Group Office: HR Training & Recruitment Coordinator

HR Training & Recruitment Coordinator

Join Squire’s and play a key role in supporting our people across 17 Garden Centres. Working closely with the HR Team, you will help deliver a comprehensive HR service, coordinate training and development activities, support recruitment campaigns, and promote employee engagement initiatives across the business.

Full Time Working Hours: This is a full-time position working 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Due to the nature of the role, occasional weekend work may be required to support recruitment events, training activities or business initiatives.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing HR advice and guidance to managers on employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, performance and capability cases.
• Supporting the planning, delivery and evaluation of training programmes, including e-learning and in-house training materials.
• Coordinating the Performance Review process and helping identify development needs across the business.
• Supporting recruitment and selection activities, ensuring best practice, legal compliance and innovative attraction methods.
• Managing the Squire’s apprenticeship programme.
• Supporting the HR & Payroll team to ensure accurate administration and excellent customer service.
• Maintaining HR records and reporting on key people metrics including vacancies, absence, training and employee engagement.
• Managing employee engagement initiatives, including the Made A Difference (MAD) Award and Light Bulb Moment (LBM) schemes, employee surveys and benefit programmes.

About you: You will have previous HR experience and in particular in a training environment, very strong excel and power point skills, strong organisational skills, excellent communication abilities, and a passion for developing people. CIPD qualification or working towards CIPD is desirable, along with experience of training coordination and recruitment.

This is an excellent opportunity to make a real impact on employee experience and development within a successful, family-owned business.