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HR Advisor – Impact Food Group

Woking / Surrey

At Impact Food Group, we’re more than just a school caterer. We’re on a mission to create a positive food culture and help more students enjoy healthier, better-quality food. Making a positive social impact is at the heart of everything we do.

Through our industry-leading brands – Innovate, Hutchison, Cucina, and Chapter One – we cater for over 600,000 students and operate in more than 900 schools nationwide, growing every year.

As a HR Advisor, you’ll be a key partner to our operational teams – building great working relationships with and supporting around 250 schools across a region, as well as operations leadership teams. You’ll be the trusted voice on all things people, helping managers lead with confidence, compassion, and clarity.

• Providing timely, practical guidance to empower managers to lead fairly, consistently, and brilliantly.
• Advising and supporting managers through formal investigations and hearings, ensuring every step is handled with care and integrity.
• Guiding and coaching on short- and long-term sickness cases, including Occupational Health referrals and reasonable adjustments to contribute to a positive culture where employees feel supported.
• Supporting capability procedures and performance improvement plans that help people grow and succeed to make a difference and improve knowledge.
• Delivering engaging training sessions and workshops on topics like absence management, performance, probation, and flexible working.
• Working in collaboration with the People department with employees transferring via TUPE at peak periods to succeed as a team – reviewing employee liability information and maintaining contractual entitlements.

• Proven experience in a People/HR Advisory role, ideally in a fast-paced, operational setting.
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and people practices, including TUPE processes.
• Confidence in managing ER cases end-to-end, including disciplinary, grievance, absence, and capability.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills—you know how to coach, guide, and inspire.

• Competitive salary, 25 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Company pension scheme.
• Access to our extensive online Learning platform and development opportunities.
• An employee wellbeing platform.
• IFG rewards for highstreets discounts.
• Annual Summer Party with company awards.

Additional Details – IFG are committed to the safeguarding of children and our employees share this commitment. Successful candidates are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check, which we supply the cost for. We are a committed equal opportunities employer – if you require any assistance for the interview process, please detail within your application. All information is kept confidential and in compliance with GDPR requirement.