HR Advisor - 12 months FTC

General Information

Job ID

ATR54078

Posting Job Title

HR Advisor - 12 months FTC

Locations

Leicester

Employment Type

Full Time

Date Posted

15-Aug-2025

Relocation Support

No

Description & Requirements

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions. We are materials scientists, packaging designers, mechanical engineers and manufacturing experts with a shared purpose: Innovate Boldly. Package Sustainably. Guided by our values of integrity, respect, accountability and excellence, we use leading science and technology to move fiber-based packaging forward.

Job Purpose

To provide systems, administration support and professional guidance to employees and managers in matters relating to policies/procedures; employment legislation; employee relations, recruitment, performance management, training and development and organisational design.

Role Responsibilities

Supporting the HR Manager and Site Management to deliver on engagement, performance excellence, manager effectiveness in the provision of the following areas:

Employee Relations & Support

• Provide first-line HR advice on all employee relations issues including for example; absence, disciplinary and grievances, capability and performance
• Manage and track all casework from start to finish
• To ensure best practice and consistency in line with company procedures
• Reviewing and updating and implementing policies and processes as required
  
  

Performance Management

• Provide line managers with advice on managing performance and the performance management cycle in line with Smurfit WestRock expectations and local site agreements
• Provide administrative support to the pay review process in line with the Smurfit WestRock compensation and benefits model
  
  

Recruitment, Selection & Onboarding

Responsibilities

Partner with the Talent Acquisition specialist in recruitment of various roles, and be responsible for the recruitment and selection of employees including:

• Providing administrative support to the recruitment process, including raising e-forms, issuing new joiner paperwork such as terms and conditions of employment, completing right to work checks, organizing onboarding and conducting inductions
• Preparation of job descriptions and Recruitment Justifications
• Short listing where required and organising the appropriate selection method
• Conducting Interviews / Tests / Assessments
• Taking up references, drafting offer letters and issuing terms and conditions of employment
  
  

HR Systems

Ensuring the accurate processing, provision and maintenance of data and systems including:

• Managing HR Data systems (including new employees, changes to existing employees and leavers)
• Ensuring data integrity & accuracy
• Compliance with GDPR and appropriate best practice regarding confidential information
• Monitoring absence and providing data to payroll
• Preparing HR KPI’s for HR Manager with relevant actions and improvement initiatives
• Maintaining employee personnel files and records
  
  

Talent Management

Supporting The HR Manager In

• Facilitating the identification of training needs, assisting with designing training programmes and implementation of plans including statutory training
• Advising managers and supervisors on training issues
• Arranging and delivering training
• Setting up and managing the in-house training programmes, maximizing grant and training levy opportunities
• Monitoring key dates around apprenticeships, probation and other employee lifecycle milestones, escalating where necessary for key actions
  
  

Health & Wellbeing

• Support initiatives to improve wellbeing and engagement
• Provide support to the H&S Manager and team in relation to health, safety and wellbeing at work
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, Experience

• Minimum of 2 years in a similar HR role
• Good verbal and written presentation/communication skills
• Knowledge of current employment law
• IT Literate in use of Microsoft Office
• Exposure to a unionised environment is desirable
• Demonstrable evidence of information handling ability and problem-solving skills
• Ability to organize and plan
• CIPD qualified minimum level 3, ideally level 5
  
  

What We Offer

• Inclusive culture based on loyalty, integrity and respect
• An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies and potential
• A career with a global packaging company where sustainability, safety and inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work
  
  

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.