Head of HR – Products

Job Description

Job Title: Head of HR – Products

Location: Portsmouth. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £90,000 + depending on experience plus executive benefits

What you’ll be doing:

• Collaborating with the line of business and product teams to execute the people strategy and implement people solutions, including organisational design, team development, and integration of functions to support business objectives and change programmes effectively
• Leading employee engagement initiatives, working closely with unions and other employee organisations to foster a culture of collaboration and enhance overall engagement across the business
• Analysing people data and trends to identify demands, inform decision-making, and deliver effective solutions in partnership with the centre, ensuring alignment with strategic business outcomes
• Working with senior leadership to operationalise and integrate people processes aligned with business priorities, driving performance and ensuring seamless execution across projects in a unionised, manufacturing environment
• Monitoring team performance, providing development opportunities, and promoting shared team values to build high-performing teams that deliver against strategic objectives
• Advocating for innovative approaches to work, challenging the status quo to enhance competitiveness and efficiency, while supporting product innovation and advancing the Company’s technological and global market growth

Your skills and experiences:

• Proven ability to work collaboratively with unions, fostering positive employee relations and aligning with organisational goals
• Demonstrated expertise in partnering with and influencing senior leaders to align people strategies with business objectives
• Strategic Thinking and Coaching, ability to think strategically, provide people strategy insights, and coach leaders to drive organisational performance
• Deep understanding of HR disciplines, thought leadership, and the ability to align strategies with external market standards and trends
• Strong critical thinking and evidence-based decision-making abilities, with a capacity to analyse information from diverse sources
• Chartered membership of CIPD or equivalent is preferred, alongside extensive experience in HR disciplines

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The HR Products team:

Our team has an excellent reputation; we are known for our strategic leadership and major contribution to corporate success. As Head of HR Products, you will be part of a vibrant business with a strong drive for innovation and opportunity to make a significant difference by delivering meaningful outcomes utilizing cutting-edge technologies.

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 13^th January 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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