Senior Policy Adviser, Data in Lockerbie

You will be based in our Lockerbie site, however will be expected to travel to other locations within the hub. You will provide pragmatic value-add HR advice, supporting staff and local leadership teams to deliver our growth strategy, whilst demonstrating our CARE values. No day will be the same, and you must be comfortable navigating between the demands of different sites and different leadership teams across the Group (sawmills, pallets & packaging etc).

You will be part of the HR Business Partnering team and act as the first point of contact for advice and guidance. You will facilitate a wide range of activities including recruitment, induction & training, employee relations case management, leadership development, and organisational development. You will work in partnership with HR Services to ensure transactional HR administration is effective and efficient for your sites, providing expert advice and guidance across operational delivery and ensuring correct interpretation and application of our policies and procedures.

• Maintain a strong focus on employee relations, talent management and organisational development activities.
• Work in partnership with HR Services to ensure all associated transactional HR administration is complete and accurate.
• Support people managers to excel in their people management responsibilities, enabling everybody to be the very best that they can be.
• Contribute to reviewing our policies, guidance and practices that enable colleagues to thrive.
• Support a range of operational HR projects that will strengthen our ambition to be the employer of choice in the sector.
• Promote and role model our values, demonstrating behaviours that also increase diversity of thought and support wellbeing.

Previous experience in a generalist HR role, supporting the full employee-lifecycle, including case management and ensuring compliance with UK employment law is required. A strong work ethic and hands-on approach with a desire to achieve excellence and an advocate for our HR profession is essential. You should have the ability to develop strong working relationships at all levels, motivating and influencing behaviours to drive a positive work culture. The ability to work independently as well as collaboratively as part of a wider remote HR team is necessary, along with the capability to travel regularly to sites within the regional hub.

You will have the right to work in the UK without the need for sponsorship and a full UK driving licence.

Benefits package includes:

• Competitive salary, £38-43k, depending on experience
• 33 days holiday
• 11% employer pension contribution, 4% employee contribution plus salary sacrifice
• Annual bonus, dependent on company and individual performance
• Health & Wellbeing services (Remote GPs, Mental Health Support, free physio)
• Employee discount platform for retail and leisure
• Life assurance cover, up to 4x salary

James Jones & Sons Ltd is a 5th generation family business and one of the UK’s largest and most progressive timber processing companies with core activities in timber harvesting, sawmilling, pallets & packaging, and distribution. In the UK, we operate seven sawmills, an engineered wood manufacturing plant and 14 pallet and packaging operations. We produce high quality, British grown timber for the UK construction, landscaping, and agricultural sectors; market-leading JJI-Joists for the housebuilding and construction markets and pallets and packaging for blue chip domestic and exporting businesses. Be part of a respected, innovative company, leading the way in sustainable timber.

Please forward your CV and covering letter to HR@jamesjones. No agencies please.