Early Careers & Skills Specialist - #1724847

Why Greencore?

We’re one of the UK’s largest food manufacturers, employing around 14,000 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals. In FY24, we generated revenues of £1.8bn.

Our mission is to make every day taste better.

As Early Careers & Skills Specialist, you’ll be joining our Talent, Development &Inclusion team and working closely with a collaborative and supportive team. Your time will be split primarily between our Leeds office (LS1 8EQ) and Kiveton site (S26 5PF), with hybrid working and occasional travel across our UK network for events and stakeholder engagement, so flexibility and mobility are key.

What you’ll be doing

This is a broad and varied role where you’ll lead on the full lifecycle of our early careers and apprenticeship programmes, from strategic planning through to in-placement support.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the end-to-end recruitment and onboarding process for apprentices across different functions.
• Leading Early Careers workforce planning and modelling in collaboration with business leaders.
• Designing and delivering attraction campaigns that reach and resonate with diverse and underrepresented talent groups.
• Creating assessment tools, telephone interview frameworks, and end-to-end candidate experience strategies.
• Coordinating and facilitating engaging virtual and in-person assessment centres and events
• Building and nurturing strong relationships with education providers, training organisations, and internal stakeholders.
• Overseeing onboarding and induction activities, ensuring every new starter has the support, tools, and confidence to thrive.
• Supporting the delivery of Greencore Qualifications and managing apprenticeship enrolments and compliance.
• Analysing programme data, D&I metrics, and stakeholder feedback to generate insights and inform continuous improvement.
• Representing Greencore at external events, standing up with confidence to inspire future talent.
• Championing our People at the Core culture while helping colleagues develop meaningful careers at Greencore.
• Design and delivery of learning interventions

What we’re looking for

• Experience in early years recruitment or HR generalist roles, ideally with in depth knowledge of apprenticeships and associated funding and compliance.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills and confidence communicating with senior leaders, education partners, and candidates alike.
• A confident presenter, facilitator, and campaign planner who is comfortable leading sessions online and in person.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities, events and deadlines.
• A high level of proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint is essential. Experience using analytical tools such as Power BI would also be an advantage.
• Confident in analysing data to identify trends, evaluate programme performance, and support decision making.
• Creative thinker who can design engaging, inclusive attraction campaigns using a range of platforms including social media.

We’re not all the same at Greencore, and our differences help us make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

What you’ll get in return

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive employee discount platform
• Access to our full Wellbeing Centre resources

Throughout your time at Greencore, you’ll be supported with on-the-job training and career development opportunities, whether you’re continuing your journey in early careers or looking to grow your impact in HR.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and help shape the future of food and talent.