People Advisor

Title: People Advisor
Function: Human Resources  
Location: Bristol   

Salary: Competitive

Are you an experienced People Advisor and looking for your next challenge?

The Recipe

Supporting the People Partner in the provision of high quality, consistent, efficient advice, guidance and coaching to leaders across both Manufacturing and Distribution functions. Delivering added value support and solutions to the business, with a core focus on a range of employee relations matters and case management in line with company people policies and values.

The Role

You'll provide clear and consistent advice, guidance and coaching via telephone support or face to face to successfully manage and resolve employee relations cases to deliver right first time. With a pragmatic approach to case management in line with company values, fair employment practice, legislative requirements and service expectations. Provide expertise to line managers on a range of people issues which enable the effective management of people performance, talent and engagement in line with lead for growth objectives. You'll also support all actions required to raise the level of manager capability to manage in line with people policies via coaching and other facilitated development methods.

Supporting managers in the execution of change in line with relevant business and legal requirements e.g. redundancy consultation, organisational structural change to ensure the smooth and effective delivery of business change. Work with the People Partner to identify and deliver continuous improvement opportunities, using expertise, data and metrics to co create and recommends solutions that solve key employee and business challenges. You'll work effectively with ER Lead, legal advisors and trade unions at local level on ER related policies and procedures and in the management and resolution of employee matters. Take responsibility for maintaining own continuous professional development (CPD), and knowledge of legislative changes and knowledge share. Supporting other ad hoc people management requirements, as and when required in addition to core responsibilities above, as part of the broader People team to ensure full and effective business operation and people services delivery

Essential Ingredients

• Experience in an advisory HR/People role ideally gained in a fast paced or blue-chip environment in manufacturing/distribution
• Excellent knowledge of UK employment law and solid background and expertise of ER case management, handling disciplinary, grievance, performance and attendance management issues at all stages of company procedure in an advisory capacity,
• CIPD qualified/may be working towards
• A good understanding of business issues and how the identification and delivery of HR/ People interventions
• Systems: Experience of using a HRM system / database, ideally SAP Success Factors;
• Commercial acumen- Good business awareness / knowledge.
• Prioritising and Organisation - Ability to plan and organise and monitor a diverse workload.
• Strong team working ethic
• Excellent communication skills: articulate, influential; persuasive; and politically savvy.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and as part of a wider People Function
• Excellent relationship builder- collaborative in approach, establishing credible, trusted relationships with both internal and external contacts at all levels.
• Ability to coach, consult and challenge in a constructive manner, with confidence and resilience to influence at all levels from senior stakeholder to team members.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong balanced judgement and use a pragmatic common-sense approach
• Attention to detail and high, consistent levels of accuracy
• Full clean UK driving license

Extra Dough

You will want to know what your bread is worth:

• Competitive Salary
• A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
• Family time is important to us, and we know it will be to you, so you’ll have 5 weeks holiday and bank holidays with the opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year
• Award winning pension scheme 
• Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
• Support for your health and wellbeing, access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service 

We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.