Junior HR & Training Officer - Roberts Bakery 1887 Ltd- Northwich

This role is responsible for all generalist HR activities for a specific group of employees, encompassing generalist HR & Training Administration and working in close co-operation with the Head of HR, HR Advisors, business managers and their teams.

What you will contribute:

• Undertake daily administrative activities relating to the entire employee lifecycle following defined policies, optimising processes ensuring all HR and Training records are maintained consistently, accurately and in compliance with GDPR and other statutory requirements.
• Act as a point of contact and provide guidance (where applicable) to employees on HR matters, ensuring that ‘moments that matter’ to all employees (e.g. induction, job changes and promotions etc.) are managed well.
• Support HR Advisors and the Head of HR with ER activities including capability, disciplinary and grievance and build effective relationships with employees and managers across the business.
• In conjunction with the Head of HR & Advisors, provide advice, guidance, coaching and hands-on support across a range of people matters for your respective area, including understanding business requirements, building employee relations and agreeing appropriate interventions, best practices around leading change, and supporting managers to effectively manage and engage their teams to ensure a culture of inclusion and diversity.
• Co-ordinate and facilitate training activities related to skill building required by our customers and colleagues, utilising external providers, LMS platform and High-Speed Systems – Ensure we are audit ready, working in partnership with HR Advisors to ensure that training is assigned, and managers are kept appraised of the progress against mandatory training.
• Promote an inclusive culture – focused on health and safety and employee wellbeing.
• Work with the Head of HR and Advisors to ensure that all policies are updated in line with changes in legislation and managers are made aware of these changes as appropriate.
• In conjunction with Head of HR and Advisors, support effective management of industrial relations– ensuring good relationships with recognised unions.
• Work with HR Advisors to support the recruitment process when required (Talentvine support, arranging interviews & contracts) to ensure we have the right people in the right roles at all times.

What you will bring:

• Demonstrable experience in all aspects of generalist HR within a manufacturing business – including managing ER/IR situations.
• Understanding and experience of HR interventions which drive business productivity and performance.
• Demonstrable experience of coaching managers and employees.
• Demonstrable commitment to the promotion of equality and diversity and role modelling proactive flexible and inclusive behaviours.
• The ability to build good relationships and partnerships across the organisation for which they are responsible.
• The ability to make logical, well-balanced and reasoned decisions.
• A commitment to people development and the organisational values and behaviours that underpin the culture and value of the business.
• Demonstrable experience of a wide range of HR administrative processes and activities (offers, inductions, capability management; ER note taking and low-level meeting management etc., training administration).
• willingness to progress and develop and bring new ideas to enable continuous improvement.

Key Competences and levels of capability:

• Business & Market knowledge
• Organisation Effectiveness
• Project, Program & Portfolio Management
• Employee & Stakeholder Centricity
• Culture Champion
• Talent & Capability Steward