HR Advisor

Job Title: HR Advisor – 12 month FTC

Location: Scotstoun – 2-3 days a week onsite

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

Salary: Up to £40,000 dependent on skills and experience

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description: 

This role supports the delivery of the People Plan by identifying organisational needs and strengthening people capability across the business. You’ll work closely with stakeholders to enhance the employee experience and ensure HR solutions meet sector requirements. Partnering with senior leaders, you’ll apply our organisation design methodology to assess current structures, shape roles and ways of working, and ensure our operating model remains aligned with strategic priorities.

Core duties: 

• You will provide organisation design knowledge to support analysis, restructures and workforce transformation, including spans, layers, role clarity and capability
• Ensure you develop OD behaviours aligned to strategy and partner with leaders to design efficient, sustainable organisational structures
• This role will require you to use data insights to inform recommendations and model future workforce requirements that meet evolving business needs
• You will offer operational HR advice across absence, talent, performance, organisational design, restructuring and wider organisational health
• Analyse people data to benchmark performance and shape short‑ and long‑term improvements across the organisation

Essential Skills: 

• Organisation design experience, including leading restructures, shaping operating models and supporting effective, sustainable workforce change
• Experience in large complex environments, navigating multiple stakeholders and adapting people solutions to diverse organisational needs
• Broad HR business partnering, providing balanced, inclusive guidance across the full employee lifecycle and organisational priorities

The Naval Ships HR Team: 

You’ll join the Naval Ships HR team, partnering closely with programmes and functions in a fast‑paced, delivery‑focused environment. You’ll also contribute to our organisation design review, supporting planning, preparation and implementation to ensure we remain fit for the future.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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: 4th June 2026

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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