People Team Advisor
Who We Are:
Abel & Cole has pioneered organic, ethical and sustainable food delivery for over 30 years. Doing things better is our bread and butter; from saving over 60 million plastic bags by using reusable boxes for our food deliveries, to finding alternatives to plastic long before it hit the headlines. We are forever challenging ourselves to find the most positive way to do business and want everyone to eat organic because it’s one way to save the future. It’s these values that enabled us to become B Corp certified; an optional audit we’ve gone through to recognise how we put people and planet before profit, as well as help us find room for further improvement.
We’re looking for more people to join our team of almost 600, to share our passion for doing the right thing even bigger and better than we do already. In a fast paced and competitive market, we know it’s our people who make the difference. We’ve learnt how important it is to recognise, develop and promote from within; and that trusting people lets them come up with the best ideas and that helps our entrepreneurial spirit to thrive.
Role Summary:
The people who work at Abel & Cole are important to our success and we are committed to maintaining this as a great, fun place to work. In this role you will be providing HR advice and assistance on a range of different topics. You will be required to provide a comprehensive HR service which ensures that managers and employees are equipped with best practice to foster a high performance and happy culture. You will also work on projects to make Abel & Cole an even better place to work. We provide a fun, and collaborative working environment – this is a fantastic opportunity to be part of the Abel & Cole People team.
What You’ll Be Doing:
* Act as first point of contact for all employee People/HR queries.
* Assist with writing and updating People policies/procedures and then advising line managers on how to apply the policies practically.
* Provide employment law advice to managers on employee relation issues.
* Advise on sickness absence issues, including liaising with Occupational Health/GP’s and working with line managers to reduce sickness absence.
* Ensure all new starter and leaver processes are completed in a timely and effective manner
* Advise and provide support for line managers in producing documentation, including offer letters, contracts of employment, internal offer letters and change to terms of employment letters.
* Advise on and provide support to line managers with disciplinaries, grievances and appeals including note taking at meetings.
* Manage the maintenance and development of our HR databases, iTrent and People First.
* Run, maintain and develop People/HR reports to provide meaningful data to the business on our people.
* Support training across the company, including facilitating workshops and organising training and development activities.
About You:
* You will have proven HR generalist experience
* Ideally working towards or CIPD qualified or equivalent experience in an advisory role
* Good understanding of employment law
* Great organisational skills and experience of managing own workload to meet deadlines, using initiative where required
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
* Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport with people
* Meticulous attention to detail
* The ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and with other departments
* Competent at using Microsoft office packages, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
What we offer:
This is a full-time position, Monday – Friday, 37.5 hours per week. The role will be based at our Andover site – we usually work from home on Fridays and other home working days can be discussed.
Salary of £30,000 to £32,000 per annum (FTE) depending on location and experience.
* Flexible working options considered.
* A free box of fruit and veg every week.
* Up to 35% discount on A&C products.
* Wellbeing and Rewards platform with access to discounts, GP service and Employee Assistance Programme
* Cycle to Work Scheme.
Want To See More:
Check us out at: www.abelandcole.co.uk, www.bcorporation.net/en-us/find-a-b-corp/company/abel-cole/, and Instagram
Abel & Cole promotes equal opportunities for all employees. We want our employees to feel they can be themselves at work and develop their talents to the full. Members of staff are expected to take personal responsibility for keeping our workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and bullying - a place where everyone is treated fairly and respectfully.
As part of the recruitment journey, if you need us to make any reasonable adjustments so you’re not disadvantaged, please contact us as soon as possible. We welcome applications from people with disabilities.
To support Abel & Cole’s commitment to inclusion and diversity, we ask that you remove all personal details from your CV. This includes removal of home address, D.O.B and place of education.
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