Senior HR Generalist

Are you an experienced HR professional looking for a new challenge? Do you want to work for a leading global flexible packaging company with a comprehensive product offering and a commitment to sustainability? If so, you might be the perfect fit for our Senior HR Generalist role

ProAmpac Elsham Limited is part of ProAmpac, a global leader in flexible packaging solutions. We operate from The Flarepath, Elsham Wold, Brigg, North Lincolnshire, where we produce flexible film for various industries. We are looking for a Senior HR Generalist to join our team and provide generalist expertise, advice and counsel in areas of Human Resources including employee relations, employment law, health and safety, organisational development, performance management, training, and recruiting.

**As a Senior HR Generalist, you will be accountable for**:

- Being a role model for our 5 Core Values.
- Act as the first point of contact on HR queries providing rapid responses which are user-friendly, professionally correct and clearly articulated. Where an immediate response cannot be given, ensure that the enquirer is aware that their query is being addressed and when it will be resolved.
- Assist the HR Team in determining and delivering on HR’s strategic priorities.
- Lead the work required to set up and implement a workforce planning process which enables the organisation to assess future needs. This will include partnering with other key managers to establish current and future workforce plans, including skills gaps and plans ways in which these gaps can be addressed through succession planning, secondments, promotions, transfers or via recruitment.
- Provide expert employment law advice and guidance by maintaining up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation and custom and practices.
- Manage both Weekly and Monthly payroll via SAGE.
- Take responsibility for supporting line managers with all HR issues of employees. This includes formal and informal disciplinary and grievance cases, long-term and intermittent sickness absence management and any welfare concerns raised by employees or their managers.
- Provide an efficient, service-oriented recruitment function for all posts, providing support to line managers from role design through to selection and offer stages. This will include recruitment administration.
- Provide functional expertise on selection and on boarding processes including best advertising channels, design of job advertisements, appropriate selection techniques including aptitude tests, occupational psychology assessments and assessment centres.
- Provide expert professional advice on appropriate terms and conditions of engagement for all workers in the UK.
- Ensure an effective performance appraisal system that creates an environment in which people feel supported, valued and accountable. Assess the effectiveness of the system periodically in terms in ease of use, ability to accurately capture assessment of past performance, support in setting meaningful objectives for the following year and provision of quality training needs data.
- Maintain (and develop where necessary) a comprehensive range of people policies that make ProAmpac a desirable place to work, are aligned with our strategic priorities and principles, and are kept up to date in line with current legal guidance and best practice.
- Support the HR Team in achieving high levels of worker engagement by taking on workstreams as requested.
- Work with colleagues to set up an Employee Recognition Scheme that is based on ProAmpac values and desired behaviours.
- Lead work on equality, diversity and inclusion so that the organisation can: identify the diversity of its workforce against protected criteria set out in the UK Equalities Act 2010 (or relevant subsequent legislation).
- Manage external pensions provider contract ensuring that performance against that contract is monitored regularly and any concerns are resolved.
- Responsible for maintaining electronic and hard copy personnel files, ensuring compliance with data protection legislation.
- Maintaining HR documentation with consultation with Snr HR Manager.
- Conduct exit interviews and ensure that leaver administration is completed in a timely and accurate manner.
- Coordinate probation period reviews and other performance management documentation.
- Other duties as required by the HR Team to ensure the business is fully supported by the HR function.
- To be flexible in undertaking duties and responsibilities and may be asked to perform other duties with reasonably correspond to the general character of the position and are commensurate with its level of responsibility.

**To be successful in this role, you should be**:

- Educated to Degree level either in HR or Management or business related discipline. You are required to hold current CIPD membership and qualification.
- Acted as deputy to lead HR role in a similarly complex organisation.
- Evidence of working well whilst dealing with multi