Job Description

Are you passionate about fostering a healthy, motivated, and engaged workforce? We are seeking a proactive and detail oriented HR professional to lead our absence management and employee wellbeing initiatives. In this pivotal role, you will oversee attendance levels, ensure compliance with absence policies, and support our team through effective communication and support. Your expertise will help us maintain a positive work environment, promote employee engagement, and uphold our commitment to the wellbeing of our staff. If you thrive in a dynamic setting and are dedicated to making a meaningful impact, we would love to hear from you.
What You'll Do:

• Analyse absence reports and Kronos system to identify individuals on long term sickness and ensure compliance with the attendance policy.
• Monitor and maintain Kronos data on long term and short term sickness, as well as unauthorised absences, ensuring accurate and timely updates.
• Report on absence trends, non compliance, and patterns to departmental managers and HR, recommending necessary actions for improvement.
• Support managers and supervisors in adhering to absence processes, including calculating lost time rates and conducting investigations into unauthorised absence or timekeeping issues.
• Promote employee wellbeing initiatives in alignment with the employee engagement committee to foster a positive workplace environment

What You Bring:

• Essential:

• Worked within a busy operational, target driven environment
• 3 years management experience, including managing employee absences
• Experience in holding difficult conversations and chairing disciplinary meetings
• Pro active approach to compliance and a can-do attitude
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to relate to all levels within Sodexo
• Positive approach to learning in role and identifying own training needs as appropriate
• Excellent time management and organisational skills to deliver effective service in a demanding environment with the ability to work to tight deadlines
• Comfortable challenging common practice and highlighting non compliance
• Excellent Excel skills and report building

Desirable:

• CIPD Level 5 qualification or willingness to work towards

What we offer:
Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it's a chance to be part of something greater. You'll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you'll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you'll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.
• Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.
• The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.
• Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan
• A Death in Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.
• Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
• Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.
• Flexible and dynamic work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Full training and full protective uniform supplied.

Ready to be part of something greater? Apply today! Career progression for the caring profession.
Sodexo reserves the right to close this advertisement early if we are in receipt of a high volume of applications.
About Sodexo
At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of OnSite Food and FM Services, Benefits AND Rewards Services and Personal AND Home Services.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents AND Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.
We're a Disability Confident Leader employer. We're committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.
Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.
Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.
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Salary 27,000 - 30,000 per annum
Frequency Annual
Job Reference SDX/TP/1373940/148754/HC
Contract Type Permanent
Closing Date 10 October, 2025
Job Category HR
Business Unit UK Healthcare
Location Manchester, United Kingdom
No. of positions 1
Posted on 03 October, 2025

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