HR Advisor

If you’re an HR generalist who thrives where the pace is real and the impact is tangible, this role belongs on your radar.

We’re looking for a credible, hands-on HR Advisor to strengthen people operations across a high-performing manufacturing site. You’ll partner directly with the HR Business Partner to improve people metrics, embed best practices, and elevate the employee experience end-to-end.

This is a role for someone who wants breadth, responsibility, and genuine influence—not admin disguised as HR.

What You’ll Own

You’ll be the go-to advisor for managers and colleagues across the site, with accountability for:

Employee Relations

Managing conduct, capability, grievance, and disciplinary cases with confidence, fairness, and legal integrity.

People Metrics & Planning

Driving KPIs, including absence, retention, turnover, and agency usage. Partnering with Ops, Talent, and L&D to deliver people plans that actually move the dial.

Policies & Employment Law

Guiding managers through policy, compliance, and risk—ensuring decisions are consistent, pragmatic, and aligned to UK employment law.

Absence Management

Leading sickness processes end-to-end and supporting improvement plans.

Ethical Compliance & Audits

Supporting customer, ethical, and SEDEX audits to maintain strong standards and documentation.

Learning, Safety & Wellbeing

Championing HSE initiatives, training compliance, wellbeing, and engagement activities.

Recruitment & Onboarding

Partnering with Hiring Managers and Talent teams to ensure smooth, high-quality hiring and induction.

Projects & Continuous Improvement

Driving HR projects, improvement activity, and commercial decision-making that supports site performance.

What Good Looks Like

• Proven experience in a HR Advisor / HR Generalist role
• Strong grounding in UK employment law
• Confident supporting managers at all levels
• Skilled in HR systems, data accuracy, and documentation
• Practical, solutions-driven, and comfortable supporting a manufacturing workforce

Desirable: CIPD qualification and experience in food manufacturing

The Behaviours That Matter

Approachable. Honest. Commercial. Consistent.

You take ownership. You follow through. And you care about creating a fair, safe, and engaged environment.

Why This Role?

You won’t just “support HR.”

You’ll shape culture. Reduce risk. Strengthen performance.

And directly influence outcomes that matter to both people and the business.