HR Officer

Dawn Farms; Naas; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Dawn Farms is seeking an HR Officer to join its Human Resources team in Naas. You will support management on policy queries, lead end-to-end recruitment, and drive training compliance to ensure a safe, compliant workplace.

You will maintain HR records, prepare payroll-related information, and generate reports to monitor KPIs. The role requires 3+ years of HR experience and strong knowledge of employment law.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in HR essential in a busy food manufacturing environment.
• Confident and communicative with the ability to present to all levels in an organisation.
• Strong knowledge of employment legislation and HR processes.

Responsibilities

• Assist and advise management and staff on policy queries and employee relations issues, ensuring consistency.
• Lead recruitment from advertising to offers for all departments.
• Conduct inductions and ensure training compliance.
• Maintain HR system data: absences, hires, leavers, payroll changes.

Skills

HR knowledge

Employee relations

Communication skills

Legal compliance

Tools

Excel

Outlook

HRIS

Job description

Purpose of the Role

The Human Resources (HR) officer in Dawn Farms plays a critical role in ensuring the smooth operation of the business by managing the workforce effectively. In an industry as complex and demanding as food manufacturing, where safety, quality, and efficiency are paramount, the HR officer’s responsibilities are multifaceted and essential for maintaining a productive and compliant workplace. The purpose of their role can be delineated into several key aspects: Talent Acquisition and Recruitment, Training and Development, Performance Management, Employee relations, Employee Benefits and Well‑being, this is a non‑exhaustive list.

Title

HR Officer

Department

Human Resources

Reports to

Senior HR Manager

Core Responsibilities

Food safety and health and safety are everybody’s responsibility. Food Safety policies, H&S policies, standard operating procedures and good hygiene practices should always be adhered to, to ensure the safety of the food being produced and the safety of you and your colleagues.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist and advise management & staff on company policy queries and employee relations issues, complying with legislation and ensuring consistency across the organisation;
• Do all General operative recruitment start to finish.
• Complete all administration tasks in a timely fashion.
• Lead bi – weekly meetings with production managers
• Manage grievance & disciplinary investigations as required;
• Working closely with hiring managers, manage recruitment processes end to end, from advertising posts through shortlisting of candidates, interviews, selection and job offers for all departments
• Deliver new employee inductions & ensure that we are compliant from a training aspect.
• Liaise with payroll as required on any staff pay items linked to recruitment, internal promotions, leavers etc.;
• Maintenance of the HR system (entering absence information, new hires, leavers, payroll changes, coding etc.);
• Extraction and analysis of data from the HR system as required, e.g. payroll reports, attendance reports, trend and KPI reports etc.;
• Represent HR at interdepartmental meetings and meetings with external third parties as required;
• General administration duties relating to the HR function; raising PO’s, doing bike to work cheques, drafting work confirmation letters.
• Produce accurate and professional correspondence, policy documents etc. as required;
• Ensure HR administration and systems are maintained up to date in a timely and accurate manner;
• In conjunction with the existing HR team review existing systems, to suggest and implement improvements;
• Timely and accurate administration of all HR functions, including written correspondence, record keeping, filing etc.;
• Undertake projects relating to a range of HR disciplines as assigned by the HR Manager.
• Guide managers on issues related to employees.
• Manage all weekly & monthly reporting including monitoring all permit renewals & expiries.

Knowledge and Experience to be demonstrated while in role

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience working in HR essential. Officer/Executive level in a busy Food Manufacturing operational environment.
• Knowledge and experience in a fast paced and varied HR role requiring the person to take charge of many issues as they occur
• Confident and conscientious with an ability to effectively communicate & present to all levels in an organization.
• Ability to successfully learn, apply new skills and drive effectiveness within HR.
• Excellent knowledge of employment legislation
• Have the ability to adapt to a generalised HR role dealing with all elements of the department such as Recruitment, L&D, Employee relations & Employee wellness.

Key Behaviours/Competencies to be demonstrated

• Approachable disposition
• Ability and experience in conflict management
• Excellent communication skills to include listening and the ability to feedback.
• Trustworthy with a high level of integrity when dealing with sensitive information.
• Excellent organisational agility to include strong time management skills and the ability to take action and manage a high volume of workload.
• Process management skills, applying HR practices in a consistent manner
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment with changing priorities on a daily basis

Specific I.T skills and level

• Strong IT skills Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, HR IT Systems
• Excellent Word & Excel Skills – Intermediate level
• Outlook experience - Intermediate level