Temporary HR & Training Admin Assistant

Temporary HR & Training Admin Assistant (6 month FTC)

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Due to site expansion, we have an exciting opportunity for a HR and Training Assistant to join our team at Florette in Lichfield, WS13 8NF, on a temporary basis for 6 months.

The successful candidate will assist with both HR administration and training tasks, ensuring that all employment and training obligations are delivered across sites as part of our site expansion plans. You will support the integration, alongside the site management team, of all HR/Training project tasks with support from colleagues, in order to allow a smooth transition and training of new starters. You will be confident, collaborative, and primarily a people pleaser!

Working hours: Mon-Fri, 08:30 - 17:00pm

Pay: £27,500 per annum pro rata

Main Responsibilities
• Coordination of the new starter process involving the induction of new starters, ensuring the relevant compliance checks are undertaken and details inputted onto the HR system.
• To coordinate the reference process both for new starters and ex-employees.
• Working with site HR team on delivery of wellbeing activities where required.
• Ensure that operational based employees are being trained and signed off accordingly.
• Work with the Operational Skills Trainer to ensure 12-week trainings plans and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) are in place for all operational employees.
• Carry out Operational Check ins with all new operational employees.

Skills and Experience Required
• Experience in a HR/Resourcing/Training environment is desirable, but not essential.
• Notable administration work experience supported with strong attention to detail skills.
• Confident, collaborative, and primarily a people-person!
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office - PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
• Experience or interest in leading both group and 1-to-1 training courses.
• Formally Qualified in HR and/or Training is advantageous but not required.

What You Will Get In Return

An annual salary of £27,500 pro rata for the period worked as well as a range of employee benefits you’d expect from a market leading business, including:
• Life Assurance: 3x your basic salary paid to your nominated beneficiary.
• Employee Assistance Programme: Providing a Remote GP service along with a 24/7 helpline for financial, legal, medical and life issues.
• Annual leave entitlement: 33 days annual leave per annum pro rata, inclusive of UK Bank Holidays
• Training and Development: Personalised induction as well as regular training and development courses and schemes.
• Benefits Platforms: Employee discount platform for multiple retailers as well as salary finance schemes for bicycles, gyms, and financial assistance.
• Other: Recognition awards, Regular Employee Engagement days, attendance incentives, an annual volunteering day, and a free staff transport service to and from site covering Lichfield, Burton on Trent, Cannock, Rugeley, and Burntwood.

About Us

Florette is one of three UK food manufacturing factories within Agrial Fresh Produce, which is an autonomous part of the larger 22,000 employee strong French co-operative group, Agrial.

The business operates mainly under it's recognisable Florette salad brand and we are one of the UK’s leading producers in the industry. Under the well-known Florette brand, our site processes and distributes pre-packed, ready to eat, fresh salad bags and bowls to some of the UK's most well-known supermarkets and retailers, as well as your favourite restaurants and fast food vendors. In total, we sell around 600,000kg of products every week - an unbe-leaf-able amount!

Agrial has operations across 18 regions, with 280 farming outlets and 5 different divisions, which comprise Beverage, Dairy, Meat, Fresh Produce & Agricultural operations; it’s not just about lettuce! As well as the 3 factories we also have a farming operation – Agrial Fresh Farms. All UK sites operate under the name of Agrial Fresh Produce Limited and fall under Agrial's vegetable division. We have a recipe for success through our EPIC values and working together as one team.

Next Steps

It’s an exciting time to join our business as we look for new starters to join us in innovating in everything we do! We’re looking for positive and driven people to join our professional team. If you have the skills and experience we are looking for, and want a fresh challenge we would love for you to join us on our journey!

Please apply directly or alternatively contact Will Kaye, Recruitment Officer for a totally confidential discussion.

Agrial Fresh Produce reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

VISA Sponsorship: We are unable to provide VISA sponsorship, and therefore cannot employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK. Our recruitment process will ask you to provide evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.

Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd is an Equal Opportunities employer. In addition, as part of Responsible Recruitment, Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd believes in the Employer Pay Principle. No worker should pay for a job – the costs of recruitment should be borne not by the worker but by the employer.

We are committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all of our staff. That’s why we’ve taken the Mental Health at Work Commitment and are currently delivering a programme of activities to ensure that everyone can have open and honest conversations about their wellbeing in the workplace and feel supported. We encourage applications from persons with experience of poor mental health and are committed to supporting our employees to fulfil their potential and perform at their best in work