People (HR) Assistant

More about the role

As a People Administrator / Assistant, you will play a vital role in supporting the day\-to\-day operations of our human resources department. You will be responsible for a wide range of HR administrative tasks, ensuring smooth and efficient HR processes, and providing excellent customer service to our employees. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about HR and wants to contribute to the success of a growing organisation.

Reporting to the People Advisor, you will:

• Be the first point of contact for foundation level site People queries


• Offer HR expertise to site colleagues and managers as necessary


• Provide administrative support to the HR team


• Ensure payroll administration is accurate and all colleagues get paid correctly and on time


• Maintain records, files and spreadsheets in line with data protection legislation


• Keep ad\-hoc analysis and reporting on HR issues up to date


• Coordinate weekly HR audit checks


• Support the recruitment process for the site as required


• Become a subject matter expert on company HR policies, ensuring the site remains fully compliant at all times.


• Support, coach and challenge line management with absence, disciplinary and grievance issues


• Develop engaging, proactive communications across the site


• Build positive and effective relationships with unions, agency suppliers, colleagues and stakeholders


• Support and drive colleague engagement on site

More about our perks

• Generous holiday entitlement


• 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores from the day you join us


• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member


• Genuine career progression and development opportunities \- read more about our Leadership School here


• Subsidised staff canteen


• Free parking


• Competitive pension and life assurance


• Healthcare / Wellbeing benefits including Aviva Digital GP


• 'MyPerks' with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more


• Optional payroll charity donations


• A range of family\-friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

More about you

The good news is you don't need to be fully HR qualified to apply for this role (although we'd love for you to be working towards one). But we do look for:

• The ability to work in a fast paced People environment (manufacturing experience would be good, but isn't essential)


• A proactive, positive approach to work with a true customer focus


• The ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines


• Exposure to HR Systems


• Excellent all\-round IT skills (especially Microsoft Excel)


• Experience of advising and supporting colleagues and managers with foundation level people queries


• An understanding of HR policies and practices


• Proactive approach to own continuous development


• Experience of implementing processes


• The ability to act on own initiative

We've outlined below what our typical process looks like, this can vary slightly depending upon the role or team you've applied for. Our goal is to provide a positive and accessible experience for all applicants, ensuring everyone has the support they need to showcase their best selves.

Our resourcing team are on hand to help with any questions about your application and you can reach them by e\-mailing resourcing@morrisonsplc.co.uk.

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Find an opportunity that's right for you

Once you've found a role that's right for you, you can apply via this site. If it's your first time applying with us then we'll need all your essential information and we might ask you to upload your most recent CV. If you've applied for roles with us before then we should recognise you and you won't need to share these details again, unless something has changed that you need to update us on.

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Online Assessment (Customer Assistant roles)

After your application, we might send you an e\-mail and ask you to complete an online assessment. This is typically a situation judgement test where we'll ask you ten questions with mutliple choice answers and takes around 10\-15 minutes to complete. The questions will give you a feel for the types of scenarios you might encounter working in our stores \- think customer first.

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Let's find out more

For some of our stores and site roles, if you've been successful with your application we might just e\-mail and ask you to book a slot for your interview. For other roles our resourcing team will get in touch with you to find out a bit more about you and why you applied. They'll also answer any questions you might have about us and the role. After all, it's a two way process!

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Interview

Our interviews are typically face to face but can sometimes be virtual. Don't worry, we'll advise either way. Your interview can differ depending on the role or team. Part of the interview may include some competency questions against our Ways of Working (listed below).

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Final Stage

With some of our roles there might be a second interveiw. This tends to be for roles in our Head Office and some salaried positions across our stores and sites. As part of this second stage, we might ask you to complete a task, such as a SWOT analysis or something similar, and present it back during the interview. This helps us understand your approach and thinking about the role.

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Decision

Our resourcing team or the store or site you've applied to will be in touch with you as soon as they can to let you know the outcome. If you've been successful we'll share the details of our offer with you and follow up with everything you need on e\-mail.

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