HR Generalist

Conaty Food and Catering Supplies; Dublin; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Conaty Food and Catering Supplies in Dublin seeks an HR Generalist to support day-to-day HR activities, administer policies, coordinate recruitment and onboarding, maintain employee records and assist with performance management.

The role also manages benefits and leave, advises managers, supports HR projects and compliance initiatives, and helps ensure Health & Safety and HACCP documentation is up to date.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in a HR role.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Highly organised with attention to detail and the ability to work independently.
• Competent with MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the recruitment & selection process, ensuring job posts are accurate and interviews are arranged.
• Manage onboarding for new hires, induction documentation, training, PPE and HR paperwork.
• Maintain employee records and ensure compliance with employment legislation.
• Support Health & Safety and HACCP documentation and HR-related queries.

Skills

HR experience

Communication skills

Organisational skills

MS Office

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Company Description

Conaty Food and Catering Supplies is one of Ireland's leading catering suppliers into the hospitality industry. Established in 1970, Conaty Food and Catering Supplies delivers more than 18,000 catering, food and equipment products into our customer base of over 2,000 hotels, bars, restaurants and coffee shops. Our Blanchardstown depot hosts Ireland’s largest hospitality showrooms.

Role Description

The HR Generalist is a full-time, on-site role based in Dublin, responsible for supporting and managing day-to-day human resources activities across the organization. Key duties include administering HR policies and procedures, coordinating recruitment and onboarding, maintaining employee records, and supporting performance management processes. The role involves managing employee benefits and leave, advising managers and team members on HR-related matters, and helping to resolve employee relations issues in a fair and consistent manner. The HR Generalist will also contribute to HR projects, compliance initiatives, and continuous improvement of HR practices to support a positive and productive work environment.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Co-ordinate the recruitment & selection process, ensuring job posts are accurate and refreshed, interviews are arranged and that candidate communication is timely and professional.
• Manage the onboarding process for new recruits to include meet and greet of new hires, preparing induction documentation, scheduling training, PPE provision, completing HR documentation etc..
• Manage all aspects of employee relations taking full responsibility in ensuring that all practices and documentation is compliant with current employment legislation.
• Take full responsibility in ensuring that our employee headcount is compliant with all right to work processes and ensure robust systems are in place to manage this.
• Create and continuously update key HR metrics to ensure solutions to any upcoming challenge is identified.
• Monitor and take action as required on Health, Safety and HACCP processes and procedures
• Carry out Manual Handling training for new starters and existing employees.
• Maintain our employee database, ensuring all information is continuously updated.
• Manage Health & Safety and compliance training records for new recruits and existing employees.
• Ensure all HACCP documentation is up to date and completed to the required standard.
• Resolve queries submitted by payroll.
• Carry out all other ad hoc duties as they arise.

Key Skills and Competencies:

• Minimum 5 years experience in a HR role
• Minimum 4 years administrative experience
• Excellent written and oral communication skills essential
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail and the ability to work independently
• Competent working knowledge of Ms Office
• Strong written/numerical/analytical skills