At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage employee relations and support colleague engagement initiatives.
- Company: Join Food Alert, a leading consultancy in food safety and health & safety.
- Benefits: Enjoy 25 days holiday, healthcare cash plan, and special perks for life events.
- Other info: Hybrid work model with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the hospitality sector with top brands like Starbucks and Dishoom.
- Qualifications: Experience in HR and employee relations, with strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 36000 - 44000 £ per year.
Location: Hybrid (3 days Savile Row, 2 days from home)
We are Food Alert – a leading food safety and health & safety consultancy working across the UK. We genuinely love, admire, and are passionate about the whole food and hospitality industry. We specialise in the hospitality sector supporting standout names like Starbucks, Dishoom, The Ivy Collection, and Citizen M.
Food Alert forms part of Citation Group - a collective of businesses dedicated to supporting small and medium-sized enterprises across a range of essential services. From HR and Health & Safety to Cybersecurity, E-Learning, and ISO compliance, we’ve got you covered.
Citation has achieved strong growth through a combination of organic expansion and strategic acquisitions, continually broadening our expertise, services, and reach to create a one-stop shop that supports businesses across the UK, Canada and Australia.
We know that you sustainably raise performance through engagement and that leadership and culture is key to this. We’re looking for a commercial HR generalist to play an integral role in our team and business. A key focus of this role will be managing employee relations—acting as a primary point of contact for employee queries, proactively addressing and resolving ER issues, and providing expert support to managers on all aspects of employee relations.
You’ll also be involved in the full colleague life cycle, driving colleague engagement, supporting learning and development, championing change, and contributing to business growth.
Onboarding new starters to ensure they understand our culture and reaching peak performance as quickly as possible.
- Provide HR support for all matters in your business area including performance management, training and development, ER issues including: grievances, disciplinaries, redundancy, long term sick, disputes, assist with TUPE, colleague wellbeing including maternity / paternity.
- Colleague Engagement: Life’s too short to hate where you work, you’ll help drive colleague engagement through a variety of initiatives.
- Liaise with payroll to ensure colleagues are paid correctly.
- Learning & Development: Support the delivery of training or other L&D initiatives, this could range from coordinating it, writing it or delivering it.
Agile with a growth mindset, you will really care about our business. It’s all about the people in Food Alert so you’ll need to demonstrate a wide range of influencing and communication skills. We’ve got a coaching style with our managers; we work together to help find the best solutions, so you’ll need to show us your coaching and problem-solving skills.
Experience of supporting a business with a variety of ER issues such as probation reviews, investigation, disciplinary, performance improvement; not just at note taking level but coaching and advising managers.
25 Days of Holiday + 8 Bank Holidays: We’re talking sun-soaked beaches, snow-capped mountains, or simply your favourite cozy spot at home. Take your well-deserved break with 25 days of holiday, plus those cherished bank holidays.
Extra weeks of holiday to bask in the glow of post-wedding happiness.
Vouchers and special perks await to celebrate the newest addition to your family.
Healthcare cash plan: That’s why we offer private healthcare to ensure your peace of mind and keep you feeling your best.
Senior HR Advisor (Policy, Projects, Policy) in City of London employer: Food Alert Ltd
At Food Alert, we pride ourselves on fostering a supportive and dynamic work environment that empowers our employees to thrive. With tailored training and clear career progression paths, our team members enjoy opportunities for professional growth while working remotely with the flexibility to travel to our London Head Office. Our commitment to employee well-being is reflected in our generous benefits package, including enhanced family leave, healthcare support, and regular team celebrations, making us an excellent employer for those seeking meaningful and rewarding careers in regulatory compliance.
