Senior HR Business Partner

Job Description

Job Title: Senior HR Business Partner

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. Farnborough, Filton, Coventry. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role

Salary: £65k+ depending on skills and experiences plus executive level benefits and relocation package available

What you’ll be doing:

• Develop and implement best practice policies, processes, governance, and tools to support People Partners and Leads in engagement
• Provide specialist advice using business insights and relationship management to enable effective engagement and facilitate change
• Analyze industry trends and internal data to identify and implement performance improvement solutions
• Lead projects to achieve business outcomes and meet Centre of Expertise (COE) requirements
• Build relationships with People Partners and Leads, delivering high-quality, end-to-end services
• Design communication materials and provide education for annual people activities, policy development, best practices, employee value propositions, and diversity initiatives

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Proven track record in managing functional and business projects regularly
• Strong understanding of business requirements and translating them into appropriate solutions
• Experience in people management or leading small teams of HR professionals
• Ability to deliver solutions within budget and timescales
• Successful experience in a manufacturing or project-based organisation
• Experience operating within a unionised business environment
• Experience operating within a customer-focused environment

Desirable:

• Degree in Human Resources or Business
• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) certification level 5

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 Business Partner team: 

The role involves sharing specialist knowledge and supporting People Advisors, Partners, and Leads. You will collaborate with Heads of People and Leads to influence, operationalize, and deliver projects. You will implement best practices, coach People Partners and Leads, and engage with the business to achieve strategic goals in employee relations, workforce planning, learning and development, talent management, performance, diversity and inclusion, and rewards. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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: 6^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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