HR Advisor

Noble Foods is a family-owned company which began in 1920 and includes successful milling, poultry, agriculture, and consumer foods businesses. Within this, Noble Foods owns several successful brands, including the UK’s biggest free-range egg brand the Happy Egg co., Big & Fresh and Purely Organic.

In a recent survey by Best Companies we were rated as one of the Top 10 companies to work for in the Food and Drink industry.

Shift Pattern:
Monday-Friday, 09:00-17:00

The HR Adviser leads the delivery of high-quality, consistent, and legally compliant HR advice services across the business unit. The role ensures managers and employees receive timely, practical guidance on employee relations, policies, and people management issues, while driving continuous improvement in HR advisory services. They place a strong focus on the management of case work to support the building of capability of our line managers liaising regularly with Senior HR Business Partners and the Learning and Development Manager for escalations.

Key Accountabilities of the role – IT:
What I do

(The below is not exhaustive)

• Provide expert advice and guidance on employee relations matters including probation, disciplinaries, grievances, absence management, and performance issues

• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and internal policies.

• Mitigate business risk through proactive case management and sound judgement.

• Stay updated on UK employment law and ensure advice reflects current legislation.

• Monitor service performance using KPIs, and feedback.

• Identify trends in HR cases and recommend proactive interventions.

• Drive improvements in processes, systems, and service delivery models.

• Embed best practice and standardisation across HR advice activities.

• Build strong relationships with business leaders, HR Business Partners, and key stakeholders.

• Provide coaching and guidance to managers to strengthen people management capability.

• Act as a trusted advisor on people-related matters.

• Contribute to the development and review of HR policies and procedures.

• Ensure consistent application of policies across the business unit.

· Maintain accurate and confidential employee records, including case work logs and people systems.

• Analyse HR case data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.

• Produce regular reports and insights for management.

• Use data to inform decision-making and workforce planning.

• Manage occupational health processes including referrals, case management, and follow-up actions

• Coordinate and book health surveillance appointments in line with regulatory requirements and organisational policy

• Monitor and track occupational health cases, ensuring timely progression and resolution

• Provide guidance to managers on occupational health reports and recommended adjustments

• Support absence management through proactive referral to occupational health services

• Ensure accurate and confidential record-keeping of all occupational health activity

• Contribute to HR projects such as engagement surveys, wellbeing initiatives, and organisational change

• Support change management activities within the business

Health & Safety responsibilities

• Develop and implement the health and safety policies and procedures. Allocate the resources for the health and safety activities and initiatives.

• Ensure that the team leaders and team members comply with the health and safety legislation and standards and review and evaluate the health and safety risks and control…