Engagement Co-ordinator

Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.

As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.

To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led, resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact

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This role

Our Engagement Co-Ordinator plays a vital role here at our Halifax Bakery, leading the colleague engagement plans and programme to ensure trust and valued relationships are developed. They will report to our Site HRBP and will extend their knowledge, support and experience to a wide range of stakeholders, including our amazing colleagues, site leadership team, people managers and visitors.

You will also have the opportunity to align with other areas of the HR function such as Learning & Development, Reward, Recruitment and Occupational Health & Wellbeing, to enhance our employee experience throughout the employee lifecycle. We know _how _we do something is critical to what we do, so you need to bring your confidence in collaborating to the role.

Your key deliverables will be:

- To work with the Site HRBP and support further development of the site Engagement strategy and roadmap
- Taking ownership for the delivery of the Experience agenda
- To drive and champion the annual site engagement survey
- To work with the Site Leadership team in a champion capacity to continuously support their cultural change journey
- Role modelling pladis winning traits and behaviours and bring fresh thinking to site to support all colleagues in developing and exhibiting the correct behaviours
- To maintain a network of contacts within the local community and beyond, driving social connections and CSR opportunities locally
- To drive the diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda at site, leading on action planning to create a sense of belonging and a culture of inclusion
- Actively listen and act as a point of conscience for the site leadership team to drive progress and continuous improvement

Bring your experience
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to listen, engage, influence and empower to actively drive forward the engagement agenda through others
- Well-developed planning, prioritisation and organisational skills
- Proven experience of working in a HR environment with understanding of Engagement drivers
- Passion and drive to challenge the norm to help create a better work environment for all colleagues
- Ability to build respected, trusted and supportive relationships with key partners
- A personal desire to continuously learn and develop to ensure new practices and thinking are understood and accepted
- CIPD Level 3 or equivalent (or working towards)

Our Purpose

Bring happiness with every bite

It’s a purpose that every one of our colleagues, all around the world believes in. And while we’re all unique, we also share the same values.

Each of our values is important on its own. In combination they’re incredibly powerful.

Our values have deep personal meaning to us. They’re part of who we are and what we stand for as an employer

Living our pladis values is a key part of success, look out for questions in your interview that link to these key pladis values.

Our Values

Purpose led - We’re energised and guided by our purpose to bring happiness with every bite

Agile - We’re ever evolving, we never stand still, always improving for our customers and our consumers

Positive - We’re highly motivated optimistic, courageous, and we inspire each other to be better

Resilient - We’re persistent in the face of setbacks, quick to adapt, learn and move forward

Collaborative - We gain strength from operating as one pladis, winning and succeeding together.

Best mix of ingredients

pladis is an equal opportunities employer, like every great recipe we’re a thoughtful mix. A happy and inclusive place to work that’s as diverse as our consumers and the communities we support, live and work in, all around the world. Where every voice is heard, and difference is celebrated. Where fresh perspectives and new ideas help us grow and thrive.

pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, rel