HR Business Partner

We drive our own success.

Proud to deliver high quality products and develop a high-quality career.

Competitive Salary

Up to 10% Bonus

Private Healthcare
25 days holiday + 8 days BH
Highly competitive rewards package including Group Pension

Why join us?

We're constantly evolving, progressing and diversifying. And we want our people to do so too. For everyone to feel empowered, engaged and enabled. To create opportunities to move forward, climb higher and push for more.

About the role.

A fantastic opportunity for a HR Business Partner to partner with our Group Services functions. You will provide generalist HR services to a client group of over 800 colleagues in 10 functions, based all over the Bakkavor estate in a matrix structure.

This role is essential in supporting the organisation through complex and changing business landscapes. We are looking for someone who can go above the standard delivery of transactional services, someone who can get a much deeper and broader understanding of the business functions. You will have the ability to work alongside all levels of management and be able to positively influence the organisation at both a strategic and tactical level.

Role Accountabilities

• Ensure all HR policies and processes are understood and complied with, managers receive appropriate coaching in line with Bakkavor standards and employment legislation. Provide insight and recommendations to Senior HRBP to resolve root cause of ER issues and drive cultural improvements.
• Support the engagement agenda by completing all admin and coordination of the employee engagement survey activities and supporting the functional engagement plans following up on delivery of actions. In addition, administering other engagement initiatives including Loyal Service Awards and recognition schemes.
• Manage the Right to Work process for the BU ensuring all employees have the correct documentation, including re-checks, online checks, sending letters to individuals to confirm actions required, and escalation of any potential risk to the SHRBP.
• Support Line Managers on the performance management cycle ensuring all reviews are completed, PDPs are live and action plans are in place where improvement is required. Develop line managers through coaching to ensure they understand the importance of quality conversations with their teams and have the skills to conduct them.
• Deliver local OD initiatives ensuring outcomes meet needs of the business and employment legislation.
• Coach and support line managers on absence, disciplinary and grievance issues and ensure managers have the appropriate skills to manage these people processes.
• Provide insight to the SHRBP and Line Managers on root causes of business unit people issues and make recommendations to improve.
• Report on KPIs for area of responsibility and agree actions to drive improvements with line managers and the SHRBP.
• An active member of the SEF supporting the SEF agenda to deliver their engagement activities as required and ensuring that the employee voice is represented.
• Champion MyHR for the business unit and ensure the use of both systems is maximised and colleagues are adequately trained and using self-service for the changes and requests whilst liaising with shared service functions to resolve issues and escalate accordingly.

About You.

• CIPD Level 5 or be willing to work towards this.
• Proven ability to build relationships, influence and coach partners, and challenge effectively.
• Able to work to strict timescales in a busy environment demonstrating resilience.
• Strong systems skills (including Microsoft office) with the and ability to coach others to use them.
• Demonstrable understanding of business priorities and challenges, and the role HR plays in driving this whilst keeping up to date with current trends and issues.
• Proactive and pragmatic approach with the ability to move matters forward and resolve issues.
• Results driven with excellent time management and prioritisation skills and the ability to see tasks through to completion.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to handle detail and to analyse data.
• Ability to communicate clearly in a variety of formats and adjust style to suit the audience.
• Courage to ask questions, introduce new ideas and question ways of working.
• Ability to act with integrity, be an ambassador for the Bakkavor values and to champion an inclusive culture.

What you'll receive.

As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.

• Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
• Short Term Bonus Scheme
• 25 days holiday
• Staff Shop
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• MyBargains Discount Platform
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Free Independent Mortgage Advice
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
• Discounted tutoring for children
• Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free Carparking

Proud to be Bakkavor

We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!

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