Our People & Payroll Assistant role is at the heart of our Operations People Team, with a wide breadth of everyday tasks as well as project work. 

In this role you’ll be responsible for the payroll of over 500 squad members across our two sites in Blyth (near Doncaster and Worksop), updating and maintaining our HR systems, creating and analysing reports for people leaders, and supporting squad members throughout their Butternut journey. You’ll work closely with our multidiscipline People Team including Recruitment and Learning & Development.

🎉Here’s what you’ll get up to:🎉

Partner with our payroll provider to process payroll on a 4 week cycle, including variable pay such as overtime and additional holiday pay (ADH) and any deductions. 

Respond to squad member queries in person and electronically, this may include questions about system access, benefits, Policies & Procedures, holiday entitlement…pretty much anything!

Support company events and engagement activities such as our legendary Great Butternut Get Together, Winter celebrations and DE&I initiatives.

Send written confirmation of well-being meetings, family friendly leave, ER outcomes, and acknowledgement letters in a timely manner and have a good understanding of our Policies & Procedures, and Processes.

Review key metrics and data on a daily, weekly and yearly cadence, reporting this to the wider team and people leaders for further analysis and action. This may include absence, timesheet exceptions, payroll accuracy, holiday balances, Working Time Directive escalations, and Gender Pay Gap.

Update and maintain our HR System, (UKG - Provided by Kronos), with new joiner details, promotions, salary changes, annual entitlements, and leave dates. You’ll also create bespoke reports for key stakeholders and be the primary point of contact for system training.

🐾A bit about you…🐾

• Loves dogs (naturally) ideally people too!
• You’ll enjoy working in a fast paced environment, with a varied workload, and the autonomy to really make a difference
• Passionate about people experience and a genuine affiliation with our Butternut Values
• Relevant qualifications or experience in a similar role, with a good baseline understanding of HR 
• Previous payroll experience is desirable but not essential.

🐶 A bit about us. 

“It all started with a dog that couldn’t stop farting’’

At Butternut, the mission is to deliver health and happiness to dogs and their humans all over the world. In order to do just that, they need a team of forward-thinking, driven people who love dogs as much as they do. And they need quite a big kitchen too. Which is precisely why they have built one.

Located in Doncaster, Rudie's Kitchen will be the place where all the magic happens, so to speak. It's where the tasty Butternut meals and treats will be gently cooked, using human-quality ingredients because, the way they see it, they wouldn't serve food to dogs that they wouldn't be happy to eat themselves. At Butternut, they believe dogs deserve better, and if that's something you think too, we want to hear from you.

Butternut has come a long way since Kev & Dave (co-founders) hand-delivered the first Butternut Box, and they are now looking for brilliant people to join the team for this next part of the story.

Are you up for the challenge?

🙌 What we offer.

• Enjoy 257.5 hours of holiday per year, plus an extra day for each year of service (up to 5 days).
• 39 hours of pre-booked Paws Days to support good wellbeing and self care.
• Unlock a £500 annual budget for personal learning and development.
• Get discounted Private Medical Insurance with Vitality Healthcare, and discounted dental plans with Bupa.
• Satisfy your taste buds with subsidised food from a variety of street food vans, and of course, pay day pizza!
• Treat your furry friend with an employee discount on Butternut Box.
• Say goodbye to parking woes with free parking and electric car charging.
• Prepare for adorable office dog overload—meet Cleo, Paxo, Cali, Ronnie, Harvey, Milo, and many more!

❗️A few things to note: 

• This role cannot be done remotely and requires a large amount of on-site presence
• We aim to respond to all applicants personally. Our recruitment team is small so do bear with us.
• Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.We're not afraid of putting extra weight on candidates from underrepresented groups. We want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We're ready for the ongoing work that goes into building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career.
• We are not looking for external agency support with this role.