowledge, in a dynamic hybrid work environment.

Benefits

Discretionary profit share

Extra week’s annual leave purchase option

Pension scheme with 7% contributions

Life assurance

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience in providing people-related transactional support in a busy environment.
• Good knowledge of employment law.
• Ability to manage a diverse workload.

Responsibilities

• Providing administrative support to people in line with policies and service expectations.
• Handling first-line enquiries related to policies, procedures, and processes.

Skills

Communication

Relationship building

Attention to detail

Proactive approach

Job description

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Are you a People Services Advisor / HR Advisor on top of your game and looking for a new challenge?

Here at our Head Office in Bolton, the People Services team plays a vital role in providing the best possible experience for our people across our business, supporting the employee lifecycle.

We operate a hybrid working model with a balance of home and office working.

• Experience in providing people-related transactional support in a busy environment.
• Good knowledge of employment law.
• General knowledge of all aspects of a People function with expertise in handling first-line enquiries relating to policies, procedures, and processes.
• Ability to manage a diverse workload.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written).
• A proactive approach, with willingness to identify new opportunities and challenge established ways of doing things. Ability to build and maintain strong relationships.

The Recipe

As part of the People function at Warburtons, the People Services Advisor role will be busy and varied, providing administrative support to our people in line with our policies and service expectations.

Your excellent communication skills, proactive style, and keen eye for detail will be essential for success in this role, along with the ability to manage your workload and time efficiently.

Relationship building is key for the People Services Advisor, and you will establish credibility with internal and external contacts at all levels.

About Us

Did you know there are two bakery sites in Bolton (Bolton & Variety), a distribution hub, a newly built Innovation Centre, Test Bakery, and our Head Office? We have approximately 480 colleagues working across Bolton and Variety manufacturing and distribution.

We produce 1.5 million units weekly across 5 automated lines, delivering fresh bread, crumpets, bagels, morning goods, and muffins daily to our customers across the UK.

As ‘the UK’s No. 1 Bakery Brand’, we have been baking bread since 1876. Today, we are a sixth-generation family business, supplying over 18,000 retail customers from 11 bakeries and 16 depots, producing over 70 products, including gluten and wheat-free options.

We aim to be a net-zero business by 2050, minimizing our environmental impact and making a positive social contribution.

Extra Dough

Here’s what your bread is worth:

• A share of the annual profits (discretionary profit share).
• Opportunity to purchase up to an extra week’s annual leave, in addition to holiday entitlement.
• An award-winning pension scheme with 7% company contributions.
• Life assurance.
• Deals and discounts for you and your family via our Extra Dough website.
• Investment in your personal development.
• Fully stocked kitchens with our products for you to enjoy daily.
• Support for your health and wellbeing, including free physiotherapy, 24/7 confidential helpline, and occupational health services.

We value diversity and aim to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can do their best work, regardless of background or identity.