Bells of Lazonby have an exciting opportunity for a HR Co-ordinator to join the team.

Location: Lazonby, Penrith, Cumbria

Salary: Up to GBP30K depending on experience

Job Type: Full-time, 40 hours per week, Permanent

Do you Love Cake? Do you want to work within a growing local family business? Are you looking for a new challenge with a dynamic and growing company? Do you have a passion for People? If so, we are looking for a passionate individual to join our HR team. This is an amazing opportunity to work for a well-known local business with loads of opportunity to learn and progress in HR.

About Us:

Founded in 1946, we are an established family bakery with a taste for quality, having created delicious products for over 75 years. We produce baked goods for retail and food service. We operate two bakeries: a conventional Bakery and a dedicated Gluten, Wheat and Milk Free Bakery avoiding 12 out of the 14 notifiable allergens.

Bells has always known that our most important asset is not the machinery, products or even the beautiful location, but that it is our people that make our business what it is.

We do whatever we can to make working here enjoyable and fulfilling for everyone.

Our people are the main reason why our company delivers day in, day out and we want everyone to feel valued and have the skills they need to meet their personal development goals so that they are supported and proud to be part of the Bells family.

We are committed to recruiting and developing local talent and seeing them flourish through both on-the-job and classroom training. Many of the management team today began as young apprentices and this is the legacy, we want to continue for many more generations to come.

HR Co-ordinator - The Role:

As HR Co-ordinator, your role will be the first point of contact to the business regarding HR related queries, managing and completing daily HR work and administration.

Responsibilities within this role will include the full employee lifecycle, recruitment support, L&D administration, note-taking in ER meetings, HR Systems administration, Data reporting and management of the HR mailboxes.

You will manage and support ad-hoc HR projects as required and provide assistance to the HR Manager.

HR Co-ordinator - What are we looking for:

- HR experience is not essential but would be an advantage with a willingness to work towards an HR Qualification

- Practical understanding and experience of key HR processes and practices

- Excellent communication and influencing skills

- Innovative and creative can do attitude and approach

- Ability to manage and prioritise a high volume of work

- Works collaboratively with others to achieve excellence

- High standard of verbal and written communication skills/able to generate own correspondence and reports.

- Able to explain and persuade others to gain acceptance for issues that may be unwelcome or new

- Ability to focus on the important issues when faced with complicated/competing priorities

- Possesses a change mindset along with a willingness to lead and initiate change

HR Co-ordinator - What can you expect?

- Salary Up to GBP30K

- Refer a Friend Scheme - 1st BONUS = GBP100, 2nd BONUS = GBP300

- 33 days' annual leave including Bank Holidays

- Company Sick Pay

- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme through Health Assured (inc. discounts with major retailers

- Cycle to Work Scheme

- Free onsite parking

- Discounted cakes

- Discounted Gym memberships (Penrith/ Appleby/ Carlisle)

If you are successful, we will undertake the relevant pre-employment checks after you have been offered a job. This includes verifying your right to work in the UK, and where relevant verifying your driving and a health assessment.

Everyone is welcome in our business, and we are committed to achieving a working environment which provides equality of opportunity and freedom from unlawful discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, pregnancy and maternity, marital status, gender, disability, religion or beliefs, age or sexual orientation.

Bells of Lazonby is committed to equal opportunities for all, we are an accredited Disability Confident Committed employer. We provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process; we accept all job applications in a variety of formats and should you need any documents in a different format or require any further support or assistance please contact the HR Team.

To submit your CV for this exciting and rewarding HR Co-ordinator opportunity, please click Apply' now.