Operations Support Coordinator (MAT Cover)

10-month fixed-term contract | £35,000 per year Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week | Core hours: 8.00am–4pm

Are you an organised, proactive administrator who enjoys variety and working with people? We’re looking for an Operations Support Coordinator to help keep our factory operations running smoothly.

Reporting to the Factory Manager, you’ll support everything from payroll and new-starter inductions to health and safety administration and agency coordination. This is a varied role where your attention to detail and communication skills will make a real difference.

What you’ll be doing

• Maintaining accurate payroll, holiday, overtime and absence records, ensuring weekly and monthly deadlines are met.
• Coordinating onboarding, inductions and offboarding, including new-starter paperwork and exit interviews.
• Being a first point of contact for employee queries about payroll, people administration and benefits.
• Supporting absence processes and arranging return-to-work, absence counselling and probation meetings.
• Liaising with recruitment agencies and maintaining agency staffing records.
• Supporting health and safety administration, arranging training and following up on actions.
• Keeping maintenance trackers and noticeboards updated, managing PPE stock, and helping with events and operational projects.
  
  

What you’ll bring

• Previous administration experience.
• Confidence using Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word and PowerPoint.
• Strong written and spoken English, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Excellent organisation, accuracy and time-management skills.
• A proactive approach and the ability to prioritise competing tasks and meet deadlines.
  
  

A higher education qualification and at least two years’ experience in the food industry would be advantageous, but are not essential.

What’s on offer

• £35,000 annual salary, with annual pay reviews.
• 20 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Group Personal Pension Plan.
• Retail discount membership.
• Health Care Cash Plan membership.
• Further company benefits linked to service and commitment.
  
  

A flexible approach to working hours is required, with occasional additional hours to support workload, employee engagement activities and Sunday production.

Interested? Apply with your CV, highlighting the experience and skills you would bring to the role.

Davin Foods is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

At Reynolds Food Group, we’ve spent over 80 years sourcing and supplying the freshest ingredients to the UK’s food service industry. From our roots as a family-run fruit and veg stall in Hackney, we’ve grown into the UK’s only national family-run greengrocer - trusted by chefs, restaurateurs, and caterers across the country.