Senior HR Advisor (Policy, Projects, Policy) in Cornwall, Truro

Kepak is a global food company serving international retailers and food service household names with prime cuts of meat, on-trend food concepts and ready-for-market convenience foods. Kepak Red Meat UK operates from three sites within the UK. Our growing and developing site HR function are looking for an experienced HR Advisor to join the team. You will be based at our Kepak Bodmin site which is a single species (cattle) primary product and packing site, with approximately 300 employees and a 5 day operation.

Working hours are 37.5hrs per week, Monday to Friday, site based with some flexibility around home working and hours of work to ensure we support your work-life balance. Opportunity to work for a leading food manufacturer in a fast paced, dynamic and production focused role, within a small HR Team, with operational excellence at the heart of what we do.

As well as delivering on the day to day HR operations you will be working collaboratively with the HR Manager to support the site HR strategy. This will give you a great exposure to enhancing employee engagement, managing employee relations, and leading continuous improvement projects. We offer a variety of training to help you reach your full potential and support your development and progression.

As an HR Advisor you will:

• Build effective relationships with stakeholders and become a trusted advisor to positively influence approaches and behaviours in line with site/company standards and best practice, escalating any complex queries to the HR Manager as necessary.
• Manage Employee Relations cases end-to-end including investigation, disciplinary, grievance, capability, flexible working, absence and performance management, coaching line managers/supervisors and providing pragmatic advice throughout the process.
• Lead on assigned ad-hoc projects as required, including data gathering, research and analysis.
• Support the HR Manager with delivery of annual HR processes such as salary reviews, succession planning and employee surveys.
• Support the Recruiter as required with recruitment activities including utilising the recruitment system, including advertising, responding to applications, scheduling interviews/block tests, and being a member of the interview panel.
• Support the Training Co-ordinator as required with new hire inductions, and other training needs identified as required.

Passionate about delivering a proactive, operationally focused and value-add HR service to the business. A role model for the Kepak values of Responsibility, Ambition, Passion for Food and Teamwork, you will be operating at Lead Self level and able to demonstrate our required core behaviour.

Benefits include:

• Flexible working hours to suit you and the business.
• 31 days annual leave (after probation).
• Employee Discount platform - All Kepak employees are entitled to access to the WrkIt platform, which offers significant discounts and cashback with hundreds of brands.
• Refer a Friend Scheme - Get up to £500 for successfully referring a friend or family member to Kepak Group.
• FREE access to Employee Assistance Program (Includes Free legal advice, counselling and mental health advice).
• Company Pension plan.
• Death in Service benefit for all employees in the pension scheme.
• Christmas hamper.
• On-site parking - Our Kepak site has a dedicated staff car parking facility which is free to use for all of our colleagues.
• Cycle to work scheme - You can buy a bike and safety equipment through a salary sacrifice scheme which reduces your taxable income – meaning you pay less tax!
• Subsidised Canteen - Our on site canteen is serving multiple hot food options during the day.
• Free Lunch Once a Month.
• Free hot drinks all day.
• Long Service Award - we recognise, acknowledge and award the dedication and valuable contribution of long serving employees.
• Ongoing Training and Development in the role.