Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family!
At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations: -
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Private health scheme
- Employee discount scheme
- Experience annual pay reviews
- Profit related pay
- Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities
The Opportunity
In this role you work with the People teams and key internal and external stakeholders, contributing to delivery of the Early Careers strategy in line with an agreed annual plan and budget, ensuring an excellent development experience for participants and maximum benefit to the business. Also, to co-ordinate activities to deliver continuous improvement of the schemes.
- Co-ordinate the recruitment process for each Early Careers scheme, from authorisation to recruit, through to job offer.
- Co-ordinate Assessment Centres, from assisting in the development of material to planning and facilitating the event
- Manage the Pre-boarding, Onboarding and Induction of new starters
- Provide site People team / line managers with guidance on the role profile content and planning of induction, training and support for the participants
- Manage and support with the delivery of colleague relations casework
- Provide constructive commercially driven advice and guidance to all line managers on policies, procedures, and employment matters, taking time to identify any opportunities and risks to ensure great solutions for the business that are aligned with group values and ways of working
- Co-ordinate and communicate Placement allocation
- Manage costs and recharges in line with scheme Budgets
- Co-ordinate and support the Samworth Brothers Mentor scheme, including coaching and guidance for mentors
- Manage a routine ‘check-in’ process with line managers, participants and mentors to ensure early intervention on any issues and to identify opportunities to build on development, etc
The Ideal Candidate
We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience: -
- Advisory experience in providing support and guidance to senior stakeholders in an HR, Education or Corporate Training Context
- Demonstrable experience in supporting young people, with an understanding/empathy around the particular challenges of Early Careers
- Knows how to effectively communicate, influence, and work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders,
- Maintains an up-to-date knowledge of key legislation, precedents, and best practice (employment, ETI Base Code, GDPR, SB policies & procedures, etc)
- Accurate and organised in administration, with excellent attention to detail
- Able to prioritise and work flexibly to manage a busy and varied workload
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written English
- CIPD level 3
We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role.
Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member – you'll be an integral part of our thriving family. Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!
We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.
At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.
Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.