# HR Advisor > Kepak Group · Bodmin, United Kingdom · Full-time · Posted 2026-05-22 **Workplace:** on_site **Department:** Human Resources ## Description **Kepak is a global food company serving international retailers and food service household names with prime cuts of meat, on-trend food concepts and ready-for-market convenience foods.**  **Kepak Red Meat UK operates from three sites within the UK. McIntosh Donald, in Aberdeen, Merthyr Tydfil in Wales and our Bodmin site in Cornwall.** **Our growing and developing site HR function are looking for an experienced HR Advisor to join the team. We are looking for someone who can drive a positive, engaging, and high performing culture. Someone who enjoys a fast pace where no 2 days are the same.** **You will be based at our Kepak Bodmin site which is a single species (cattle) primary product and packing site, with approximately 300 employees and a 5 day operation.** **Working hours are 37.5hrs per week, Monday to Friday, site based with some flexibility around home working and hours of work to ensure we support your work-life balance.** **What we can offer?** - Opportunity to work for a leading food manufacturer in a fast paced, dynamic and production focused role, within a small HR Team, with operational excellence at the heart of what we do. - As well as delivering on the day to day HR operations you will be working collaboratively with the HR Manager to support the site HR strategy. This will give you a great exposure to enhancing employee engagement, managing employee relations, and leading continuous improvement projects. - Our company is dedicated to your growth and success! We offer a variety of training to help you reach your full potential and support your development and progression. **As an HR Advisor you will:** - Build effective relationships with stakeholders and become a trusted advisor to positively influence approaches and behaviours in line with site/company standards and best practice, escalating any complex queries to the HR Manager as necessary. - Proactively work to build people management capability across the Site Management team to give them the tools and confidence to handle people issues. - Manage Employee Relations cases end-to-end including investigation, disciplinary, grievance, capability, flexible working, absence and performance management, coaching line managers/supervisors and providing pragmatic advice throughout the process. - Actively identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiencies within the department/site. - Lead on assigned ad-hoc projects as required, including data gathering, research and analysis. - Support the site with our early careers initiatives, employee events and engagement activities. - Support the HR Manager with delivery of annual HR processes such as salary reviews, succession planning and employee surveys. - Support the Recruiter as required with recruitment activities including utilising the recruitment system, including advertising, responding to applications, scheduling interviews/block tests, and being a member of the interview panel. Supporting with health surveillance/occupational health appointments. - Support the Training Co-ordinator as required with new hire inductions, and other training needs identified as required. ## Requirements - Previous experience in a HR Advisor role - CIPD Qualified - Level 5 preferred, or qualified through experience - Passionate about delivering a proactive, operationally focused and value-add HR service to the business - Must be discreet, diplomatic and treat information within the department as highly confidential - Meticulous attention to detail is essential - Communicates well in written and oral form with multi-nationals on all levels - Ability to multitask and work under pressure using own initiative to meet various deadlines - Resilience when faced with ambiguity and changing priorities whilst maintaining a positive, ‘can-do’ attitude - Relationship builder with influencing skills **Role Leve**l A role model for the Kepak values of Responsibility, Ambition, Passion for Food and Teamwork, you will be operating at Lead Self level and able to demonstrate our required core behaviour. - **Passion for Food** at forefront of day -to -day performance - **Ambition** to develop self to achieve personal and business goals - **Responsibility** for positive contribution to business - **Teamwork** across all levels, department and teams, willing to go the extra mile. ![](https://workablehr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/photos/538429/d2f78aaba0e089cf010d6378d7d16539.png) ## Benefits - Flexible working hours to suit you and the business - 31 days annual leave (after probation) - Employee Discount platform - All Kepak employees are entitled to access to the WrkIt platform, which offers significant discounts and cashback with hundreds of brands - Refer a Friend Scheme - Get up to £500 for successfully referring a friend or family member to Kepak Group - FREE access to Employee Assistance Program (Includes Free legal advice, counselling and mental health advice) - Company Pension plan - Death in Service benefit for all employees in the pension scheme - Christmas hamper - On-site parking - Our Kepak site has a dedicated staff car parking facility which is free to use for all of our colleagues - Cycle to work scheme - You can buy a bike and safety equipment through a salary sacrifice scheme which reduces your taxable income – meaning you pay less tax! - Subsidised Canteen - Our on site canteen is serving multiple hot food options during the day - Free Lunch Once a Month - Free hot drinks all day - Employee engagement activities - Long Service Award - we recognise, acknowledge and award the dedication and valuable contribution of long serving employees - Ongoing Training and Development in the role ## Apply [Apply at Kepak Group](https://apply.workable.com/kepak/j/9BD4543738/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)