At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide HR advice and support across transport and agricultural operations.
- Company: Major UK food and farming business with a supportive HR team.
- Benefits: Salary up to £40,000, 25 days holiday, enhanced pension, and healthcare benefits.
- Other info: Permanent role with excellent career growth and training opportunities.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and make a real impact in HR within transport and logistics.
- Qualifications: Experience in HR advisory roles and strong knowledge of UK employment law.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
Permanent | Full-time | 37.5 hours per week
Monday to Thursday: 8:45am - 5:00pm
Friday: 8:45am - 3:45pm
Are you an experienced HR Advisor, HR Officer, People Advisor or Employee Relations Advisor looking for a varied operational HR role within transport, logistics and agriculture? RecruitME is recruiting for a confident and proactive HR Advisor to join the Agriculture division of a major UK food and farming business. This role primarily supports the company’s transport operation, working closely with transport managers, drivers, operational leaders and wider support teams. This is not a food-processing or abattoir-based position.
What’s in It for You?
- Salary of up to £40,000
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Option to purchase up to five additional days holiday
- Christmas site closure
- Enhanced pension contributions of up to 8%
- Healthcare cash plan
- Life assurance at three times your annual salary
- Dental, optical and critical illness benefits
- Training and professional development
- Support towards further qualifications
- Early finish every Friday
- Permanent role with long-term career potential
- Supportive and experienced HR team
The HR Advisor Role
As HR Advisor, you will provide practical, commercially focused and legally compliant HR advice across a busy transport and agricultural operation. Working closely with the Senior HR Advisor and HR Business Partner, you will support managers with employee relations, absence management, performance, recruitment, engagement and the wider employee lifecycle. The role has a strong employee relations focus and would suit someone who enjoys being visible within an operational environment, building relationships with managers and handling a varied HR caseload. You will be based at Anwick, near Sleaford, with occasional travel to other agricultural locations. Visits to the feed mill are expected approximately once per month.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day HR advice to transport managers and operational teams
- Manage investigations, disciplinary matters, grievances, absence and capability cases
- Coach managers on employment law, HR policies and consistent people management
- Support absence management, return-to-work processes and absence-reduction plans
- Advise managers on performance and capability matters
- Build strong relationships with drivers, managers and operational colleagues
- Maintain accurate HR records, case notes, correspondence and employee documentation
- Support recruitment, onboarding and training-compliance activity
- Assist with workforce planning and organisational change
- Support employee engagement, wellbeing and communication initiatives
- Produce HR reports and maintain accurate information on HR systems
- Support continuous improvement across HR policies and processes
- Provide occasional support at other agricultural locations
About You
You may currently be working as an:
- HR Advisor
- HR Officer
- People Advisor
- Employee Relations Advisor
- ER Advisor
- HR Generalist
- Site HR Advisor
- Operational HR Advisor
- Transport HR Advisor
- Logistics HR Advisor
You will ideally have:
- Previous experience in an HR advisory or generalist HR role
- Strong employee relations and case-management experience
- Experience managing disciplinary, grievance, absence and capability cases
- Good knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
- Confidence coaching and advising operational managers
- Strong organisation and prioritisation skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- A practical, resilient and solutions-focused approach
- Experience using HR systems and Microsoft Office
- A full UK driving licence
- Experience within transport, logistics, fleet operations, distribution, warehousing, manufacturing, FMCG, food, agriculture or another fast-moving operational environment would be highly advantageous.
- A CIPD qualification or current CIPD study would be beneficial but is not essential.
Apply today for immediate consideration for this permanent HR Advisor opportunity near Sleaford.
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