HR Advisor

We're looking for an HR Advisor to join our dynamic production facility in Fakenham for a 12-month maternity cover.

At our facility, we craft exceptional products aimed at revolutionizing eating habits worldwide. Our Linda McCartney meals stand as pioneers in the plant-based category. Our client is a leading UK food company dedicated to creating natural, wholesome food and drink products. We're the driving force behind household brands like Hartley's, Sun-Pat, New Covent Garden Soup Co., Linda McCartney's, and Yorkshire Provender.

**The Role**:
As a HR Advisor, your primary objective is to collaborate with the site leadership team, aligning with the group's people agenda.

Working 8:00am - 4:00pm Monday - Friday

**Salary**:
£33,000 per annum

**Key Responsibilities**:

- **Business Partnership**:

- Offer invaluable guidance to functional leads/managers, enabling informed business decisions.
- Assess and communicate the broader implications and risks associated with decisions, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of potential outcomes.
- Consider long-term impacts, both locally and across the broader business landscape.
- **Site Communications & Engagement**:

- Drive employee engagement initiatives and manage the engagement process on-site, including the annual survey rollout.
- Foster communication strategies at both group and site levels, bolstering a cohesive work environment.
- Implement the group's wellbeing program, actively engaging with the factory and office spaces to support the workforce.
- **Building Capability**:

- Contribute to the site's training plan, ensuring 100% adherence and skill development across areas.
- Collaborate with the GM to enhance skill levels, providing feedback on identified areas requiring learning interventions.
- Spearhead the annual review process to craft succession and talent plans for each area.
- **Resourcing**:

- Support functional leads/managers in maintaining an updated and efficient recruitment portal, facilitating swift authorization processes.
- Ensure robust interview and selection standards, optimizing recruitment processes and coaching line managers accordingly.
- Collaborate on establishing the right workforce in each area, aligning with business needs.

**Requirements**:

- A degree or equivalent, CIPD accredited at a graduate level.
- Previous experience in a similar role, preferably within FMCG.
- Proven experience in deploying HR change initiatives.
- Influential and persuasive capabilities.
- Broad-ranging knowledge and a commitment to fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

**What We Offer**:

- Competitive Salary
- 25 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays
- Additional annual leave purchase option
- Support for charity work with a day off
- Flexible working arrangements
- Pension and medical benefits
- Access to a 'Wellbeing' portal and exclusive discounts through our HUB

**Join Our Growing Team**:
With over 1,100 employees across our 5 UK sites, we value each member of our diverse workforce. Our commitment to promoting from within drives our core behaviours: ambition, collaboration, transparent communication, innovation, and uncompromising quality.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract

**Salary**: £33,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

**Experience**:

- Human resources: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- CIPD (required)

Ability to Commute:

- Fakenham, NR21 8EH (required)

Work Location: In person