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HR Officer - Oswestry

HR Officer - Oswestry

The Ashley Kate Associates Group are recruiting for a HR Officer for Richard Burbidge Ltd

Richard Burbidge Ltd is the UK Market leader in the marketing, distribution and manufacturing of a range of quality timber products for the Home Improvement industry.

The role of HR Officer is to facilitate a culture of performance, results and positive employee relations. The job-holder will have a confident and proactive approach with some training exposure to support a continual improvement environment within operations.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate skills and experience in a range of HR generalist activities, including recruitment and selection, learning and development, performance management, employee relations and employment legislation.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide advice and propose solutions for managers on employment issues such as attendance management, changes to terms and conditions and performance issues
• Ensure effective resourcing in the operations areas using best practice tools including psychometric assessment and testing
• Undertake projects aimed at developing personal and departmental performance
• Implement systems to streamline and reduce admin processes, including development of HR Information Systems
• Report monthly on HR measures and implement improvement initiatives

Key attributes:

• Proven generalist HR experience and able to demonstrate general commercial awareness
• CIPD or with equivalent qualification in HR management and likely to be educated to degree level
• Able to demonstrate experience gained within the manufacturing industry (particularly non-unionised) with solid operational skills across all areas of HR
• Good working knowledge of employment legislation and managing employee relations to achieve continual improvement
• Experience of achieving and sustaining the IiP standard, or similar external benchmark, would be an advantage
• A team player with an open and approachable communication style
• Influencing skills and able to adapt their style to work effectively at all levels


Location: Oswestry
Reports to: Head of HR
Salary range: £25,000 to £30,000 pa (depending on experience)


For more information please contact Nicola Cunningham at Ashley Kate Associates on the telephone number in the contact details below or email your CV with salary details quoting reference 0811-20NXC by clicking the "Apply Now" button.

For more information on Richard Burbidge please visit www.richardburbidge.com

Ashley Kate Associates, a division of the Ashley Kate Associates Group, is a leading HR recruitment consultancy, focusing on the recruitment of junior and middle level HR professionals. Our teams of specialist HR recruitment consultants combined with our integrated office network provide tailored solutions for the recruitment of permanent and interim HR professionals. We give equal priority to our candidate and client relationships to deliver a professional consultancy service.

The Ashley Kate Associates Group is an equal opportunities employer and a company committed to diversity. The Ashley Kate Associates Group is committed to the fair and equal treatment of potential and existing employees, candidates and clients irrespective of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, ex-offending background or any other potentially discriminating factor.

The Ashley Kate Associates Group operates as a Recruitment Agency for the provision of permanent candidates and as a Recruitment Business for the provision of temporary candidates.