Human Resources Advisor

Are you looking for an opportunity to work within HR for a leading manufacturing company, this could be the position for you!

The salary is £30,000 - £35000 pro-rata.


As a key member of the HR team, you will provide professional HR advice and administrative support, along with an existing Senior HR Advisor, over multiple sites. You will assist the management team in the attainment of the overall strategic business plan and objectives. An employee advocate, you will strive to improve the candidate and employee experience overall with specific regard to facilitate people talent development, both to their best ability and to their most effective contribution to the business aims.

Reporting to: Finance Director

Key Responsibilities of the HR Advisor:

" Talent strategy and planning - identify initiatives to increase employee engagement and retention.
" Carry out exit interviews/stay interviews and related management reporting.
" Talent acquisition - assist employing Manager's in writing effective job descriptions, place advertisements, update Company website and jobs boards, arrange interviews and give support to interviewers where required.
" Produce job offers and issue contracts.
" Continual review and improvement of the current recruitment process to also include supervisor/manager training in competency-based interviewing techniques to improve candidate selection.
" Onboarding - running induction programmes for all new starters and creating a positive new employee experience.
" Conducting right to work checks.
" Employee performance management - set up interim reviews and end of probation reviews
Training and development - update and support managers with training matrices, the Atlas LMS and facilitate external training as required.
" Develop employee skills through training, mentoring, and coaching.
" Disciplinary & Grievance
" Formal and informal process, provision of notetaking, oversee the process to ensure compliance, carry out ad hoc investigations, management reports, liaison with external contractors, solicitors, ACAS, advice bodies.
" Absence Management
" Policy & document review, implementation of new/revised policies.
" Support requests from payroll.
" Weekly preparation of time and attendance information for payroll.
" General admin and maintenance of HR spreadsheets


The suitable candidate will have the following skills:

" Microsoft Office, Outlook, Word, Excel
" CIPD Level 5 - current CIPD member
" Positive & resilient
" Able to demonstrate ongoing personal development
" Excellent communicator
" Highly organised with an eye for detail
" A good energy and enthusiasm
" Team player with experience of working within a factory setting would be an advantage

Hours of work:

9.00 am - 2.00pm Tuesday to Thursday
9.00am - 1.00pm Fridays

In return the company will provide full product training and full support and the chance to join an established growing business.