Job Title: People Officer
Salary: Starting salary – Up to £36k (with planned increments for 2 years)
Location: Chinley (SK23 6BT)
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent.
At Orbia, purpose is what draws us together and drives us every single day. Everywhere we are, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges.
This is where your abilities can be developed. Where your ambitions can be realized. Where you can own your part in our transformation. Where you can find a diverse, global community of teammates who are making a difference with you. And where you’ll be taken care of as you take care of bringing purpose to life.
Alphagary, an Orbia business, is looking for a People Officer to be based at our Chinley Sitein Derbyshire.
Job Summary/ Purpose:
The role will focus on the following key areas:
- Advising and supporting management team with all people-related matters and ER issues
- Ensuring best-practice and legal compliance is observed within all people related matters at Chinley
- Membership of Leadership Team (gravitas / trusted partner) – play an active role in Chinley site leadership
- Leadership of Management Capability programme (design, deliver & evaluate modules)
- Managing sickness absence
- Courageous conversations
- Coaching
- Effective communications & briefing
- Investigations
- Individual Development Plans
- Managing all people procedures on site:
- Recruitment
- Investigations
- Sickness absence procedure
- Disciplinary & Grievance
- Site briefing process
- Develop new handbook & policies – consultation of employee reps / delivery of briefings / organisation of new contracts
- Leadership of projects (topics TBC)
- Work closely with PBP (Melton) to support UK-wide approach and gain TU experience
You will liaise with Legal Advisor & Occupational Health provider when required as well as reporting to our People Business Partner (UK).
This is an opportunity to develop into first “stand alone” HR role whilst working within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Person specification:
- Experience of working within HR role / HR team
- Competent within basic HR responsibilities:
- Procedural support ER (Investigations / SAMP / disciplinaries & grievances)
- Low-level projects (reorganisation / pay review / training plans)
- Use and maintenance of HRIS
- Support Performance Management programme (Success Factors or similar)
- Design and deliver Induction programmes
- Recruitment for junior positions
- Design and deliver Employee wellbeing workshops
- Interface with support – Payroll / Occupational Health / Legal Advisor / Comp & Bens / Recruitment agencies
- Writing & delivering briefs
- Limited experience in the above activities is desirable
- Experience of working within HR team and managing transactions / processes is essential (probably in HR Officer / Advisor capacity) is essential
- The new People Officer will undergo significant development in first 12 to 24 months
- They are required to show potential for development into People Business Partner within 24 months
- Great opportunity to gain first site leadership team responsibility within manufacturing environment
Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what working at Orbia is all about.
If you are excited about this role and your experience and competencies somewhat align with the qualification in the posting, we encourage you to apply.
We believe that every voice matters; every community deserves respect; and every challenge is an opportunity and united by empathy, we are stronger for our different perspectives.
Candidates with experience of; Personnel Manager, Human Resources Manager, HR Business Partner, People Business Partner, Personnel Manager, HR Manager, HR Officer, may also be considered for this role.
