HR Advisor

**Who We Are**

Owned by the Italian Frandino Group and originally founded in the 1950s as a fruit distillery, **Sedamyl **has grown to become one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of wheat derivatives such as starches, sweeteners, proteins and alcohol for major food and industrial sectors worldwide. In 2012 the group expanded its international presence by opening a plant in Selby, UK.

**What We Do**

**Sedamyl UK,** uses Yorkshire-grown wheat in its production, which is purchased from a network in excess of 1,000 local farmers, so providing a valuable and sustained revenue stream. The announcement in 2021 to invest a further £80m in expanding both its distilling and liquid sweetener production, significantly boosts an already growing workforce to around 150 employees, creating in excess of 75 new jobs for the area.

**What we are looking for**

We are looking for a HR Advisor to join small team, providing a dedicated HR people service to all employees and site management. Reporting directly to the HR Director you will provide front line HR advice and support service on a broad range of employment issues covering all aspects of the employee lifecycle, as well as having the opportunity to contribute to wider HR initiatives and projects. This is an excellent opportunity for someone to develop themselves and further their HR career.

**Responsibilities include**
- Be a first point of contact for all employees and managers to answer all queries on employee related matters and in a competent, respectful, and confident manner
- Provide professional advice on all aspects of employee relations including, absence management, disciplinary, grievance and performance management
- Review and update all policies in line with current legislation and best practice
- Develop effective relationships with the business to promote good employee relations across the organization
- Support the recruitment process, assisting with job descriptions, person specifications, knowledge and skills framework competencies and recruitment advertisements
- Maintain both manual and computerized records for all employees - starters, leavers, transfers, time, and attendance etc.
- Assist with the design and delivery of learning and development programs to ensure we have a skilled workforce
- Ensure all site engagement and communications are delivered concisely including updating notices, attending employee forums, briefings and providing information for monthly newsletter
- Providing support and collating information as required for audit purposes
- Performing own administration tasks including raising offer letters, contracts of employment, note taking, creating reports etc.
- Undertake other duties as reasonably requested

**Skills and Knowledge**
- Qualified CIPD or proven experience of working in a Human Resources environment
- Excellent people skills with the ability to build and maintain credible and strong professional relationships as all levels
- Experience working in similar role within FMCG
- Previous experience of HR policies and procedures
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to deal with confidential information and maintain confidentiality
- Excellent administrative and organisational skills with the ability to multitask
- Excellent communication skills
- Working knowledge of Microsoft systems
- Excellent team working skills

**Salary & Benefits**

Competitive salary relevant to experience

32 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)

Generous Pension Scheme

Life Assurance Scheme

Healthcare scheme available after one year service

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
**Experience**:

- Human resources: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- CIPD (preferred)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: One location