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People Advisor – ASDA People Services (HR Contact Centre)

Contract:

Full time

Operational Hours:

The People Services Contact Centre operates Monday–Friday, 8am–6pm and Weekends, 8-4pm. You will work on a rota basis within these hours.

About the Role

We are looking for a proactive and people-focused HR Contact Centre Advisor to join our People Advisor team. People Advisors at ASDA People Services play a key role in providing comprehensive HR support to managers across Asda, operating 7 days a week to ensure consistent and high-quality guidance.

In this role, you will be the first point of contact for employees, managers, and stakeholders, providing expert support across a wide range of HR processes and policy queries. You will deliver an exceptional colleague experience through clarity, confidence, and care, ensuring enquiries are handled efficiently, professionally, and in line with policy, process, and employment legislation. Your ability to resolve issues, support colleagues, and create a positive HR journey will be critical in fostering a culture of motivation, growth, and trust across ASDA.

Key Responsibilities

  • Act as the initial point of contact for all HR enquiries via phone, chat, and ticketing systems.

  • Provide accurate advice on HR policies, procedures, and employee lifecycle processes.

  • Log, triage, and manage cases to resolution while maintaining service-level targets.

  • Support employees and managers in navigating self-service HR systems.

  • Escalate complex cases to specialist HR teams as necessary.

  • Maintain accurate records and ensure data integrity across HR systems.

  • Contribute to continuous improvement and process simplification initiatives within the HR Contact Centre by analysing trends in queries.

“Let's find out about you”

  • Previous experience in HR, customer service, or a contact centre environment (HR shared services desirable).

  • Effective stakeholder engagement including ability to provide right resolution to colleagues on their queries and concerns with confidence

  • Customer Centric mindset to deliver exceptional colleague experience.

  • Ability to navigate the ‘grey’ providing effective solutions to colleague problems.

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build rapport and provide clear, confident guidance.

  • Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage a high volume of enquiries.

  • Sound understanding of HR processes or a willingness to learn quickly.

  • Able to work in complex multi-functional environments understanding end to end People function

  • High attention to detail with a commitment to confidentiality and professionalism.

  • Comfortable working independently and with HR systems and technology.

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

  • Discretionary company bonus

  • Company pension up to 7% matched

  • 15% colleague discount in store and online

  • Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.

  • Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated

  • Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves

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Rewards and Recognition

Benefits you’ll only find here

10% off Asda pet insurance

10% off selected Asda Pharmacy services

10% off Asda Tyres

10% off Asda Travel insurance

20% off Asda Mobile bundles

Free remote GP service

Available to you, your partner and your children, 24/7, year round.

Pension

Save for retirement with contributions paid into your pension account by you and Asda.

Free physiotherapy consultations

Helping you and your partner take care of yourselves with 8 free sessions per year.

Colleague discounts

15% off at our stores - get discounts on groceries and George all year round.

Car cash allowance

Eligible colleagues will receive a cash allowance as part of their benefits package. In addition, all salaried colleagues can choose to register for the Salary Sacrifice Electric Car scheme*.

(*Conditions apply)

Mortgage advice

Whether you’re a first-time buyer, renewing your mortgage, looking at buy to lets, or simply after some advice in getting a mortgage, get free* unbiased advice through the Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), one the UKs largest mortgage brokers.

Confidential support helpline

Find free emotional, practical, and financial support that’s fully confidential, through a helpline that’s available 24/7, year round.

Cycle to work

Buy a bike through this scheme and save on tax and national insurance.

Financial support

Find financial wellbeing tools and support, including the ability to stream your pay.

Free eye tests

Head to our in store opticians for a free checkup and take care of your vision.

Bonus

Sharing our success with a discretionary bonus scheme for salaried colleagues that really rewards your contributions.

Cancer support

Guidance and support for you and your family, from before diagnosis, to treatment and beyond.

Paid time off

From holiday to sick leave and other types of leave, such as parental leave.

Mental health support

Access free mental health support for you and your family.

Support and advice with care

If you’re supporting older family or friends with care and support, find free, confidential information, expert support, and guidance about later life care for your loved ones through the Legal & General Care Concierge service.

Hybrid working

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots

Save money on every day spends

Access to hundreds of high-street discounted Vouchers, discounts on days out, gym memberships, airport parking, and more

Setting your loved ones up for the future

As part of the team, you’ll get life assurance.

Guaranteed contracted hours

All colleagues are guaranteed weekly contracted hours / guaranteed weekly shifts via their contract of employment which is agreed with the hiring manager.

Holiday buying

Once a year our salaried colleagues are able to buy up to 5 additional days holiday via salary sacrifice (subject to eligibility).

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Our commitment to the Armed Forces

Here at Asda, we’re dedicated to helping the Armed Forces rediscover their everything after service. We guarantee interviews for people who have left service and meet the minimum criteria for a role, provide leave for reservists’ training, support for cadet training, and employment opportunities for their partners. And that’s why we have over a thousand new colleagues from the Armed Forces Service Leaver Community join us every year.

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