People (HR) Advisor

Overview

In this role you support site leadership and line managers on people issues, coaching teams and guiding HR processes. You will work hands-on in a fast-moving environment to maintain high service quality for colleagues and customers. You help shape people practices, engagement, and communications while collaborating across unions, agencies and the wider People team. This role offers stretch opportunities in recruitment, ER, and HR projects within a values-driven culture.

Pay / Benefits

• Generous holiday entitlement
• 15% discount in supermarkets and convenience stores
• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
• Genuine career progression and development opportunities
• Subsidised staff canteen
• Free parking

Responsibilities

• Support, coach and challenge line managers on absence, disciplinary and grievance issues
• Identify development opportunities to improve soft skills and build future talent
• Lead engaging, proactive communications across the site
• Build positive relationships with unions and agency suppliers
• Reinforce the visions and values and monitor colleague morale
• Support and drive colleague engagement on site
• Cover the People Specialise role in their absence
• Lead several projects on the HR plan
• Design and implement effective recruitment solutions
• Proactively manage Employee Relations
• Support the People team with day-to-day admin tasks

Key requirements

• CIPD (or working towards) or equivalent
• Up-to-date knowledge of employment relations and employment law
• Experience in fast-moving HR environment (manufacturing or logistics)
• Experience advising, supporting and coaching managers
• Proactive approach to continuous business improvements
• Customer-focused communication with flexible style
• Good commercial awareness
• Experience dealing with Unions
• Ability to act on own initiative and think outside the box
• Experience with problem solving tools
• Project Management Skills (desirable)

• strong communication
• coaching and influencing
• stakeholder management
• employment law knowledge
• employee relations
• HR processes design and implementation

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