HR Officer

Bespak Limited; England; On-site; GBP 33,000 - GBP 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical manufacturer in the United Kingdom is looking for a HR Officer to support their Holmes Chapel site. This role entails providing high-quality HR advice, managing employee relations, and contributing to recruitment processes. The ideal candidate will have strong HR knowledge, particularly in UK employment law and experience in data analysis. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including a generous pension contribution, annual leave, and medical insurance are offered, alongside flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

10% pension contribution

Free parking

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Qualifications

• Experience in an HR Officer or similar advisory role with knowledge of UK law.
• Ability to produce HR metrics and insights.
• Strong autonomy with support for senior HR colleagues.
• Proficient in managing competing demands and HR objectives.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR advice to managers and employees.
• Manage complex employee relations cases.
• Support recruitment and candidate experience.
• Deliver core HR processes like performance management.
• Contribute to HR projects and policy development.

Skills

HR advisory

UK employment law knowledge

Data analysis

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Education

CIPD Level 5 or working towards

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About The Role

Bespak are seeking a HR Officer for a fixed term contract for the Holmes Chapel site, CW4 8BE. The salary for this role is £33,000 to £38,000 plus a discretionary annual bonus. Other benefits you will receive are 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a generous 10% pension contribution, onsite free parking, and medical / dental / health / life insurance.

Working Pattern

– Monday to Friday (8.30am to 9am start / 4.30pm - 5pm finish. 4pm finish on Friday possible). There is some flexibility on start and finish times.

Role Overview

The HR Officer plays a key role in delivering a high-quality, responsive HR service that supports both people and organisational performance. Working in partnership with the HR Business Partner and Head of HR, the role provides practical, day-to-day HR advice and support whilst actively contributing to the continuous improvement of HR processes and ways of working.

An integral member of a delivery-focused site-based HR Team. The role combines strong operational HR delivery with involvement in the functional projects, data analysis and service development, supporting the organisation\'s people strategy and overall performance.

Duties

• Provide high-quality, legally compliant HR advice to managers and employees, aligned to UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Manage first-line and complex employee relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, performance, absence and long-term sickness management.
• Coach and support managers in effective people management and fair, consistent decision-making.
• Support end-to-end recruitment and selection, ensuring inclusive practices and a strong candidate experience.
• Deliver and support core people processes, including performance management, reward, annual merit and bonus cycles.
• Analyse HR data and KPIs to support workforce planning and evidence-based decision-making.
• Contribute to HR projects, policy development and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrate strong professional integrity, ethical practice and compliance with health, safety and governance requirements attracting, securing, and retaining specialist talent essential to operating in a regulated pharmaceutical/GMP environment
• Accountable for end-to-end recruitment delivery, ensuring quality, compliance, and an exceptional candidate and line manager experience
• Acting as a trusted partner to hiring managers and HR, providing market insight, recruitment best practice, and workforce planning support
• Building sustainable talent pipelines, including early careers and future skills development.

Essential Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in an HR Officer or equivalent advisory role, with sound applied knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Evidence of a data-led approach, including effective use of HR systems, maintenance of accurate people data, and production of HR metrics and insights to support decision-making.
• Ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy while providing professional, proactive support to senior HR colleagues and business stakeholders.
• Strong planning, organisation and communication skills, with the ability to prioritise workload, manage competing demands and deliver against agreed HR objectives.
• Demonstrates professional integrity, confidentiality and discretion in line with CIPD standards of ethical practice.
• Digitally confident, with strong capability in Microsoft Office applications

Desirable

• Experience supporting first-line employee relations cases
• CIPD Level 5 qualified or actively working towards the qualification
• Experience liaising with Occupational Health providers and supporting the delivery of internal wellbeing or health-related programmes

Benefits

• 25 days annual holiday + bank holiday + Buy/Sell Scheme
• A generous employer pension contribution
• Private medical insurance
• Private dental Insurance
• Permanent Health Insurance
• Group life insurance
• Free will service
• Active Well-being programme
• Recognition awards
• Free Parking

About Bespak

Holmes Chapel is an Investors in People silver award winner who employs over 300 people and is a pharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) that offers development and manufacturing solutions for a variety of medical products. Our products include medical devices such as pressurized metered dose inhalers (pMDI), soft mist inhalers (SMI), dry powder inhalers (DPI), nasal sprays and medical check valves.

Holmes Chapel is a beautiful village in Cheshire with excellent transport links via its railway station on the Crewe-Manchester Line. The village has a population of nearly 7,000 and offers various amenities, including supermarkets, shops, restaurants, schools, and a GP practice.

As an ethical employer we align our BZero sustainability initiative to the SBTI certification which means we are on a road to carbon reduction targeting net zero and are proud to be ISO certified in 14001, 45001 and 13485.

A full job description can be downloaded on the application Screen.

Our core values are, Customer Focussed, Respectful, Collaborative, and Agile, these are woven into the fabric of our business and the values we measure ourselves by.

We are flexible. We understand that there is a life outside of work, so we aim to support you in attaining a happy work/life balance. To cater for employees’ individual circumstances, and where possible, we agree flexible working arrangements.

We value our inclusivity as we believe diversity should be embraced and celebrated. We live and work by these values and that’s what makes our company a great place to work.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. We will support you throughout the recruitment process with any adjustments you require therefore please contact the Recruitment Team if you require support.

Please note that we are working with our trusted recruitment partner, Kinetic PLC, to manage this recruitment process. A consultant from their team may screen your application and contact you directly on our behalf to progress your application.