Senior HR Business Partner

Consortium of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Voluntary and Community Organisations Limited; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent community organization in Stoke-on-Trent is looking for an experienced HR professional to support their bakery site. This site-based role involves leading the HR team, managing employment strategies, and partnering with the factory leadership. The successful candidate must hold a CIPD qualification and have experience in Trade Union negotiations and employment law. The role offers a competitive salary of circa £60,000, along with car allowance and benefits such as a pension scheme.

Benefits

Car allowance

Bonus scheme

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Qualifications

• CIPD qualification is essential for this HR role.
• Experience leading Trade Union negotiations is required.
• Strong knowledge of employment law is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Leading the site HR team and delivering key HR objectives.
• Managing performance and engagement strategies on site.
• Coaching site leadership and ensuring robust development plans.

Skills

Trade Union negotiations

Employment law

Team management

Relationship building

Education

CIPD qualification

Job description

Pay: Salary circa £60,000 per annum plus car allowance and bonus

Highlighted points for this job

'Stoke on Trent based role with salary circa £60,000 per annum plus car allowance and bonus'

'Site based HR role supporting a bakery with circa 500 employees on a 2 year fixed term contract'

'Responsible for leading site HR team and developing HR objectives'

'Requires CIPD qualification and experience in leading trade union negotiations and employment law'

'Offers benefits including private healthcare, sharesave scheme, life assurance and pension scheme'

Based - Stoke on Trent, ST4 6PH

Salary circa £60,000 per annum plus car allowance and bonus

Please note: this is a site based role, as you will be working with and supporting colleagues that work full time on site.

Working in partnership with the Factory General Manager, the site leadership team and as part of a wider HR Team, you will be responsible for developing and delivering the key HR objectives for our Mr Kipling bakery site of circa 500 people. This role is for an initial 2 year fixed term contract.

You will achieve these goals through effective coaching, leading by example and managing KPI performance, as well as being the site expert for all aspects of HR, including ER, engagement, L&D, recruitment. You will also have responsibility for leading the site HR team.

What you will be doing:

• Ensure robust development and succession plans are in place through delivery of Premier Foods talent and performance management processes
• Deliver timely wage negotiation activity through strategic planning and governance of related activity to include external benchmarking of local market rates; participation in appropriate negotiations
• Lead key HR projects ensuring that they are delivered to the business to time, cost and quality standards
• Promote a positive working environment through the delivery of an engagement strategy in addition to effective management of procedural issues and provision of expert advice to line management
• Interface with relevant HR colleagues to ensure delivery of Premier Foods processes and procedures where appropriate
• Play an instrumental role in the design and deployment of development activity across the site

What we need from you:

• Previous experience of leading Trade Union negotiations, pay awards and T&C reviews
• Strong employment law knowledge and change management experience
• Team management experience and the ability to build effective relationships across all levels

What we offer you:

• Salary circa £60,000 per annum, plus car allowance and bonus scheme
• Pension scheme of up to 7.5%
• Life assurance

Please note: this is a site based role, as you will be working with and supporting colleagues that work full time on site.

At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticity and individuality. We aim to ensure all existing and future colleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to work no matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in. Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.

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