New Starter Champion

7 months ago


Spalding, United Kingdom Bakkavor Full time

**New Starter Champion**
Proud to be trusted and believed in

Location: Bakkavor Meals, Spalding (West Marsh Road)

Shift: Days, Monday-Friday

Shift times: 8:30-17:00

Salary: £26.500

Benefits: 25 days holiday plus 8 days Bank Holiday, free parking, flexible benefits, pension, etc.

Bakkavor Spalding operates three factories on the same site in Spalding, Lincolnshire, employing over 600 people. These factories specialise in making salad accompaniments such as coleslaw and pasta salads, sandwich wraps and food to go salads as well as a soups, sauces, dips and meals.

The accountabilities for the role are below:

- To liaise with HR & Learning teams to obtain data on new colleagues due to commence on their induction with the business. To prepare a weekly plan to determine specific support required by each department/shift. To communicate new colleagues’ to relevant line managers for the dept they are joining and ensure they have the correct equipment (site access, clock card, PPE, and locker).
- To provide guidance and support with new colleagues’ processes such as registration on EPay, use of MyReward, access to the site facilities such as staff shop, canteens, toilets, locker rooms, awareness of the SEF reps and role of the SEF.
- To meet and greet new starters on their first day as a welcoming point of contact and provide guidance and support with new colleagues’ processes such as registration on EPay, use of MyReward, access to the site facilities such as staff shop, canteens, toilets, locker rooms, awareness of the SEF reps and role of the SEF.
- To champion any issues for the new starter during this initial period with their line manager to ensure speedy resolution. You will provide ongoing support and remain as a point of contact during their first 3 months.
- To manage the pipeline of buddies available for each area of the business and allocate suitable buddies for each new colleague.
- To identify barriers to retention of new colleagues and look for ways to overcome these both in the short-term and on a more sustainable long-term basis. This may be through various sources including day-to-day interactions with new colleagues, facilitating listening groups, and reviewing metrics / turnover data to identify trends. To influence relevant stakeholders in Operations, HR and Learning to change.
- To ascertain potential & career aspirations amongst new colleagues with a view to feeding into the talent pipeline for future career progression. To liaise with HR, Learning and Operations to facilitate fast-track where appropriate.

**About You**
- Ability to build relationships at all levels
- High level of interpersonal skills and communication skills
- Able to win the hearts & minds of stakeholders to influence change
- Good organisation skills and prioritisation
- Ability to work on own initiative, reporting into a more senior manager with less frequent guidance and direction
- Strong problem-solving skills, able to identify issues and develop solutions both for the immediate short-term resolution and more sustainable longer-term options.
- Experience of operating in a role which utilises similar skill set
- Experience working in a fast-paced industry

**What you can expect from us**

When joining us you can expect a highly competitive rewards package including group pension, life insurance and other flexible benefits - alongside excellent career progression prospects across the Bakkavor group.

**Proud to be Bakkavor**

We’re proud to be the leading UK provider of innovative, high-quality, fresh prepared food. We’re proud to be driven by the hard work and passion of our people. And we’re proud to offer a wide range of careers full of support and opportunity. Join our team and we’ll make you proud too.

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