Recruitment Officer

Job Summary 

We have an exciting opportunity for a Recruitment Officer to join our HR team at Florette in Lichfield. You'll be responsible for the end to end recruitment process at our nominated sites, working with the aim of attracting and recruiting the best employees to support our sites in achieving their goals and targets. You'll bring creativity, energy and drive to deliver innovative ideas and solutions to meet our recruitment challenges. You'll also be organised and efficient, able to work at pace and able to balance a busy workload with changing priorities. 

Working hours:  Full Time, M-F

About Us 

Florette is one of three UK food manufacturing factories owned by the French co-operative group, Agrial. Agrial has operations across 18 regions, with 280 farming outlets and 5 different divisions, which comprise Beverage, Dairy, Meat, Fresh Produce & Agricultural operations; it’s not just about lettuce! As well as the 3 factories we also have a farming operation – Agrial Fresh Farms. All UK sites operate under the name of Agrial Fresh Produce Limited and fall under Agrial's vegetable division. 

The business is more recognisable in the UK by its Florette salad brand and we are now one of the UK’s leading producers in the industry. Under the Florette brand, our site processes and distributes pre-packed, ready to eat fresh salad bags to well-known retailers in the UK. We have a recipe for success through our EPIC values and working together as one team. 

Main Responsibilities 

• Carrying out recruitment campaigns, for all levels and disciplines including volume recruitment for operative level 
• Conduct screening interviews, utilising selection testing where necessary
• Managing recruitment advertising 
• Management and ongoing development of inhouse ATS system
• To quality control the recruitment process, ensuring we are in line with Company and legal requirements
• To analyse and report on recruitment trends, nationally and locally 
• To develop the Employer Brand and manage related social media campaigns 
• To report on monthly recruitment KPI’s
• To ensure all visa requirements are met ensuring that all potential employees have the right to work in the UK
• To continue to build upon business relationships with local agencies, job centres, colleges etc
• To train hiring managers in interviewing skills
• To coordinate work experience programmes and be a STEM ambassador for the company at recruitment events  

Skills and Experience Required 

• Proven recruitment track record in fast paced, high volume environment - ideally FMCG
• Knowledge of UK recruitment legislation to include GDPR, Modern Slavery, ETI and DE&I 
• The ability to work in a fast paced organisation under pressure
• Creativity and ability to think outside of the norm to address challenges
• Ability to build relationships and communicate effectively across a range of stakeholders
• Ability to prioritise with strong organisational skills
• Knowledge of HRIS systems
    

What You Will Get In Return

A competitive salary, inclusion in our annual bonus scheme and a range of employee benefits you’d expect from a market leading business, including:

• Life Assurance - three times your basic salary paid to your nominated beneficiary.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme: providing a Remote GP service along with a 24/7 helpline for financial, legal, medical and life issues.
• A flexible & competitive annual leave entitlement that increases with service and offers an option to purchase additional holiday.
• Personalised training and development.
• Employee discount and salary finance schemes. 
• Recognition awards, an annual volunteering day and a free staff transport service*

*Free Staff Transport Service covering: Lichfield, Burton on Trent, Cannock, Rugeley, Burntwood.

Next Steps 

It’s an exciting time to join our business! We’re looking for positive and innovative people to join our professional team. If you have the skills and experience we are looking for, and want a fresh challenge we would love for you to join us on our journey!  

Please apply directly or alternatively contact Liza Crane, Recruitment Officer for a totally confidential discussion.  
 
Note to recruitment agencies: this role is being handled by the company HR team and respectfully, no agency contact is required please. 

Agrial Fresh Produce reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

We are committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all of our staff. That’s why we’ve taken the Mental Health at Work Commitment and are currently delivering a programme of activities to ensure that everyone can have open and honest conversations about their wellbeing in the workplace and feel supported. We encourage applications from persons with experience of poor mental health and are committed to supporting our employees to fulfil their potential and perform at their best in work.

Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd is an Equal Opportunities employer. In addition, as part of Responsible Recruitment, Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd believes in the Employer Pay Principle. No worker should pay for a job – the costs of recruitment should be borne not by the worker but by the employer. 

VISA Sponsorship: We are unable to provide VISA sponsorship, and therefore cannot employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK. Our recruitment process will ask you to provide evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.