HR Advisor

At Humdinger Foods we take nuts, seeds, fruit and pulses and turn them into delicious snacks for both own label and branded ranges. We’re seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic HR Advisor to join the business based at our manufacturing site in Heckington, Sleaford (NG34 9JH).

As a HR Advisor at Humdinger, you will play a crucial role within the business, acting as a key point of contact for employees and management by providing a comprehensive generalist HR resource, helping to achieve and maintain an aligned and enthusiastic team culture where people can excel and have pride in their accomplishments.

This is an exciting role where you would lead the site, acting as the main HR contact for your people. You will also be encouraged to get involved with various project work and exiting wellbeing initiatives. Support is provided from the Humdinger HR Manager based at our manufacturing site in Hull, as well as the other HR teams across the Zertus group, too!

• To be a first point of contact for all employees on site to answer queries in relation to their employment in a competent, respectful and confidential manner.
• To advise and support managers with grievances, disciplinary actions, absence management and performance management cases on site.
• To write or review all relevant notes and letters as required and sending them out in a timely manner.
• To support managers in ensuring that comprehensive return to work interviews with all staff take place.
• To coach managers with HR procedures and challenge any non-compliance.
• To ensure that all self-certification forms and doctor’s notes, where required, are provided by employees who are absent due to sickness.
• To actively monitor, and together with the relevant manager, manage all absence cases making referrals to occupational health as required - instigating formal proceedings where necessary.
• To support any site reorganizations or department restructures as required.
• To build and maintain strong productive relationships with site managers and attend appropriate meetings as required.
• Support employee communications on notice boards, TV screens or email as required.
• Interpret and advises on employment legislation.
• Process all current, starters, leavers and change employee data on the system.
• Keep the weekly and monthly KPI logs up to date
• To assist with the design and delivery of development for the sites, such as performance reviews and management, discipline and grievance management as required.
• Work with site management alongside the L&D team to identify development needs and support the sourcing/delivery of training as required to ensure we have a skilled workforce.
• To assist with driving the PDR process.
• To work with management on the succession planning.
• Maintain both manual and computerized records for all employees – starters, leavers, transfers, time and attendance etc.
• Ensuring all site engagement and communications activity is delivered including companywide notices, briefings, employee representative meetings, employee surveys & follow up actions.
• Delivering on Recruitment, Induction & On-boarding, employee terms and conditions of employment, benefits and related processes.
• Providing full support to the site management team across all company HR policies & processes that deliver the entire ‘employee lifecycle’. · To support and prepare for any audits, with particular

• Able to support change, influence and build relationships at all levels.
• Experience in similar role within fast paced FMCG.
• Ability to work flexibly to support business needs as required.
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment legislation.
• Able to demonstrate evidence of problem solving.
• Good level of numerical and analytical skill.
• Competent using computer based packages, excel, word a MS Outlook and HRIS.
• Proven experience coordinating/assisting with H&S initiatives
• Excellent administrative and organizational skill with the ability to prioritize/multi task.
• Able to work on own initiative with little central support.
• Proactive approach to work and generating ideas - challenges the status quo suggest new ideas/processes of working